How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to keep. heidi.living sets the four below, and no others. None of them is used for advertising, and we do not sell or share what they record.
session
- Set by
- heidi.living
- What it does
- Keeps you signed in after you log in, and carries short messages from one page to the next, such as “You have been logged out”. It is only set when you log in, register or confirm your email address.
- How long it lasts
- 24 hours
hh_sid
- Set by
- heidi.living
- What it does
- A random code set on your first visit. It holds nothing about you, and the site does not use it to recognise you or to link your visits together.
- How long it lasts
- 30 days
_ga
- Set by
- Google Analytics, for us
- What it does
- Tells Google Analytics that two visits came from the same browser, so we can count visitors rather than page views.
- How long it lasts
- 2 years, or 400 days in Chrome and Edge, which keep no cookie longer
_ga_VR1R2T30TQ
- Set by
- Google Analytics, for us
- What it does
- Remembers the visit you are on, so Google Analytics can count visits and how long they last.
- How long it lasts
- 2 years, or 400 days in Chrome and Edge, which keep no cookie longer
Google Analytics
Google Analytics tells us how many people visit and which pages they read. It does not tell us your name or your email address. Google explains its cookies at support.google.com.
Turning cookies off
You can block or delete cookies in your browser’s settings. The site works without the Google Analytics cookies. Without the session cookie you cannot log in.