We use cookies and third-party services to assist with navigation and to analyze traffic to this site. We also share information about your use of our site with our analytics partner. Additional details are available in our
Cookie Policy.
Cookies are small text files that contain a string of characters and uniquely identifies your device during a session or during your future visits to our website. We, in conjunction with our analytics partner, use cookies to track visitor count in real time and over a period of time, average session duration, pages that are most and least popular, bounce rate and traffic sources amongst others. The information gathered for analytics purpose is used to measure and improve our website's performance and will not identify an individual user, as the data is aggregated and will be anonymous.
Types of Cookies
Session cookies or transient cookies are created temporarily while you are navigating through the website. Once you leave the website or close your browser tab / window, these cookies will automatically be deleted by the browser. On the other hand, Persistent cookies are stored for a specific period of time, as set by the cookie provider at the time of creation, and will remain on your device until the cookie expires or you delete it and gets activated every time you revisit the website.
List of Cookies
We strive hard to keep the list of cookies set by us and our partners updated, as and when a new cookie is introduced or an existing cookie information changes, however, at times there could be some delay with these updates. Below is a list of cookies that we use on our site, grouped by cookie category:
Cookie Name: emp_cki
Cookie Type: Persistent
Expiry: 1 year
Provider: First-party/empiricaltech.ca
Purpose: This cookie is used to determine if the Cookie notice needs to be displayed for a visitor on subsequent visits. It is set and read by our website.
Cookie Name: _ga
Cookie Type: Persistent
Expiry: 2 years
Provider: Third-party/Google Analytics
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish unique visitors by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in all pages of our website and used to gather visitor and session information for analytics reporting.
Cookie Name: _gid
Cookie Type: Persistent
Expiry: 24 hours
Provider: Third-party/Google Analytics
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish visitors by grouping the entire session's activity through a Session ID.
Cookie Name: _gat
Cookie Type: Session
Expiry: 1 minute
Provider: Third-party/Google Analytics
Purpose: This cookie is used to throttle request rate.
Last updated: May 4, 2019
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