All about cookies
…and we don’t mean the ones that you eat, but little text files that are stored by your browser; usually (but not always) to make your website experience better.
Visiting this site may generate cookies that get stored on your computer or mobile device. Session cookies are used as a ‘memory’ for the website so you only get asked for information on a single occasion and it’s remembered for the remainder of your browsing session. We also use analytics cookies to help us understand how many people visit our site, what they look at, how they find us and to give us an understanding of how our site is performing. This data is anonymous and cannot be used to identify individuals.
Please find a breakdown below, detailing the types of cookies we are using and what they are used for.
Cookies used on kyan.com across the whole site
| Provider | Cookies (and when they expire) | Explanation | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyan | _kyanmedia_session (session) |
We set a session cookie to remember you for the length of time that you keep your browser open. | |
| Google Analytics |
__utma (two years)__utmb (one minute)__utmc (session)__utmz (six months)
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We use Google Analytics to help us improve the site by collecting information about how visitors use our site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. |
| Gauges analytics |
_gauges_cookie (one minute)_gauges_unique (ten years)_gauges_unique_hour (one hour)_gauges_unique_day (one day)_gauges_unique_month (one month)_gauges_unique_year (one year) |
We use Gauges to help us improve the site by collecting information about how visitors use our site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Read Gauges’ privacy policy. |
| New Relic analytics |
_kb_session (session)JSESSIONID (five minutes)
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We use New Relic to provide us with information about the performance of this site. With this information we can make changes to make the site perform more efficiently. | Read New Relic’s privacy policy. |
Cookies used on kyan.com on the blog pages
On the blog pages we have Twitter sharing buttons. Use of the sharing functionality while logged in to Twitter will cause them to set cookies on your system.
How to turn off cookies
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. The following links may be helpful in helping you understand how you can update your browser cookie settings:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
Further information
To learn more about how advertisers use cookies and how you can control these please visit Your Online Choices. To learn more about your rights to online privacy, please visit Data Protection Act 1998 and The Information Commissioner’s Office.
If you would like to contact us directly about our use of cookies, please email us at info@kyan.com.