Effective date: 26th October, 2025
Last updated: 26th October, 2025
1. What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
Cookies may be first-party cookies (set by this website) or third-party cookies (set by external providers).
2. How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
Third-party cookies primarily help to understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
Some third-party services, such as Google, may set cookies for advertising or analytics purposes. These cookies (for example, the NID cookie) help limit how often ads are shown, mute unwanted ads, and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Non-essential cookies (such as analytics or advertising cookies) are only placed on your device if you provide consent through our cookie banner. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time in your browser or by revisiting the banner settings.
3. Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management |
| _wpfuuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is used by the WPForms WordPress plugin. The cookie is used to allows the paid version of the plugin to connect entries by the same user and is used for some additional features like the Form Abandonment addon |
| hmt_id | 1 month | Used by hCaptcha to distinguish between humans and bots and protect website forms from spam |
| __cflb | 1 hour | Used by Cloudflare to manage server traffic and ensure reliable website performance. This cookie helps balance load between servers to improve site speed and availability |
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
| m | 1 year 1 month 4 days 1 minute | Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly |
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier to recognise users across sessions |
| __stripe_sid | 1 hour | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier for a single session |
Advertisment
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NID | 6 months | Google sets the cookie for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads |
4. Manage cookie preferences
You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the ‘Consent Preferences’ button above. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers.
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.
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5. Your privacy rights
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access – to know what personal data we hold about you.
- Right of rectification – to request correction of inaccurate data.
- Right of erasure (“right to be forgotten”) – to request that we delete personal data we hold about you, including data linked to cookies (e.g., analytics identifiers or form submissions).
- Right to withdraw consent – to withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time via the Consent Preferences tool on our website. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before consent was withdrawn.
- Right to lodge a complaint – to file a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.
Deleting cookies from your device: You can also delete cookies stored on your browser at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Instructions for major browsers are provided above in the “Manage Cookie Preferences” section. Please note that deleting or blocking cookies may affect how our website functions.
The legal basis for processing non-essential cookies is your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
6. Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be placed by third-party services. We do not control these cookies directly, and you should review the privacy policies of these providers for more information.
7. Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or technology. Any updates will be posted here with a new “Last Updated” date.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us via our contact us page with the subject line ‘Cookie Policy’.