Cookie Policy

What cookies are used on this site?

Our website uses cookies to help provide you with the best educational experience & to help our team develop the most relevant educational content. We have 4 types of cookies in use on the website:

• Strictly necessary cookies - to allow the website to function correctly or included to enable GDPR complaint behavior of third-party cookies, including Google Analytics.
• Statistic cookies - used to track anonymized activity across the website for performance & analytics reporting.
• Functional cookies - created through user interactions to assist with personalization or to remember user-initiated preferences eg. hiding a previously completed newsletter or survey form.
• Targeting cookies - created by the YouTube video content player found on our expert opinion pages. These third-party cookies are used to track advertising preferences across different Google websites.

You can disable or selectively control cookie use by activating the option in your browser, this will allow you to reject the setting of all or some cookies. Choosing to block all cookies, including essential ones, may affect core functionality or disable access to parts of our website.

Cookie list

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to function correctly & cannot be disabled in the cookie settings. They are commonly set when you interact with or request access to services including login or sign-up forms including the user account feature, updates to privacy preferences, or interacting with surveys or newsletter sign-up forms. These cookies can be disabled using your browser but may cause the website to work incorrectly or adversely affect your experience while using the website.

Cookie Provider	Cookies	Purpose
google.com	consent	Used to detect if the user has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR compliance of the website.
gstatic.com	rc::a rc:c	Cookies used to distinguish between humans & bots
scientificeducationsupport.com	jwt fjwt	User account sign in authentication

Statistic cookies

These cookies allow us to understand how users interact with our website by collecting reporting information anonymously, including pages visited & time spent on the website. We use this information to measure engagement across our educational articles & improve our offering. Disabling these cookies will harm our ability to identify popular topics & create relevant content.

Cookie Provider	Cookies	Purpose
google.com	_ga_# _gid	Used by Google analytics to collect the number of times a user has visited a website including the dates of the first & most recent visit. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the a user uses a website
hotjar.com	_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress _hjFirstSeen _hjHasCachedUserAttributes, _hjUserAttributesHash _hjIncludedInSessionSample_#, _hjSession_#, _hjSessionUser_# _hjRecordingEnabled _hjRecordingLastActivity _hjUserAttributes hjActiveViewportIds hjViewportId	Collects statistics on the number of visitors to the website by assigning a visitor ID Used to determine if a user has visited the website before Identifies if the cookie needs to be updated Collects insights into the number of visits & average time spent Collects data on a user's navigation & bahavour. Used to create statistical heat map reports Sets a unique session ID. Allows the website to obtain data on visitor behavior Registers statistical data on a user behavior on the website, used for internal analytics Contains an ID string for the current session, tracking sub-pages the visitor enters, used to optimise visitor experience Saves the user's screen size to adjust the image size on the website

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization across the website. They may be set by third-party providers or SES within page content. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function as expected.

Cookie Provider	Cookies	Purpose
mds-hub.com	moores_question_user_id	Used to track completion of page survey visitor interactions.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies are used to identify unique users between websites. They are used to build a profile of user interests & show personalized advertising. They do not store personal information but are used to uniquely identify your browser and device. Disabling these cookies will mean you receive less targeted advertising on partner websites.

Cookie Provider	Cookies	Purpose
youtube.com	YSC	This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
youtube.com	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.