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We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
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Essential Cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services;
| Supplier | Cookie | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimia | elementor | Allows us to implement or change the website’s content in real-time. | Never |
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
Information about our use of cookies
Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. We use the following cookies:
Analytical / performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily; and
| Supplier | Cookie | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | |
| _gcl_au | Provided by Google Tag Manager to analyse advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | 3 months | |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | 1 minute | |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Advertising / Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). They may also be used to provide you with relevant advertising.
You may wish to disable cookies on this site and on others, however this is likely to negatively impact your experience when using the website and your ability to interact with it. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
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