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| Apache | This cookie is set to provide a unique identification of the User and is passed back to the server with each subsequent request. The cookie allows us to distinguish between requests from multiple Users vs. multiple requests from the same User. The information is used by many features of the Content Management System as well as the systems responsible for protecting the website from abuse (e.g. a Denial of Service attack). | one "session" (i.e. until the browser is closed) |
| cookie_option_shown | This cookie controls whether the "privacy options" tab has been shown to the User. The tab appears only once per session on the first page that the User lands on. | one "session" (i.e. until the browser is closed) |
| privacy_preference | This cookie is set to record the fact that a User has opted to disable cookies. | 1 year from set/update. |
| privacy_cookie_status | This cookie is set to record the fact that a User has opted to enable cookies. | 1 year from set/update. |
| cms_device | This cookie detects what type of device is being used so that the user experience can be tailored accordingly. | 6 months from set/update. |
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| _uetsid | Set by Microsoft Advertising's Universal Event Tracking (UET) tag to identify the visitor's current session. Used to track conversions and events, such as page visits and form submissions, and attribute them to Microsoft Advertising campaigns. | 24 hours |
| _uetvid | Set by Microsoft Advertising's Universal Event Tracking (UET) tag to store a unique anonymous visitor ID across sessions. Used to recognise returning visitors and support remarketing and conversion attribution across Microsoft Advertising campaigns. | 1 year |
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lang, lidc, lissc, bcookie, UserMatchHistory | We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to track conversions, retarget website visitors, and unlock additional insights about members interacting with our LinkedIn advertising. |
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| SERVERID, bscookie, _uv_id, language |
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| adiV, adiErr | Set by AdInsight to store a unique identifier for the visitor's browser. Used to recognise returning visitors across multiple visits and track their journey through the site, enabling AdInsight to attribute phone calls and enquiries to the correct marketing source. | 1 year |
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| _CAN_BId | Set by CANDDi to assign a unique identifier to the visitor's browser. Used to recognise returning visitors and build a profile of their activity on the site over time. |
| _CAN_SId | Set by CANDDi to identify the visitor's current session. Used alongside _CAN_BId to track activity within a single visit and transmit data to the CANDDi platform. |
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| AWSALB, XSRF-TOKEN, laravel_session | More information from Leadformly |
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| lidc, UserMatchHistory |
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| vuid | These cookies are used by the Vimeo video player on websites. |
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our website. It sets first-party cookies that assign each browser a randomly generated client ID, so that we can measure visits, sessions and the general performance of the site. This client ID does not tell us your name or contact details, but it is treated as personal data under UK data protection law and is only set with your consent. For more information see Google's Privacy & Terms.
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| _ga | Set by Google Analytics 4 to distinguish users by assigning a randomly generated client ID. Used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data. | 2 years (browsers commonly cap first-party cookies at around 13 months, so the effective lifespan is often shorter) |
| _ga_<container-id> | Set by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state for this property, so that page views within a single visit are grouped into one session. | 2 years (similarly capped in practice) |
| _gid | Set by Google Analytics 4 to distinguish users on a daily basis by assigning a randomly generated client ID. Used to measure engagement time and session data. Present on some configurations only. | 24 hours |
| _gat_gtag_<id>, _dc_gtm_<GTM-id> | Set by Google to throttle the rate at which requests are made. Present on some configurations only. | 1 minute |
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| __racnt | Set by Ruler Analytics to identify unique visitors and track which marketing source brought them to the site. Updated with each page view to attribute enquiries and conversions to the correct marketing channel. More information from Ruler Analytics. | Up to 3 years |
| __rasesh | Set by Ruler Analytics to store a unique session identifier, used to associate a visitor's activity across pages within a visit. More information from Ruler Analytics. | Up to 2 years |
| __rafm, __rasel*, __racplx*, __ratel* | Set by Ruler Analytics to power dynamic telephone number replacement. Each cookie stores information about the visitor's marketing source, the phone number pool assigned to that source, and the page elements to be replaced. This allows calls made through the website to be attributed to the marketing channel that drove the visit. More information from Ruler Analytics. | Session |
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| all_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-site_visit_time all_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-visit_count | Live chat feature. More information from ClickDesk |
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| __comm100_guid2* | Set by Comm100 to assign a unique identifier to the visitor's browser. Used to recognise returning visitors and maintain continuity of the chat session as they navigate across pages of the site. |
