What are cookies and what is their purpose?
Our Taylor Made Media website uses “cookies” to help personalise your online experience. A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by a website 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 the web server that created them. Their purpose is to recognise when you return to a website, remember your preferences, and help improve your browsing experience by saving you time when you revisit our pages.
The types of cookies Taylor Made Media may use:
- Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They allow you to access secure areas of the site.
- Analytics cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website by collecting information such as the number of visitors and the pages they view. This allows us to improve the site and make it easier to find what you’re looking for.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies remember your preferences when you return to our website, such as your language or location, so we can personalise content and provide a more tailored experience.
- Targeting cookies: These cookies track your activity on our website, including pages visited and links clicked. This information helps us show information that is more relevant to your interests. We may share this data with third parties for this purpose.First Party cookies: We use first party cookies set by WordPress and used for authentication and admin preferences.
- Third Party cookies: Please note that third parties (including, for example, on Vimeo and YouTube) may use cookies on our website, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytics/performance or targeting cookies.
We include below a list of cookies that we currently use on our website and the purposes for which we use them, which may be updated from time to time.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | Verifies browser accepts cookies before login | Session | Essential |
| wordpress_[hash] | Authentication token | Session / 14 days | Essential |
| wordpress_sec_[hash] | Secure authentication token | Session / 14 days | Essential |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | Maintains login state | Session / 14 days | Essential |
| wp-settings-{user_id} | Admin UI preferences | 1 year | Functionality |
| wp-settings-time-{user_id} | Timestamp for above | 1 year | Functionality |
| Custom name (admin-configured in All-In-One WP Security) | Cookie-based brute force protection for the login page | Session | Essential |
| vuid – vimeo.com | Assigns a unique visitor ID for Vimeo | 2 years | Analytics |
| player – vimeo.com | Stores player preferences (volume, quality) | 1 year | Functionality Analytics |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE – youtube.com | Estimates bandwidth and tracks video views | 6 months | Functionality |
| YSC – youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to track views | Session | Functionality |
| CONSENT – youtube.com | Records Google’s cookie consent state | 20 years | Functionality |
For more information on third party cookies, please see the following cookie policies:
Vimeo – Cookie Policy
Google – Privacy Policy (regarding YouTube cookies)
Consent and managing cookies
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie notice giving you the option to accept or reject non-essential cookies, or to manage your preferences. Essential cookies are set automatically, as they are necessary for the website to function properly.
All other cookies (including analytics, functionality, and targeting cookies) will only be set if you provide your consent. You can change your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings or by using the cookie settings available on our website.
Please note that disabling or blocking certain cookies (particularly essential cookies) may affect the functionality of the website and limit your ability to access some features. You can find further guidance on managing cookies in your browser’s “Help” section.
If you have previously visited our website and wish to remove cookies already set on your device, you may delete them at any time by following the instructions available at:
https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/