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| __cfruid | session | This cookie is set by the provider Cloudflare. This cookie is used for load balancing and for identifying trusted web traffic. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by Google. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. |
| AWSALBCORS | 7 days | This cookie is used for load balancing services provded by Amazon inorder to optimize the user experience. Amazon has updated the ALB and CLB so that customers can continue to use the CORS request with stickness. |
| AWSELB | session | This cookie is associated with Amazon Web Services and is used for managing sticky sessions across production servers. |
| cf_ob_info | This cookie is set by the provider Cloudflare. The cookie provides informations on HTTP Status Code returned by the origin web server, the Ray ID of the original failed request and the data center serving the traffic. | |
| cf_use_ob | This cookie is set by the provider Cloudflare content delivery network. This cookie is used for determining whether it should continue serving "Always Online" until the cookie expires. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement". |
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| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
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| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| gdpr_status | 6 months 2 days | This cookie is set by the provider Media.net. This cookie is used to check the status whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. It also helps in not showing the cookie consent box upon re-entry to the website. |
| JSESSIONID | session | Used by sites written in JSP. General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users' state across page requests. |
| PHPSESSID | session | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| ts | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is provided by the PayPal. It is used to support payment service in a website. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
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| __cf_bm | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by CloudFlare. The cookie is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| _alid_ | session | This cookie is set by the provider mielevod-vh.akamaihd.net. This cookie is used for making the live streaming of video content more efficient. |
| akavpau_ppsd | session | This cookie is provided by Paypal. The cookie is used in context with transactions on the website. |
| bcookie | 2 years | This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. |
| lang | session | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. |
| language | session | This cookie is used to store the language preference of the user. |
| lidc | 1 day | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. |
| sp_landing | 1 day | This cookie is set by the provider Spotify. This cookie is used to implement audio content from spotify on the website. It also helps in collecting information on user interaction with this audio content. |
| sp_t | 1 year | This cookie is set by the provider Spotify. This cookie is used to implement audio content from spotify on the website. It also helps in collecting information on user interaction with this audio content. |
| v1st | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is set by the provider TripAdvisor. This cookie is used to show user reviews, awards and information recieved on the community of TripAdvisor. It helps to collect information about how visitors use the website. |
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| AWSELBCORS | session | This cookie is used for load balancing, inorder to optimize the service. It also stores the information regarding which server cluster is serving the visitor. |
| dmvk | session | This cookie is set by the provider Dailymotion. This cookie is used for collecting statistical data of the visitor behaviour on the website. It is used for internal analytics. |
| sid | past | This cookie is very common and is used for session state management. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
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| __gads | 1 year 24 days | This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. These cookies can only be read from the domain that it is set on so it will not track any data while browsing through another sites. |
| _ga | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_131168995_1 | 1 minute | This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. |
| CONSENT | 16 years 4 months 2 days 9 hours | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video. |
| UID | 2 years | No description available. |
| vuid | 2 years | This domain of this cookie is owned by Vimeo. This cookie is used by vimeo to collect tracking information. It sets a unique ID to embed videos to the website. |
| WMF-Last-Access | 1 month 20 hours | This cookie is used to calculate unique devices accessing the website. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bscookie | 2 years | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. |
| DSID | 1 hour | This cookie is setup by doubleclick.net. This cookie is used by Google to make advertising more engaging to users and are stored under doubleclick.net. It contains an encrypted unique ID. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| NID | 6 months | This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. |
| OAGEO | session | This cookie is set by the provider OpenX. This cookie is used for advertising campaigns on the website. The cookie helps in avoiding the same ad showing repeatedly. |
| OAID | 1 year | This cookie is set when an AdsWizz website visitor have opted out the collection of information by AdsWizz service or opted to disable the targeted ads by AdsWizz. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
| YSC | session | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
| yt.innertube::requests | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __gpi | 1 year 24 days | No description |
| __Host-GAPS | 2 years | The domain of this cookie is owned by Google. This is a functionality cookie with a life span of 1 month to 2 years. |
| __iz_trkr | 30 years | No description |
| _nx-nocache | 5 minutes | No description available. |
| _scribd_session | 3 years | No description available. |
| _secure_speakerd_session | 14 days | No description |
| access_token | past | No description available. |
| adEdition | 1 day | No description available. |
| ak_bmsc | 2 hours | No description available. |
| AWSALB | 7 days | AWSALB is a cookie generated by the Application load balancer in the Amazon Web Services. It works slightly different from AWSELB. |
| C3UID | 1 year 11 months | No description available. |
| C3UID-924 | 1 year 11 months | No description |
| chk_visit_today | 1 hour | No description |
| client_token | past | No description available. |
| elsevier_user_country | session | No description available. |
| execunet_cookie | session | No description |
| f3 | 7 days | No description available. |
| geoEdition | 1 day | No description available. |
| GFE_RTT | 5 minutes | No description available. |
| GoogleAdServingTest | session | No description |
| li_gc | 2 years | No description |
| loglevel | never | No description available. |
| OnsAnalyticsvar | 1 day | No description |
| PSID | 1 month | No description |
| refresh_token | past | No description available. |
| S | 1 hour | No description available. |
| sa-geoip | No description | |
| sa-geoip-city | 1 day | No description |
| sa-geoip-country | 1 day | No description |
| sa-geoip-region | 1 day | No description |
| sa-geoip-timezone | 1 day | No description |
| scid | past | No description |
| scribd_ubtc | 100 years | No description available. |
| sdx | past | No description |
| su_sdx | past | No description |
| su_sid | past | No description |
| su_user_id | past | No description |
| t4 | 1 month | No description |
| trendmd-gdpr | past | No description |
| trendmd-nongdpr | 1 year | No description |
| trendmd-reader | past | No description |
| wp44310 | 1 year | No description |
| wp44352 | 1 year | No description |
| x-cdn | session | No description available. |
| X-Mapping-ahcgogmn | session | No description |
