Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features. We use cookies to enhance the functionality of the website by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our website to provide you with a better user experience.
We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).
If you wish to control what cookies are set on your device through the Ovan website then you can find out how to do this in Managing Cookies.
If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set.
If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
You can choose whether to accept cookies that are set by the us, and their suppliers, on the cookie settings page.
Most websites do work without cookies, but you will lose some features and functionality if you choose to disable cookies. For example, you won’t be able to set the weather to your chosen city.
Ovan uses one or more of these cookie types:
Name: PHPSESSID
Example value: rdxpekosqqwlswz4ycw33qke
Expiration: Session.
Description: Used to save the session identifier of the user.
Google Analytics for the analysis of the site usage.
Name: __utma
Example value: 81605199.142676402.1391098239.1391098239.1391098239.1
Expiration: 2 years from creation date or from being restored.
Description: cookie from Google Analytics allowing us to determine the number of unique visitors (defined as a specific browser in a specific computer) on the site. For more information, go to the Google Analytics site (https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCoo…).
Name: __utmb
Example value: 81605199.1.10.1391098239
Expiration: 30 minutes from creation date or from being restored.
Description: cookie from Google Analytics allowing us to determine the times a unique visitor (defined as a specific browser in a specific computer) has visited the site. It is used together with the cookie __utmc (described next). For more information, go to the Google Analytics site (https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCoo…).
Name: __utmc
Example value: 81605199
Expiration: Session.
Description: cookie from Google Analytics allowing us to determine the times a unique visitor (defined as a specific browser in a specific computer) has visited the site. It is used together with the cookie __utmc (described next). For more information, go to the Google Analytics site (https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCoo…).
Name: __utmz
Example value: 81605199.1391098239.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)
Expiration: 6 months from creation date or from being restored.
Description: cookie from Google Analytics allowing us to determine in which page has been a browser just before visiting each page on our site. This allows us to rate the efficiency of the links in order to help users find what they search for. For more information, go to the Google Analytics site (https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCoo…).