Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and the use of its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website, use of a shopping cart or e-billing services. Without these cookies, services such as setting up an account cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
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| Cookies set by WordPress: WordPress is the platform our website is built on. They set cookies to enable our website to work properly. No personal data is collected by these cookies. | If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. |
| Theme Function: Cookies are set to enable our theme to work properly and for split testing purposes. No personal data is collected by these cookies. | This website uses a theme to display its content. In order for our website theme to function, some cookies have to be enabled. These cookies are for split testing and do not collect any personal data. They expire when you close your browser. |
| Security: Fiona Vitel Hypnotherapy takes the security of this website very seriously. We use security programs to help protect the website and its users. In order for these features to work, a cookie has to be set. | This cookie is only set for users that are able to log into Fiona Vitel Hypnotherapy. This cookie allows the firewall to detect logged in users and allow them increased access. It also allows our security system to detect non-logged in users and restrict their access to secure areas. The cookie also lets the firewall know what level of access a visitor has to help the firewall make smart decisions about who to allow and who to block. The cookie is called wfwaf-authcookie-(hash) and is a persistent cookie that expires 12 hours after being activated. |
| Shopping Cart Function: In order for our shopping cart to work correctly we need to use cookies. No personal data is stored within these cookies. | Our shopping cart requires us to use 3 cookies: woocommerce_cart_hash and woocommerce_items_in_cart contain information about the cart as a whole and helps our shopping cart know when the cart data changes. No personal information is stored within these cookies. They are persistent cookies that won’t expire while a user is logged in, but will expire 60 minutes after a user has logged out. wp_woocommerce_session_ is a session cookie that expires when you close your browser. This cookie contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within this cookie. |
Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to a website, and to provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies remember the choices you make, such as “Remember My Login Details” for your convenience. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymized which means we can’t identify you personally. They do not gather any information about you that could be used for selling advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the internet but do help us to provide you with a more personal experience.
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| Cookies set by WordPress: WordPress is the platform our website is built on. They set cookies to to make your experience as user friendly as possible. | Login Preferences: When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Commenting: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies are persistent and will last for one year. |
| Website Caching: This cookie is used for performance optimisation. No personal data is store within this cookie. | w3tc_referrer is used for performance optimisation. No personal data is store within this cookie. This is a session cookie which expires when you close your browser. |
| Email Opt-in Box: Fiona Vitel Hypnotherapy has an email opt-in box where you can subscribe to our email list. Cookies are needed to display/hide the opt-in forms. They have only name and value, no personal information. | Cookies such as et_bloom_optin_optin_1_a6e1a99ae3_imp are used to display/hide the opt-in forms. They have only name and value, no personal information. |
| Social Sharing and Social Commenting: For your convenience, we have enabled instant sharing to your favourite social platforms. These services set cookies on our website. | Social Sharing: Cookies set by the social sharing feature are used to display/hide the social sharing forms. They have only name and value, no personal information.
Facebook Commenting: Facebook API may set any of the following cookies on your browser: fr, datr, c_user. They contain information such as your Browser ID and Facebook ID. They are used to enable you to log in to comment on our site, for authentication and for security purposes. They have a life span between 1 month and 2 years. |
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how people use our site. Analytics cookies are used to count the number of website visitors and monitor how those users move around a website. For example, we can see which parts of the site and products are most popular, identify when errors occur, ensure that users find what they are looking for quickly, and test different versions of a page or feature to see which one best suits our users’ needs.
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| Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to gather information in order to understand interactions with our website and further improve user experience. These are third-party cookies. | · _ga is used to distinguish users, and has a life span of 2 years.
· _gid is used to distinguish users, and has a life span of 24 hours. · _gat is used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id>. This cookie has a 1 minute life span. · AMP_TOKEN contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. It has a life span between 30 seconds – 1 year. · _gac_ contains campaign related information for the user, and has a life span of 90 days. · __utma is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. It has a life span of 2 years from set/update. · __utmt is used to throttle request rate, and has a life span of 10 minutes. · __utmb is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. It has a life span of 30 minutes fromset/update. · __utmc used to be operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. It is not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. This is a session cookie that expires when you close your browser window. · __utmz is used to store the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached our site. It has a life span of 6 months from set/update. This cookie is updated every time data is sent to google analytics. · __utmv is used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. It has a life span of 2 years from set/update. |
Targeted Marketing Cookies: These cookies help us to create better targeted advertisements. They record your visit to our website, the links you have followed, and the pages you have visited. We use this information to make the site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to you. Without these cookies, online advertisements will be less relevant to you and your interests. We also use them to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, for example by telling us if you have responded to an advert that we have sent you.
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| Social Media, Social Sharing and Social Commenting: For your convenience we have enabled commenting on our posts and instant sharing to your favourite social platforms. These services set cookies on our website. | Social Media: We have embedded videos on our website for your convenience and entertainment. We have done this using YouTube. YouTube set cookies to improve your user experience within their own platform i.e. by recommending videos relevant to your recent views.
Social Sharing: Cookies set by the social sharing feature are used to display/hide the social sharing forms. They have only name and value, no personal information. Facebook Commenting: Facebook API may set any of the following cookies on your browser: fr, datr, c_user. They contain information such as your Browser ID and Facebook ID. They are used to enable you to log in to comment on our site, for authentication, for security, and for advertisement purposes. They have a life span between 1 month and 2 years. |
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How do I change my cookie settings?
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