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| calltrk_landing | Set by CallRail to record the landing page URL of the visitor's first visit. Used to attribute phone calls and form submissions to the marketing campaign or page that originally brought the visitor to the site. | 1 year |
| calltrk_referrer | Set by CallRail to record the referring source of the visitor's first visit, such as a search engine, paid ad, or external website. Used alongside calltrk_landing to provide full marketing attribution for calls and form submissions. | 1 year |
| calltrk_session_id | Set by CallRail to identify the visitor's current session and assign them a dynamically generated tracking phone number. This allows calls made during the session to be attributed to the correct marketing source. | 1 year |
| Name | Description |
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| guest_id, personalization_id, lang |
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| ljt_reader | Collects data related to reader interests, context, demographics and other information on behalf of the Lijit platform. |
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| _gcl_au | Set by Google on this domain to store ad click information in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed to the ad that brought the visitor to the site, to support remarketing audience building, and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. | 90 days |
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| m-b | Quora is a question-and-answer site where questions are asked, answered, edited, and organized by its community of users. |
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| _fbp, fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| lastExternalReferrer, lastExternalReferrerTime | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. |
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| apexchat_visitor_id | Set by ApexChat to assign a unique identifier to the visitor, generated server-side. Used to distinguish visitors from one another and maintain continuity of the chat session across pages. More information from ApexChat. |
| apexchat_profile_id | Set by ApexChat to determine which configuration of chat invitation should be displayed to the visitor. |
| apexchat_invitation_shown | Set by ApexChat to record whether the chat invitation has been shown to the visitor at least once, preventing it from being displayed repeatedly. |
| apexchat_operator_id | Set by ApexChat to store the identifier of the chat agent assigned to the visitor when operating in SaaS operator mode. |
| apexchat_agent_alias_id | Set by ApexChat to record which agent has been selected to handle the chat invitation for the visitor. |
We use Google Ads to display advertisements to you when you are visiting other websites, and to measure the performance of our advertising campaigns. The cookies listed below are set either on this domain or on Google's domains. For more information see Google's Privacy & Terms.
| Name | Description | Expiration |
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| IDE | Set by Google on doubleclick.net to measure and track ad performance on non-Google websites, including conversion tracking and limiting how often the same ad is shown to the same user. | 13 months (EEA/UK) |
| DSID | Set by Google on doubleclick.net to identify a signed-in user across non-Google sites, so that their ad personalisation settings are applied consistently. | 2 weeks |
| __gads | Set on this domain by Google to enable ads to be displayed and to measure interactions with those ads, including preventing the same ad from being shown too many times. | 13 months |
| _gac_<property-id> | Set when Google Analytics and Google Ads are linked. Stores ad click information and is used to measure the performance of advertising campaigns. | 90 days |
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| ac_enable_tracking | Set by ActiveCampaign to record that the visitor has consented to site tracking. Once set, it triggers ActiveCampaign's site tracking functionality, which monitors page visits and helps attribute enquiries and conversions to marketing activity. | 30 days |
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| hubspotutk | Set by HubSpot to keep track of a visitor's identity across sessions. Contains an anonymous identifier used to deduplicate contacts when a form is submitted. More information from HubSpot. | 6 months |
| __hstc | Set by HubSpot as the main visitor tracking cookie. Stores the visitor's identity, initial visit timestamp, last visit timestamp, current visit timestamp, and session count. More information from HubSpot. | 6 months |
| __hssc | Set by HubSpot to keep track of sessions. Stores the domain, page view count within the session, and session start timestamp, used to determine whether to increment the session count in __hstc. More information from HubSpot. | 30 minutes |
| __hssrc | Set by HubSpot to determine whether a visitor has restarted their browser since their last visit. If absent when HubSpot processes cookies, the visit is treated as a new session. More information from HubSpot. | Session (deleted when the browser is closed) |
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| AA003, ATN | ATDMT is a tracking cookie[1] served by Facebook subsidiary Atlas Solutions[2] and is used as a third-party cookie by several websites. The cookie originates from the domain atdmt.com which is owned by Atlas. |
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| __cf_bm | Set by Cloudflare to distinguish legitimate visitors from automated bots. Contains an encrypted bot score used by Cloudflare's bot detection system. A separate cookie is generated for each site visited and cannot be used to track visitors across sites. | 30 minutes |
| _cfuvid | Set by Cloudflare to distinguish individual visitors who share the same IP address, such as users on a shared network. Used to apply rate limiting rules accurately without affecting legitimate visitors. | Session (deleted when the browser is closed) |