Cookie Policy

Last updated February 12, 2026

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are used to make websites work efficiently and provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided through the website such as advertising, interactive content, and analytics. The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when you visit the website and also when you visit certain other websites.

How You Can Control Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager, where you can select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though some functionality may be restricted. You may also set your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

Click here to update your Consent Preferences

How We Use Cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.

Details on the Cookies We Use

The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described in the tables below:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are essential to help you navigate through our website. They are used to remember your preferences when you return to our site. If you block these cookies via your browser settings, we won’t be able to save your preferences about cookies.

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.twitter.com
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:29 minutes

Performance and Functionality Cookies

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website. Without these cookies, certain functionality (such as YouTube videos) may become unavailable.

Name:VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
Purpose:to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:Youtube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days
Name:__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN
Purpose:is used by YouTube to manage the phased rollout of new features and updates
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:Youtube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days

Analytics and Customization Cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.

Name:s7
Purpose:Gather data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website.
Provider:syndication.twitter.com
Service:Adobe Analytics
Type:pixel_tracker
Expires in:session
Name:__gpi
Purpose:Tracks the user's interaction with Google products
Provider:.glennstok.com
Service:Google View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 24 days
Name:s7
Purpose:Gather data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website.
Provider:glennstok.com
Service:Adobe Analytics
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:persistent
Name:_ga
Purpose:Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user
Provider:.glennstok.com
Service:Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 1 month 4 days
Name:google_ama_config
Provider:glennstok.com
Service:https://policies.google.com/privacy View Service Privacy Policy
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:persistent
Name:_ga_#
Purpose:Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions
Provider:.glennstok.com
Service:Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 1 month 4 days
Name:NID
Purpose:Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days
Provider:.google.com
Service:Google View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:6 months

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising more relevant to you by selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Name:__gads
Purpose:Set by Google Ad Manager on a site to help with measuring how a user interacts with the ads on that domain and preventing the same ads from being shown to the user too many times.
Provider:.glennstok.com
Service:Google Ad Manager View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 24 days
Name:YSC
Purpose:YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:session
Name:IDE
Purpose:Used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. Expires in 1.5 years.
Provider:.doubleclick.net
Service:DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:1 year 11 months 29 days
Name:__eoi
Provider:.glennstok.com
Service:https://policies.google.com/privacy View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days
Name:google_adsense_settings
Provider:glennstok.com
Service:https://policies.google.com/privacy View Service Privacy Policy
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:persistent
Name:test_cookie
Purpose:A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
Provider:.doubleclick.net
Service:DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:15 minutes
Name:VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose:YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days

How Cookies Are Used to Serve Targeted Advertising

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about products of interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

How Often We Update This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect any possible changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. That will help you to stay informed about our use of cookies.

 
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