Cookie Details
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are important in allowing your website to operate effectively and as such will be enabled by default. Please note that these cookies do not gather information about you.
As the site is developed via WordPress, there are plugins which create cookies that help with website performance and security.
WordFence is a security plugin used by WordPress to block malicious attacks made to the website. More info on the cookies they set can be seen here.
Litespeed is a website performance plugin used by WordPress to cache webpages to help better website load times.
WP Live Chat is a live chat plugin which allows us to better to better communicate to our visitors at a faster rate. Before using the plugin you would need to provide your consent in compliance with GDPR. More information on this can be seen here.
| Service | Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTE | PHPSESSID | This cookie stores a visitor's unique, randomly generated, session id and is used to pass information between site applications to enable them to function correctly. It is forcibly expired when the user closes the browser. | Expires on browser close |
| DTE | nc_status | This cookie is used to optimise website traffic and distribution of services. | 1 day |
| DTE | nc_sid | This cookie is used to optimise website traffic and distribution of services. | Expires on browser close |
| DTE | cookie_analytics | This cookie is used to define the option to enable or disable analytic and marketing cookies used for the website. | 1 month |
| DTE | cookie_marketing | This cookie is used to define the option to enable or disable marketing cookies used for the website. | 1 month |
| DTE | cookie_settings | This cookie is used to define whether cookies relating to settings are enabled or disabled. | 1 month |
| DTE | ow_ac | This cookie is used to define whether cookiebar is displayed or not. | 1 month |
| WordPress | wordpress_sec | This cookie stores a visitor's unique, randomly generated, session id and is used to pass information between content management system called WordPress to enable it to function correctly. It is forcibly expired when the user closes the browser. | Expires on browser close |
| WordPress | wordpress_logged_in_xxxx | Creates a session of the user currently logged into the dtegroup.com website through the WordPress login page. This expires upon browser close. | Expires on browser close |
| WordPress | wp-settings-x | Wordpress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. This cookie is only applied to persons logging into the website through WordPress. | Expires on browser close |
| WordPress | wp-settings-time-x | Wordpress sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. This cookie is only applied to persons logging into the website through WordPress. | Expires on browser close |
| WordPress | _icl_current_language | This cookie allows the built in WordPress Multilanguage plugin, to store the user’s current language. This is critical for allowing the site to function properly. | 1 day |
| WordFence | wfwaf-authcookie-(hash) | This cookie is used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current user before WordPress has been loaded. This cookie will only be applied for users who have logged into the website. | Expires on browser close |
| Litespeed | _lscache_vary | This cookie allows Litespeed to store the user’s login status, the role of current user and if it has admin bar showing or not. | 2 days |
| Litespeed | ls_smartpush | This cookie allows Litespeed to store server settings to help with performance. | 2 days |
| WP Live Chat | wplc_cid | Used to distinguish users if our live chat is active. | 1 month |
| WP Live Chat | wplc_chat_status | Stores your preferences for our live chat application. | 24 hours |
| WP Live Chat | wplc_minimize | This cookie is used to define whether the chat is hidden by default or not. | 24 hours |
| WP Live Chat | bleeper_customerID | This cookie is created through WP Live Chat. | 1 year |
Cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect anonymised information about how you use dtegroup.com. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements. Our analytics service provider's policy can be viewed here.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit dtegroup.com by tracking if you’ve visited before. | 2 years |
| _gid | This helps us count how many people visit dtegroup.com by tracking if you’ve visited before. | 24 hours |
| _gat_irisOpenWebsite | This helps IRIS Software Group, the developer of the DTE website, to monitor site performance for dtegroup.com. The data collected is anonymous and is only used for analysing website performance overall. | 24 hours |
| _gat | This is used for managing the rate at which page view requests are made. | Expires on browser close |
If you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics completely regardless of the website you are on, please visit the following link here to install an addon within Google Chrome's browser to disable Google Analytics.
Cookies that help with our communications and marketing
We use Twitter to provide a live timeline on the website homepage to help display latest twitter feeds gathered from our Twitter page.
More information on the cookies used by twitter can be found at Cookiepedia.
You can view more information on Twitter's Cookie Policy here.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| personalization_id | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 2 years |
| guest_id | This cookie is set by Twitter to identify and track the website visitor. | 2 years |
| lang | This cookie is set by Twitter to identify the language set by the widget. | Expires on browser close |
| _twitter_sess | This cookie lets website visitors use Twitter-related features from within the web page they are visiting. | Expires on browser close |
| ct0 | These cookies enable us to track visitor activity from our Twitter ads on our website, and also to allow users to share content from our websites. These cookies do not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | 2 years |
| eu_cn | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media application. | 1 year |
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can use your browser settings to set whether cookies are enabled or not. Please bear in mind that doing this can have an adverse effect on how the DTE website performs.