Cookies
Use of cookies
I use cookies and similar tools on this website to improve its performance and enhance your user experience. This policy explains how I do that.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. When you return to a previously visited website – or visit a website that uses the same cookies – that website will recognise these cookies and therefore your device.
Cookies perform essential functions, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your site preferences and generally improving your browsing experience.
What cookies do I use?
The section below describes the types of cookies most frequently used on swen-lorenz.com and explains their use.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential, as they enable you to move around my website and use its features. Without them, services that you’ve asked for can’t be provided. These cookies don’t gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| swen-lorenz.com |
wordpress_test_cookie |
Used to remember preferences in regards to cookies. |
| swen-lorenz.com | PHPSESSID | Used to create a unique session for a visitor’s device. Ensures that when a user is logged in, this status is maintained between pages. The cookie does not collect or store any personal or device information. |
| swen-lorenz.com | wc_cart_created wc_cart_hash_# wc_fragments_# woocommerce_cart_hash woocommerce_items_in_cart wp_woocommerce_session_# |
Used to collect and track information about shopping cart data, including a unique code for each customer to allocate card data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within these cookies. |
Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use my website, for example which pages you go to most often and whether you experience any difficulty using my site. Overall, these cookies provide me with analytical information about how the website is performing and how I can improve it.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga _gat _gid collect |
Used by Google Analytics to collect information about how my website is used. Information is collected in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come from and the pages they visited. |
How to change your cookie settings
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.
The instructions for these vary from browser to browser and they may change from time to time as new versions are released.
Here are some links to instructions for the most common browsers. If your browser is not listed below, please visit All About Cookies where you may find more information about your specific browser, or select the “Help” menu in your browser.