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Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.

Necessary

Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__stripe_mid	1 year	Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments.
__stripe_sid	30 minutes	Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments.
akavpau_ppsd	session	Akamai sets this cookie for "Allowed User" while creating configurations.
ASP.NET_SessionId	session	Issued by Microsoft's ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user's website visit.
enforce_policy	1 year	PayPal sets this cookie for secure transactions.
JSESSIONID	session	The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application.
l7_az	30 minutes	This cookie is necessary for the PayPal login-function on the website.
nsid	session	This cookie is set by the provider PayPal to enable the PayPal payment service in the website.
ts	3 years	PayPal sets this cookie to enable secure transactions through PayPal.
ts_c	3 years	PayPal sets this cookie to make safe payments through PayPal.
tsrce	3 days	PayPal sets this cookie to enable the PayPal payment service in the website.
viewed_cookie_policy	1 year	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
wp_api	past	Used to run and administer the website.
wp_api_sec	past	Used to run and administer the website.
x-cdn	session	Paypal sets this cookie to recognise customers and process payments.
x-pp-s	session	PayPal sets this cookie to process payments on the site.

Functional

Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookies.js	session	This cookie determines whether to show the end user the cookie policy modal.
LANG	9 hours	Used to store language preferences
mailchimp_landing_site	1 month	The cookie is set by MailChimp to record which page the user first visited.
paypal-offers--country	3 days	Used by PayPal payment-implementation to facilitate financing-offers which are presented upon check-out.
sb	2 years	This cookie is used by Facebook to control its functionalities, collect language settings and share pages.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
wp_woocommerce_session_*	2 days	To store performed actions on the website
wpcom_highlander_3pc_check	session	Enables commenting features on the website.

Performance

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.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_gat	1 minute	This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.
privshow	1 year	Used to improve website performance, speeding up page load times.

Unclassified

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 display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.
fr	3 months	Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
NID	6 months	NID cookie, set by Google, is used 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.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

Analytics

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.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	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.
_gat_gtag_UA_*	1 minute	Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gid	1 day	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.
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
tk_ai	5 years	JetPack sets this cookie to store a randomly-generated anonymous ID which is used only within the admin area and for general analytics tracking.
tk_lr	1 year	The tk_lr is a referral cookie set by the JetPack plugin on sites using WooCommerce, which analyzes referrer behaviour for Jetpack.
tk_or	5 years	The tk_or is a referral cookie set by the JetPack plugin on sites using WooCommerce, which analyzes referrer behaviour for Jetpack.
tk_qs	30 minutes	JetPack sets this cookie to store a randomly-generated anonymous ID which is used only within the admin area and for general analytics tracking.
tk_r3d	3 days	JetPack installs this cookie to collect internal metrics for user activity and in turn improve user experience.
tk_tc	session	JetPack sets this cookie to record anonymous details about how people use the website, so that we can make improvements.
userid	past	User ID enables the analysis of groups of sessions, across devices, using a unique, persistent, and non-personally identifiable ID string representing a user.

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