WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
Below we list the different types of cookies we may use on the Services.
Essential Cookies. These cookies are essential to the operation of our service in order to enable you to move around it and
to use its features. Without these cookies services you have asked for, such as accessing secure areas of a website or paid for
content, cannot be provided. These cookies are essential for using the service and therefore cannot be turned off without severely
affecting your use of it.
Performance Cookies. Performance cookies, which often include analytics cookies, collect information about your use of this
Services and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, performance cookies show us which are the most frequently visited
pages on our website, allow us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Services, help us record any difficulties you have with
the Services and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. We also use cookies to help you navigate within our website
and travel back to pages.
Performance cookies on this Services may include:
Cookie name | Further information, including how to opt out |
|
_ga | Used to distinguish users. |
_gid | Used to distinguish users |
_gat | Used to throttle request rate |
_dc_gtm_<property-id> | Used to throttle request rate |
AMP_TOKEN | Used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service |
_utma | Used to distinguish users and session |
_utmt | Used to throttle request rate |
_utmb | Used to determine new sessions and visits |
_utmz | Used to find out how the user reached the site |
_utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data |
_utmx | Used for conducting content experiments |
_utmxx | Used for conducting content experiments |
|
_vis_opt_test_cookie | Detects if the cookies are enabled on the browser |
_vis_opt_s | Checks whether the visitor is new or returning |
_vis_opt_out | Indicates that the user is not part of a testing campaign |
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERI
MENT_ID_goal_GOAL_
ID | This cookie is generated when a goal is made |
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERI
MENT_ID_combi | This cookie is generated when users reach a particular combination. This makes sure that users see the same variation that they saw earlier when they visited the page. |
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERI
MENT_ID_exclude | This cookie is generated when a user is excluded from a campaign. |
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERI
MENT_ID_split | This cookie is generated during a Split URL test. |
_vwo_uuid | This cookie generates a unique ID for every visitor |
|
disqus_unique | Used for internal statistics |
testCookie | To check if cookies are enabled |
More information about any of the Google Analytics cookies above can be found here:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.
More information about any of the VWO cookies above can be found here:
https://vwo.com/knowledge/what-are-thecookies-stored-by-vwo/.
EXPERIMENT_ID refers to the ID of the campaign, and GOAL ID refers to the ID of the goal.
More information about any of the Disqus cookie above can be found here:
https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717155-use-of-cookies
Functionality Cookies. In some circumstances, we may use functionality cookies. Functionality cookies allow us to remember
the choices you make on the Services and to provide enhanced and more personalized features, such as customising a certain webpage,
remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion and for other services you request, like watching a video or
commenting on a blog. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Services.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies and Technologies. We and our service providers may use targeting or advertising cookies and
other technologies to collect information (e.g. IP address device ID, general location information etc) and deliver ads on the
Services that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to
limit the number of times you see the same ad on our Services and to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
These cookies remember what you have looked at on the Services and we may share this information with other organizations, such as
advertisers.
You can choose to prevent your device’s ad identifier being used for interest-based advertising by updating the settings on your
device. For more information about targeting and advertising cookies and technologies and how you can opt out and otherwise control
these, you can visit
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
or
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/managecookies/index.html.
Opting out does not mean you will not receive advertisements, it just means the advertisements may be less relevant to your
interests.
Targeting and advertising cookies on this Services may include:
Flash Cookies. We may, in certain situations, use Adobe Flash Player to deliver special content, such as video clips or
animation. To improve your user experience, Local Shared Objects (commonly known as “Flash cookies”) are employed to provide
functions such as remembering your settings and preferences. Flash cookies are stored on your device, but they are managed through
an interface different from the one provided by your web browser. This means it is not possible to manage Flash cookies at the
browser level, in the same way you would manage cookies. Instead, you can access your Flash management tools from Adobe’s website
directly. The Adobe website provides comprehensive information on how to delete or disable Flash cookies − see
http://www.adobe.com/security/flashplayer
for further information. Please be aware that if you disable or reject Flash cookies for the Services, you may not be able to access
certain features, such as video content or services that require you to log in.