Effective date: July 21, 2026
Last updated: July 21, 2026
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TiPMix | 1 hour | The TiPMix cookie is set by Azure to determine which web server the users must be directed to. |
| x-ms-routing-name | 1 hour | Azure sets this cookie for routing production traffic by specifying the production slot. |
| MS0 | 1 hour | This cookie is set by Microsoft to identify a particular session. |
| MSFPC | 1 year | This cookie is set by Microsoft to recognize unique web browsers that visit Microsoft sites. It is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| charitable_session | 1 day | Charitable Plugin sets this cookie to control how a website operates. This cookie is generated by the system and does not contain any user-specific data. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _gid | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to store and track interactions. |
Uncategorised
Other uncategorised cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ClientId | 1 year | No description available. |
| OIDC | 6 months 1 day | No description available. |
| _tq_id.TV-4554095463-1.f068 | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Description is currently not available. |
| MC1 | 1 year | No description available. |
| HostSwitchPrg | past | Description is currently not available. |
| OptInPrg | past | Description is currently not available. |