Cookies are small data files which are temporarily stored on your computer’s hard drive every time you visit a website.
Although there are lots of different types of cookies, every single one tracks user behaviour to help make your overall experience quicker, easier and more efficient. Cookies cannot harm your computer and do not contain any personal or private information.
Below we’ve listed the two different types of cookies we use on https://www.hamilforddesign.com, and why we use them.
Cookies that the site cannot function properly without. This includes cookies for access to secure areas and CSRF security. Please note that Craft’s default cookies do not collect any personal or sensitive information. Craft's default cookies do not collect IP addresses. The information they store is not sent to Pixel & Tonic or any 3rd parties.
Name: *_identity
Description:
When you log into the Control Panel, you will get an authentication
cookie used to maintain your authenticated state. The cookie name is
prefixed with a long, randomly generated string, followed by _identity.
The cookie only stores information necessary to maintain a secure,
authenticated session and will only exist for as long as the user is
authenticated in Craft.
Provider: this site
Expiry: Persistent
Name: *_username
Description:
If you check the "Keep me logged in" option during login, this cookie
is used to remember the username for your next authentication.
Provider: this site
Expiry: Persistent
Name: CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN
Description: Protects us and you as a user against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
Provider: this site
Expiry: Session
Name: CraftSessionId
Description: Craft
relies on PHP sessions to maintain sessions across web requests. That
is done via the PHP session cookie. Craft names that cookie
“CraftSessionId” by default, but it can be renamed via the phpSessionId
config setting. This cookie will expire as soon as the session expires.
Provider: this site
Expiry: Session
Statistic cookies help us understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information. Learn more about how your data is used in our privacy policy.
Name: _ga
Description: This
cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a
significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service.
This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly
generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page
request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign
data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire
after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
Provider: Google
Expiry: 2 years
Name: _gid
Description: This
cookie name is associated with Google Analytics. It is used by gtag.js
and analytics.js scripts and according to Google Analytics this cookie
is used to distinguish users.
Provider: Google
Expiry: 1 day
On https://www.hamilforddesign.com, we use cookies that behave in four main ways. These cookies are called First-Party, Third-Party, Session and Persistent Cookies. Below, take a look at what these cookies do.
Session Cookies
Session Cookies exist temporarily
while you are reading and navigating the website. Once you have closed
the page, the web browser will delete all Session Cookies.
First-party Cookies
First-Party Cookies track behaviour within the confines of the https://www.hamilforddesign.com website. They help us to offer you improved functionality and a smoother customer experience.
Third-party Cookies
Third-Party Cookies are set in websites outside of https://www.hamilforddesign.com. (For example, Google Analytics uses Third-Party Cookies to provide us with information on visits to and from our website).
Persistent Cookie
A Persistent Cookie will outlast your session on https://www.hamilforddesign.com.
In this sense, Persistent Cookies remember your behaviour. For example,
a Persistent Cookie will store your details to prevent the laborious
task of re-entering the same information every time you visit us.