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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:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. 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.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. 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).
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| __cf_bm | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| __lc_cid | This is an essential cookie for the website live chat box to function properly. |
| __lc_cst | This cookie is used for the website live chat box to function properly. |
| __oauth_redirect_detector | This cookie is used to recognize the visitors using live chat at different times inorder to optimize the chat-box functionality. |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. |
| _ga | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _gcl_au | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| _uetsid | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| _uetvid | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| ANONCHK | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets the cookie to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores user consent for cookies in the category "Others". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores the user consent for cookies in the category "Performance". |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| MR | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. |
| MSPTC | Description is currently not available. |
| MUID | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| SM | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
| SRM_B | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. |
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In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.
