Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
You may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on your mobile phone browser please refer to your handset manual.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
More information |
Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
WordPress Cookie | wp-settings-1 wp-settings-time-1 |
These cookies are used by the content management system to see if the admin person is logged in into the system. These cookies are deleted when a user closes their browser. | The supplier of our content management system (the software we use to update our website) is working to remove this cookie from their product. |
WordPress Cookie |
PHPSESSID | This cookie is set by our content management system on a small number of browsers, upon arrival to the Stockdales site. It is not used by Stockdales for any purpose. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser. | The supplier of our content management system (the software we use to update our website) is working to remove this cookie from their product. |
Facebook cookies | c_user xs |
These cookies are set by Facebook, upon arrival to the Stockdales site. These cookies are used by Facebook to see if a user is logged into Facebook. These cookie are deleted after 1 month. | |
Facebook cookies | datr lu |
These cookies are set by Facebook, upon arrival to the Stockdales site. These cookies are deleted after 2 years. | |
Sharethis cookies |
__uset __utma __utmb __utmz __uset |
These cookies are set by Sharethis, upon arrival to the Stockdales site. These cookies are deleted when a user closes their browser. | |
Sharethis cookies |
__stid __utmz |
These cookies are set by Sharethis, upon arrival to the Stockdales site. These cookies are deleted after 10 months. |