Cookie policy
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer when you visit any web pages that uses cookies. A cookie contains information that allows websites to recognise your computer and perform a variety of functions such as recording which pages of the website you visit or saving your preferences that allow you to personalise your viewing experience. Cookies are recorded via your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari) and are not visible on a website itself.
Cookies can be either ‘first party’, which means they are used by an organisation on its own website, or ‘third party’ which is when they are used by an organisation on another organisation’s website. Some cookies are ‘session’ cookies that are deleted from your computer as soon as you close your web browser. ‘Persistent’ cookies do not self-delete until a specific period of time has elapsed. Further below we provide information on the cookies we use and highlight which are first and third party.
For more general information about cookies visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.
How we use cookies
We use a variety of cookies to perform different functions, from remembering you are logged into a particular online service to tracking your usage of our websites. In the case of tracking, we use this information to enhance the usability and performance of our websites and online services and no personally-identifiable information is recorded.
By using and browsing our websites, you consent to cookies being used in accordance with our policy. If you do not consent, you must disable cookies or refrain from using the site.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are crucial for the basic functions of the website and the website will not work in its intended way without them.
These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Id | Type | Domain | Duration | |
| __cfduid | https | .pandorafms.com | 1 month |
| Description |
| The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. |
| Id | Type | Domain | Duration | |
| PHPSESSID | http | pandorafms.com | Never Expire |
| Description |
| This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users’ unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| Id | Type | Domain | Duration | |
| __hssrc | http | .pandorafms.com | Never Expire |
| Description |
| This cookie is set by Hubspot. According to their documentation, whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. |
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
| Id | Type | Domain | Duration | |
| __hssc | http | .pandorafms.com | 30 minutes |
| Description |
| This cookie is set by HubSpot. The purpose of the cookie is to keep track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
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Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
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Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to deliver visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages they visited before and analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaign.
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How can I control cookies?
Most web browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change the settings of your browser to reject all cookies, to only allow ‘trusted’ websites to use them, or to only accept cookies from those websites which you are currently on. Please follow the instructions provided below on how to do this for the most popular web browsers.
Please note: we do not recommend rejecting cookies as this is likely to result in some features on our websites and some of our online services not functioning correctly or as intended. For example, if a website cannot tell if you are signed in without using cookies, you will not be able to access certain information or use a particular service.
Microsoft Internet Explorer:
- Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”
- Click on the “privacy” tab
- Select the appropriate setting
Mozilla firefox:
- Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”
- Click on the icon “privacy”
- Select the relevant options under “history”
Opera 6.0 and above:
- Select the “menu” option at the top-left
- Click on “Settings”
- Click on “Preferences”
- Click on the “Advanced” tab
- Click on the “Cookies” option on the left-hand side
- Select the relevant options
Safari:
- Select the cog icon at the top-left
- Click on “Preferences”
- Click on the “Privacy” option
- Select the relevant options
There is further guidance available on the website www.aboutcookies.org which tells you how to control and remove cookies using the options available in your web browser.