Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies essential to the efficient and consistent operation of the site and to offer a personalized experience for users.

First-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are cookies that relate to the functions and features of this website specifically, and are set by this website, not a third party.

These cookies are:

Cookie Consent
Cookie Name: cn_cookies

This cookie retains your cookie preference – to either accept or decline all cookies except those necessary for the site’s function and basic features. This cookie does not require or store any personal data. This cookie is set to expire after 30 days and can be revoked by clearing your browser cache.

Mobile Theme
Cookie Name: ian-irvine-alternate-theme

This site uses a special theme for smartphone devices and this cookie is placed if a mobile user specifically chooses to view the desktop site from their mobile device. It is not automatically placed and does not require or store any personal data. This cookie expires when you close your browser and can be revoked by clearing your browser cache.

WordPress Cookies
Cookie Name: wordpress_test_cookie

This cookie is only placed if you happen upon the login page for the site. It does not retain any personal data but simply checks to see if your browser has cookies enabled. You should never see this cookie, but just in case you do, we wanted you to know what it does.

Google Analytics
Cookie Names (first-party cookies):_ga, _gid, _gat

This website uses Google Analytics (Google, Inc.) to count website visitors and analyze usage of the site to help determine the value of site content to users. The expiration date of these cookies vary; some expire after a session ends or a browser window is closed, and some end after 2 years. The statistical data is stored at Google, but IP address are anonymized (made anonymous) so that no personal data is gathered by this website or transmitted to Google’s database.

Third-Party Cookies

This website uses third-party services for some site features and functionality. These third-party services may place cookies in your internet browser when you visit this site. Third-party cookies are specific to the third-party’s domain (example: Google Analytics and google.com), or service. The owner of this website does not have control over the cookies themselves or what personal data they may gather. The website owner cannot view or manage the data related to any third-party’s cookies.

YouTube

This website embeds videos from YouTube using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. YouTube cookies may be set on your computer after you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store any personally identifying information for playbacks of videos embedded with privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more, please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.

YouTube (Google) Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com

Social Media

This website also provides ways to share our pages and blog posts to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. If you choose to share content from this site through any of the social media buttons on this site, be aware that these sites are likely to collect information about your online activities. This site has no control over placement of those cookies and how they function, therefore it is recommended that you review the official privacy policy of the respective social network to find out more about their use of your information and/or how to opt out or delete such information.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/static?hl=en&template=privacy

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy

Google: https://policies.google.com

Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy

This website may cease usage of some cookies and introduce others from time to time to improve user’s experience. Any changes will be reflected on this Cookie Policy page.

Most browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc.) are configured to accept cookies but allow users to manage those cookie settings and provide ways to delete cookies. These are official instructions for major browsers:

Safari

Google Chrome

Firefox (Mozilla)

Opera

Internet Explorer

For more information about cookies, see http://www.allaboutcookies.org