Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small data file that is sent to your computer from a website and is stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie file stores a limited amount of information about you (such as your username and password) and allows BIBA to offer services personalised to your interests and to track the number of people who visit different parts of our website. You can set your web browser to refuse cookies, however some of our website features may not function as a result.
The cookies we make use of on the BIBA websites are:
BIBA cookies
| Cookie name | Purpose | Lifetime |
| _gid _gat_UA-20464965-1 _gat_ga_41STC87TZB _ga | Google analytics tag specific to the website to track visitor to the website | 1 Year 1 Day 400days 400days |
| biba_session XSRF-TOKEN | Associated with the creation of a unique token for the user session Security cookie to prevent cross-site request forgery (also known as XSRF or CSRF) | 23 days 23 days |
| viewed_cookie_policy | To check if a visitor to our website has been shown the EU Cookie Popup. | 1 year |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics cli_user_preference CookieLawInfoConsent | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Necessary’. | 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year |
| wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress cookie to read if cookies can be placed. | Session |
| wp-settings-time-1 wp-settings-1 | Used to customise your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. | 1 year |
| wordpress_sec_473b7420f 26f453b497ccf44cc49772f wordpress_sec_473b7420f 26f453b497ccf44cc49772f wordpress_logged_in_473b7420f 26f453b497ccf44cc49772f wfwaf-authcookie-4cb411304eee2ca707a50ceadf5d6fa2 wp_lang | WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies WordPress cookie for a logged in user WordPress security plugin “Wordfence”. It is used to authenticate user’s login request. WordPress cookie to store language settings. | Session Session 1 Day Session |
| SSESSfd65674c4333fb98 f7c4589fe6d9ce78_user SSESSfd65674c4333fb98f 7c4589fe6d9ce78 | Drupal CMS cookie to provide a responsive website. | 1 Year 23 days |
| _rdt_uuid | This cookie is used to attribute conversions back to Reddit Ads | 3 months |
| _fbp | This cookie is used to attribute conversions back to Facebook Ads | 3 months |
| _gcl_au | This cookie set by Google Ads is used to store and track conversions | 3 months |
Third party cookies
| Third party | Cookie name | Purpose | Lifetime |
| AEC CONSENT DV NID SOCS | Ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. Used to track the consents that the user has granted to Google for the privacy settings and the configuration of the related cookies. Google Ads cookie to provide ad delivery or retargeting. These cookies help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. Google cookie used to track the consents that the user has granted to Google for the privacy settings and the configuration of the related cookies. | 180days 400days 1 Day 183 days 395days | |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1 _LIVE YSC | Estimates user bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Registers a unique ID to analyse what videos the user has seen. | 180 days Session |
| Cloudflare | cf_use_ob | Informs Cloudflare to fetch the requested resource from the Always Online cache on the designated port. | 1 Minute |
For further information about cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.