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| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | This cookie is set by Stripe payment gateway. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server. |
| __stripe_sid | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by Stripe payment gateway. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server. |
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| Data 1 | 3 months | |
| Data 2 | 3 months | Data 2 |
| JSESSIONID | session | Used by sites written in JSP. General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users' state across page requests. |
| PHPSESSID | session | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | session | This cookie is set by WooCommerce. The cookie helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes. |
| XSRF-TOKEN | session | The cookie is set by Wix website building platform on Wix website. The cookie is used for security purposes. |
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| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __lc_cid | 2 years | This is an essential cookie for the website live chat box to function properly. |
| __lc_cst | 2 years | This cookie is used for the website live chat box to function properly. |
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| __oauth_redirect_detector | This cookie is used to recognize the visitors using live chat at different times inorder to optimize the chat-box functionality. | |
| Affiliate ID | 3 months | Affiliate ID cookie |
| Data 1 | 3 months | |
| Data 2 | 3 months | Data 2 |
| pll_language | 1 year | This cookie is set by Polylang plugin for WordPress powered websites. The cookie stores the language code of the last browsed page. |
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
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| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _ga_J2RWQBT0P2 | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_12584548_1 | 1 minute | This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users. |
| _gat_UA-12584548-1 | 1 minute | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. |
| _gid | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | 30 minutes | No description available. |
| _hjFirstSeen | 30 minutes | This is set by Hotjar to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. |
| _hjid | 1 year | This cookie is set by Hotjar. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | 2 minutes | No description available. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | 2 minutes | No description available. |
| _hjTLDTest | session | No description available. |
| PAPVisitorId | 1 year | This cookie is set by the Post Affiliate Pro.This cookie is used to store the visitor ID which helps in tracking the affiliate. |
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 3 months | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. |
| fr | 3 months | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| NID | 6 months | This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
| YSC | session | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _app_session | 1 month | No description available. |
| _dc_gtm_UA-12584548-1 | 1 minute | No description |
| _gfpc | session | No description available. |
| 71cfb2288d832330cf35a9f9060f8d69 | session | No description |
| cli_bypass | 3 months | No description |
| CONSENT | 16 years 6 months 13 days 18 hours | No description |
| gtm-session-start | 2 hours | No description available. |
| isoCode | 1 month | No description available. |
| L-k26wU | 1 day | No description |
| L-KVHA4 | 1 day | No description |
| m | 2 years | No description available. |
| newVisitorId | 3 months | No description |
| owner_token | 1 day | No description available. |
| PP-k26wU | 1 hour | No description |
| PP-KVHA4 | 1 hour | No description |
| RL-k26wU | 1 day | No description |
| RL-KVHA4 | 1 day | No description |
| wisepops | 2 years | No description available. |
| wisepops_session | session | No description available. |
| wisepops_visits | 2 years | No description available. |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | session | No description available. |
| wp_woocommerce_session_1b44ba63fbc929b5c862fc58a81dbb22 | 2 days | No description |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | No description available. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | No description available. |
