Cookie policy

Cookies are small text files that store small pieces of information from your visit to a website. The cookies used on this site do not identify you as an individual. You are free to view, clear and control cookies through your browser settings.

How we use cookies

Security

We rely on WP Cerber Security to help protect this website from hacking attempts, spam and malware. WP Cerber’s cookies do not hold any personal or sensitive information. Typically there are between 2 and 6 such cookies.

NameDurationPurpose
randomly generated alphanumeric valuesUsually 1 dayTells apart signed-in users, anonymous visitors, search engine bots and spammers

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the site. The cookies it sets keep anonymised details such as how you reached the site, which pages you view, how long you stay on each one and what you click.

NameDurationPurpose
_ga2 yearsTells users apart
_ga_W0J3HMK80V2 yearsKeeps session state

Payments & ticketing

We sell event tickets through Event Tickets (Tickets Commerce) using Stripe as our payment gateway. When you reach the checkout, Stripe loads its secure payment scripts, which set the following cookies. These are necessary to process your payment and to help prevent fraud, and they do not hold any payment card details, which are handled entirely by Stripe.

NameDurationPurpose
__stripe_mid1 yearFraud prevention; identifies the device used to make a payment
__stripe_sid30 minutesFraud prevention; links activity within a single checkout session