This cookie statement was last updated on 9th February 2020 and applies to citizens of the United Kingdom.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://www.makescienceeasy.com (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of programme code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Advertising cookies
We do not use any advertising cookies on this website.
5.3 Social media buttons
On our website we have included buttons for to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like . These buttons work using pieces of code coming from themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics for website statistics.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Statistics (anonymous) | ||
| _ga | 2 years | Store a unique user ID |
| _gid | 1 day | Count and track pageviews |
| _gat | 1 minute | |
| Statistics | ||
| __utmz | 6 months | Store used keyword and search engine |
| lsid | 2 years | |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| __utma | persistent | Calculate days and time to purchase |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Policy.
JetPack
We use JetPack for advertizing.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Statistics | ||
| tk_tc | session | Store the user's usage history |
Sharing
For more information, please read the JetPack Privacy Policy.
CloudFlare
We use CloudFlare for content distribution network (CDN) services.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Purpose pending investigation | ||
| __cfduid | 1 year |
Sharing
For more information, please read the CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| metrics_token | persistent | Count the number of users that have seen embedded content |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Policy.
We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| X-LI-IDC | session | Provide functions across pages |
Sharing
For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Policy.
Google Ads Optimization
We use Google Ads Optimization for showing advertizements.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Purpose pending investigation | ||
| OGPC |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Google Ads Optimization Privacy Policy.
Complianz
We use Complianz for cookie consent management.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| cmplz_all | 365 days | Store cookie consent preferences |
| cmplz_choice | 365 days | Store if a message has been dismissed |
| complianz_policy_id | 365 days | Register accepted cookie policy ID |
| cmplz_stats | 365 days | Store cookie consent preferences |
| complianz_consent_status | 365 days | Store cookie consent preferences |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Policy.
AddThis
We use AddThis for providing social share buttons.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Purpose pending investigation | ||
| __atuvs | 1 year |
Sharing
For more information, please read the AddThis Privacy Policy.
WordFence
We use WordFence for website security.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| wfvt_* | 30 minutes | Prevent fraud |
Sharing
For more information, please read the WordFence Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics Dashboard for WP
We use Google Analytics Dashboard for WP for website statistics.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Purpose pending investigation | ||
| gadwp_wg_default_swmetric | ||
| gadwp_ir_default_swmetric | ||
| gadwp_ir_default_metric | ||
| gadwp_wg_default_dimension | ||
| Statistics | ||
| gadwp_ir_default_dimension | 1 year | Count and track pageviews |
| gadwp_wg_default_metric | 1 month | Count and track pageviews |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
WP Do Not Track
We use WP Do Not Track for cookie consent management.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| dont_track_me | 1 year | Store 'do not track' signals |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
Stripe
We use Stripe for payment processing.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Prevent fraud |
| __stripe_sid | 30 minutes | Prevent fraud |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Stripe Privacy Policy.
Elementor
We use Elementor for content creation.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Statistics | ||
| elementor | persistent | Count and track pageviews |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| actppresence | 1 year | Manage ad display frequency |
| fbm_ | 1 year | Store account details |
| _fbc | 2 years | Checks if user has visited the site before |
| fbm_* | 1 year | Store account details |
| xs | 3 months | |
| fr | 3 months | Ad delivery |
| _fbp | 3 months | Track visits across websites |
| datr | 2 years | Store browser details |
| csm | 2 years | |
| sb | 2 years | |
| *_fbm_ | 1 year | Store account details |
| Functional | ||
| wd | 1 week | Determine screen resolution |
| act | 90 days | Keep users logged in |
| c_user | 90 days | Store a unique user ID |
| presence | session | Store the user's usage history |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Policy.
Google Fonts
We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| Google Fonts API | none | Request user IP address |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Policy.
YouTube
We use YouTube for video display.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Statistics | ||
| PREF | 1 year | Track visits across websites |
Sharing
For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Policy.
Miscellaneous
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Purpose pending investigation | ||
| tcb_google_fonts | ||
| hustle_module_show_count-popup-* | ||
| flowplayerTestStorage | ||
| wp-api-schema-modelhttps://www.makescienceeasy.com/wp-json/wp/v2/ | ||
| wp-postpass_f40057b2169edbdbf46f21035b0229b9 | ||
| volume | ||
| googlesitekit::total-notifications | ||
| mb-col-preview | ||
| googlesitekit_modules::search-console::searchanalytics::14bf456def2282c15006e28a71ed9b45 | ||
| googlesitekit_modules::analytics::report::b9d29b5a688b67a72c16f5cd56b71aae | ||
| googlesitekit_modules::analytics::report::0061ac758c5eb59fefb6136081c2236c | ||
| gglcptch_hide_banner_on_plugin_page |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
7. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)).
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.
9. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Make Science Easy
30 Cauldeen Road
IV2 4UG Inverness
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.makescienceeasy.com
Email: [email protected]
This cookie policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on 2nd December 2019
