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Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to enable websites to operate, or operate more efficiently, and to provide information to site owners. The cookies we use enable us, among other things, to improve your experience when using our website and to ensure that the website functions as you expect it to.
A cookie can be classified according to its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs.
Depending on its lifetime, a cookie is either:
With regard to the domains to which they belong, there are two types:
We use 5 categories of cookies on our website:
The tables below detail the cookies we use and their purposes.
COOKIES EXEMPT FROM CONSENT (ESSENTIAL COOKIES) | ||||
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Type | Name of the cookie | Session / Persistent | First-party / Third-party | Purpose |
Essential | ||||
CookieControl | Persistent | First Party | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | |
displayed_btm_consent | Persistent | First Party | This cookie stores acceptance of cookie policy. | |
ci_session | Session | First Party | Preserves users states across page requests. | |
incap_ses_# | Session | First Party | Preserves users states across page requests. | |
visid_incap_# | Persistent | First Party | Preserves users states across page requests. | |
is_eu_country | Persistent | First Party | Determines what website content visitor can access. | |
is_show_popup | Persistent | First Party | Determines whether a message box is shown before. |
COOKIES REQUIRING CONSENT | ||||
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Type | Name of the cookie | Session / Persistent | First-party / Third-party | Purpose |
Audience measurement | ||||
bounce | Session | Third Party | Determines if a user leaves the website straight away. This information is used for internal statistics and analytics by the website operator. | |
_gat | Persistent | First Party | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | |
_ga | Persistent | First Party | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
_gid | Persistent | First Party | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
Functional (Management of widgets for contests, newsletter subscriptions or other third party functions) | ||||
anj | Persistent | Third Party | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | |
uuid2 | Persistent | Third Party | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | |
track/evnt | Session | Third Party | Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | |
SZMKSessionId | Persistent | Third Party | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. | |
test_cookie | Persistent | Third Party | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | |
IDE | Persistent | Third Party | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | |
fr | Persistent | Third Party | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | |
fr | Persistent | Third Party | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | |
tr | Session | Third Party | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | |
ads/ga-audiences | Session | Third Party | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | |
__ptq.gif | Session | Third Party | Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
UserMatchHistory | Persistent | Third Party | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | |
lidc | Persistent | Third Party | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | |
bcookie | Persistent | Third Party | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | |
bscookie | Persistent | Third Party | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | |
lissc | Persistent | Third Party | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | |
OT_6754 | Session | Third Party | Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. | |
OT2 | Persistent | Third Party | Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. | |
u2 | Persistent | Third Party | Collects data related to the user's navigation visits to webpages in order to assess the efficacy of ads that are displayed on the website. | |
t1 | Persistent | Third Party | Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. | |
ActivityInfo2 | Persistent | Third Party | Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | |
_fbp | Persistent | First Party | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | |
__hstc | Persistent | First Party | Collects statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. | |
__hssrc | Session | First Party | Collects statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. | |
hubspotutk | Persistent | First Party | Keeps track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to the marketing platform HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts. | |
__hssc | Persistent | First Party | Collects statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. | |
lang | Session | Third Party | Remembers the user's selected language version of a website. | |
lang | Session | Third Party | Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded "Follow us" panel. | |
Video | ||||
YSC | Session | Third Party | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Persistent | Third Party | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | |
GPS | Persistent | Third Party | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | |
yt-remote-device-id | Persistent | Third Party | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | |
yt-remote-connected-devices | Persistent | Third Party | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | |
yt-remote-session-app | Session | Third Party | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | |
yt-remote-cast-installed | Session | Third Party | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | |
yt-remote-session-name | Session | Third Party | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | Session | Third Party | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
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Last update: 30-Jul-2020
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