What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone or other devices when you access the internet.
Why are cookies essential to the Phoenix Energy Solutions website?
This website, along with many others, uses cookies. Cookies let users navigate around sites and (where appropriate) let us tailor the content to fit the needs of our site’s visitors. Without cookies enabled we can’t guarantee that the website and your experience of it are as we intended it to be.
None of the cookies we use to collect your personal information and they can’t be used to identify you.
Types of cookies
The length of time a cookie stays on your device depends on its type. We use two types of cookies on our websites.
Session (Transient) cookies: these cookies are erased when you close your browser and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user. Persistent (Permanent/Stored) cookies: these cookies are stored on your hard drive until they expire (i.e., based on a set expiration date) or until you delete them. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as Web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific site.
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged In Users |
| devicePixelRatio | 1 year (Browser Default) | Used to make the site responsive to the visitor’s screen size. | No |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Session | Tests that the browser accepts cookies | No |
| __utma | 2 years | Google Analytics – Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | No |
| __utmb | 30 minutes | Google Analytics – Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | No |
| __utmc | Session | Google Analytics – Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | No |
| __utmt | 6 months | Google Analytics – Used to throttle request rate.. | No |
| __utmz | 6 months | Google Analytics – Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | No |
| wp-settings-{user_id} | 1 year | Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration.. | Yes |
| wporg_logged_in wporg_sec | 14 days if you select “Remember Me” when logging in. Otherwise, Session. | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. Yes |
Yes |
Controlling Cookies
Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies, or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behaviour such as the length of time they are stored, either through built-in functionality or by utilising third-party plugins.
To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details on advertising cookies, and how to manage them, visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based), or aboutads.info (US based).
Some specific opt-out programs are available here:
Google Analytics – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
It’s important to note that restricting or disabling the use of cookies can limit the functionality of sites or prevent them from working correctly at all.