enlighten Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy includes:
1. What are cookies............................................................................................................. 1
2. Types of cookies.............................................................................................................. 1
3. How we use cookies........................................................................................................ 2
4. Third parties.................................................................................................................... 3
5. Managing cookie settings................................................................................................ 3
6. Retention period.............................................................................................................. 3
1. What are cookies
1.1 Our site (which includes our website and any web applications, mobile applications or similar devices, channels, platforms, service applications, or other applications operated by or on behalf of us (site)) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site.
1.2 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive or mobile device to store and sometimes track information about you.
2. Types of cookies
2.1 We may use the following types of cookies:
2.1.1 Strictly necessary cookies: these are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site.
2.1.2 Analytical or performance cookies: these types of cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
2.1.3 Functionality cookies: these cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
2.1.4 Targeting cookies: these cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
2.2 Generally, the strictly necessary cookies and some performance and functionality cookies expire when you close the site: these are known as ‘session cookies’. The functionality cookies and some targeting and performance cookies will last for a longer period of time: these are known as ‘persistent cookies’.
3. How we use cookies
3.1 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie Title andCookie Name |
Purpose |
More information |
Umbraco Backoffice Authentication |
Used by Umbraco for authenticating users in the backoffice (admin area). |
Set only when logging into /umbraco |
Request Verification Token |
Anti-forgery token used to prevent CSRF attacks. Set on forms (e.g., login). |
|
Session Cookie |
Maintains session state (e.g., user preferences or temp data). |
|
Temp Data Cookie |
Stores temporary data between requests (e.g., messages after form submit). |
|
Umbraco Preview Cookie |
Used when previewing content in the CMS before publishing. |
Only set for logged-in editors |
Umbraco Frontend Auth Cookie |
Helps manage frontend authentication or security (optional, rare). |
Mostly internal, for logged-in users |
Google Analytics |
Tracks user interactions for website analytics. |
|
Cookie Consent (e.g., Cookiebot) |
Remembers a user's cookie preferences (e.g., opt-in/opt-out). |