Cookie Policy
This page provides comprehensive information about how we use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience, improve website performance, and deliver personalized content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to offer a smoother and more efficient user experience. In the table below, you will find detailed information about each type of cookie we use, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device. We are committed to respecting your privacy and providing transparency about the data we collect through cookies. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Essential
These cookies enable the essential operation of the Diocesan web site. Without them, the site may not operate correctly - particularly all aspects involved in multi-language displays.
Form submission cookies (WPForms)
WPForms is a plugin for the Diocese’s web site hosting platform that permits our web site to utilise on-line forms, such as pilgrimage registration forms, e-mail submission forms, and so on. This service enables you to use such resources on the site.
| Name | Description | Duration |
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| _wpfuuid | This cookie is used to enable your ability to complete multi-page pilgrimage and other registration forms or e-mail submission forms on the Diocesan web site, as well as to begin form submissions and come back to them later. | 11 years |
| wpfuuid | Used to track user interactions with forms. | 11 years |
Language Configurations
Cookies used by our web site to permit you to configure the language and orthography-style in which you wish to view Diocesan content.
| Name | Description | Duration |
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| orthography | Used to set your preference for displaying Russian texts in traditional, pre-revolutionary (‘old’) orthography, or in reformed (‘new’) orthography. | 1 year |
| language | This is a critical cookie for the Diocesan web site: it permits you to select whether you wish to view site content in English, Russian, or French - then stores your preferences so you don’t have to keep making your selection on each page. | 1 year |
Other essential services
Other cookies used by the Diocesan web site in order to provide core functionality.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| 63a6ed47e484b00012b993bf-remember-me | Used by our parish database system for the accurate display of parish directory entries on the site. | 2 years |
| wpconsent_geolocation | This cookie is used to store your geographical region, which is required for compliance with cookie consent laws in various parts of the world. | 30 days |
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store your cookie consent preferences, which is a legal requirement in Europe and various other territories around the world. It allows you to configure which cookies you consent to using when visiting the Diocesan web site. | 30 days |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use the Diocese’s web site.
Jetpack Stats
Jetpack's built-in visitor analytics. It records page views, referring sites, search terms, and outbound link clicks, and also carries the shared visitor-tracking library used by Jetpack Instant Search and WooCommerce Analytics.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
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| tk_ai | Stores a randomly-generated anonymous visitor ID so Jetpack's Tracks analytics library can link tracking events to the same visitor. | Session in wp-admin; up to 5 years on the frontend |
| tk_qs | Queues analytics events for Jetpack's Tracks library so none are lost if the page closes before they can be sent. | 30 minutes |
| tk_tc | Used once per page load to work out which cookie domain the Tracks library should use, then removed as soon as it's read back. | Session (deleted immediately after use) |
| tk_aip | Stores a list of anonymous visitor IDs so they can be merged into one identity once a visitor is recognized. | Up to 5 years |
