This website uses “cookies” to help personalise your online experience.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. If you do not wish to accept our use of cookies, then please disable them following the guidance below.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies for several purposes:

1. To collect anonymous statistics – the information collected by cookies enables us to improve the website through usage figures and patterns. For example, it’s really useful for us to be able to see which pages and news articles are the most popular and how people are interacting with them. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. Our advertisers/payment services providers may also send you cookies.
2. Serve localised content – in the instance of content being provided in multiple languages, we use cookies to detect and serve the content that’s most appropriate for you. The cookie helps remember your language preference for the next time you visit the website.
3. Help us improve security – we use a cookie to determine whether your computer/device is trusted

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why.

Name of cookie	Owner	Purpose for the cookie	Duration
Cookie consent (cookieconsent_status)	https://davidelevi.com	Identifies whether the user has accepted the use of cookies on the website.	Persistent
Landing page (prehome)	https://davidelevi.com	Identifies whether the user has seen the promotional landing page, and only displays it once to them.	Persistent
Language detection (qtrans_front_language)	http://davidelevi.com	This is part of our websites functionality to detect and set the current language of the website. This allows us to serve the content that’s most appropriate for the visitor and remember their language preference for the next time they visit the website.	Persistent
WordPress	https://davidelevi.com	Recognises users and provides secure log-in to our website and associated systems. This is mainly used by our staff and contributors.	Session
Google Analytics (multiple: _ga, _gat_gtag_UA_, _gid)	Google	This is a web analytics service provided by Google, which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our website, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (for example, how long they stayed on the site, or which pages or news articles are particularly popular) and also tells us how many visitors we have had. For more information on Google analytics, click here.	Persistent
CloudFlare (_cfuid)	CloudFlare	This is for security and set by the proxy firewall that we use called Cloudflare. It identifies individual visitors behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. For example, if a visitor is in a coffee shop where there may be several infected machines, but the specific visitor’s machine is trusted (for example, because they completed a challenge within your Challenge Passage period), the cookie allows Cloudflare to identify that client and not challenge them again. It does not correspond to any user ID in your web application, and does not store any personally identifiable information. For more information on this Cloudflare cookie, visit https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170156-What-does-the-Cloudflare-cfduid-cookie-do-	Persistent

How to disable cookies

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Cookie preferences are usually found in the options, settings or preferences menus of your browser or mobile device.

Click on the links below to find out how to change your cookie settings in:

1. Internet explorer
2. Firefox
3. Chrome
4. Safari
5. Opera
6. iPhone and iPad
7. Samsung

You may opt-out of Google’s analytics cookies by visiting Google’s opt-out page – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout