Cookie Policy

Our site puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Cookies are used to: measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs; remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again; remember you while you’re changing your email subscriptions

Effective Date: 18 August 2018

www.SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

Cookies are used to:

  • measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
  • remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again
  • remember you while you’re changing your www.SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz email subscriptions

Find out more about how to manage cookies.

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How we use secure cookies

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect information about how you use www.SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • the pages you visit on www.SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz
  • how long you spend on each www.SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz page
  • how you got to the site
  • what you click on while you’re visiting the site

We do not collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies.

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Name

_ga
Purpose

This helps us count how many people visit SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz by tracking if you’ve visited before
Expires

2 years
Name

_gid
Purpose

This helps us count how many people visit SouthernCrossHorticulture.co.nz by tracking if you’ve visited before
Expires

24 Hours
Name

_gat
Purpose

Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made
Expires

10 Minutes

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You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.

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Making secure connections to websites

Your browser uses cookies to make secure connections to websites with a ‘https’ URL. There are different versions for different levels of security.

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Name

TLSVersion
Purpose

Tells us the highest version of TLS your browser uses so we can decide which versions to keep supporting
Expires

When you close your browser

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YouTube Videos

We use YouTube to provide videos on some pages of the site. YouTube sets cookies when you visit one of these pages.

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Name

_use_hitbox
Purpose

This is a randomly generated number that identifies your browser
Expires

When you close your browser

Name

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Purpose

Lets Youtube count the views of embedded Youtube videos

Expires

9 Months

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Changes to this policy

We may change this privacy policy. In that case, the ‘last updated’ date at the top of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately.

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