The cookie policy

We may use cookies or similar technologies (also known as tags/pixels/web beacons) on our website ( magnetsonthefridge.com ) to track site usage, personalise content, show ads, provide social media features or use digital advertising. Read this document carefully to learn what third party services and what cookies we currently use at our website.

What are cookies and what they do?

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Cookies that are set by us are called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.

Cookies can be stored for different lengths of time on your device. Session cookies are deleted from your device when you close your web browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your device until deleted or until they reach their expiry date. Additionally, cookies also have four different functions and can be categorised broadly as follow: ‘strictly necessary’ cookies, ‘performance’ cookies, ‘functionality’ cookies and ‘targeting’ or ‘advertising’ cookies.

Cookies can be used for a variety of things. They are mostly used tailoring content for an individual user, tracking or memorising some user preference. Like user language or logged-in state on a website.

How to control cookies?

Strictly necessary cookies can’t be switched off. All other cookies are managed by You. When visiting our site you are presented with “cookie banner” that lets you choose between accepting our cookies or rejecting them. You can always modify your preferences later by pressing “Cookie Policy” displayed on top of the page. Another option is to change cookie preferences in your browser.

How to disable (or manage) cookies in your browser?

Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can alter the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer. Generally, you have the option to see what cookies you’ve got and delete them individually, block third party cookies or cookies from particular sites, accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is issued or reject all cookies. Find cookies related settings in your browser by visiting ‘options’, ‘settings’ or ‘preferences’ menu to change your preferences.

How do we use cookies on our website?

We may use cookies for the following purposes. Note that most of them are set by third-party services we use to run or website.

  • For security and fighting with spam. For example, a cookie is used by the content network (Cloudflare) to identify trusted web traffic.
  • To compile (aggregate) statistics on how our website is being used, which helps us to improve our website and the content. It’s done anonymously and only for statistics, meaning that we will not be able to identify you from this data. We use Google Analytics.
  • Assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts. (including behavioural advertising and re-targeting)
  • To show ads on our webpage we use Google AdSense. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on visits to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

Cookies we use

List of cookies our site might create.

Related source / service Cookie namesPurpose of cookie

Our site (magnetsonthefridge.com)
cookieconsent_statusThis cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies (consent) on our website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. It’s a strictly necessary cookie and stored up to 90 days.
Our site (magnetsonthefridge.com)mc_session_ids[#], mc_session_ids[default], mc_session_ids[multi][0], mc_session_ids[multi][0] mc_session_ids[multi][1], mc_session_ids[multi][2], mc_session_ids[multi][3]This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots for forms on our website. These are strictly necessary cookies and kept for 5 minutes.
Our site (magnetsonthefridge.com) PHPSESSID To maintain information about each visit to the website and enable core site functionality. This cookie does not contain any personal information and only lasts for the duration of your visit. It’s a strictly necessary cookie.
Our site (magnetsonthefridge.com) wordpress_test_cookie The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. This cookie only lasts for the duration of your visit. It’s a strictly necessary cookie.

Our site (magnetsonthefridge.com)
comment_author_[hash],
comment_author_email_[hash],
comment_author_url_[hash]
These cookies are only set if you leave a comment on our site. The cookie comment_author_[hash] cookies is set to remember the value entered into the comment form’s name field, the cookie comment_author_email_[hash] is set to remember the value entered into the comment form’s email field and comment_author_url_[hash] is set to remember the value entered into the comment form’s URL field. The cookies set for the commenters are persistent cookies and are set for almost a year.
CloudFlare (link) for mailerlite.com__cfduidCloudFlare, uses this cookie to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information. This cookie is kept for 11 months. It’s a strictly necessary cookie.

Google Analytics
_gaRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used to distinguish users. This cookie is kept for 2 years.

Google Analytics
_gatUsed by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. This cookie is kept for 1 minute.
Google Analytics_gidRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used to distinguish users. This cookie is kept for 1 day.

Google AdSense ( doubleclick.net ) (link)
test_cookieThis cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. This cookie is kept for 15 minutes.

Google AdSense ( doubleclick.net ) (link)
DSIDThis cookie is set by Google DoubleClick to register and report the Website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. Kept for 1 day.
Google AdSense ( doubleclick.net ) (link) IDE This cookie is set by Google DoubleClick to register and report the Website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. Kept for 1 year.

Note about third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are cookies on our website that come from different domains. An example of a third-party website that may use cookies on our website is YouTube™. We may include videos on our website that are hosted on YouTube. Although the videos are displayed on our website, the content actually comes from YouTube, from a different domain, which means it’s a third-party domain. Therefore you may receive a YouTube cookie. We can’t control the setting of these cookies, so it’s worth checking the third-party website for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Changes to the Cookie policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If we make significant changes we will let you know, but please regularly check this policy to ensure you are aware of the most updated version. This Cookie Policy was last updated on 14th October 2019.