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A cookie is a simple text file which stores small pieces of information. When you visit one of our websites its server saves the cookie onto your computer or other device. Only that platform’s server will be able to read or retrieve the contents of that cookie.

Cookies do many different jobs like storing your preferences, helping you navigate effectively, and improving your overall experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and our platforms quicker and easier. For example, a cookie might store information so you don’t have to keep entering it.

Cookie name Description Category Expires
__RequestVerificationToken This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. Strictly Necessary End of browser session
ASP.NET_SessionId General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. Strictly Necessary End of browser session
_conv_v This cookie is the visitor-centric cookie that has a lifetime of max 6 months from the last update time. Strictly Necessary End of browser session
AWSALB AWS ELB application load balancer Strictly Necessary 6 Days
AWSALBCORS This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. Strictly Necessary 6 Days
_conv_s Convert AB testing Strictly Necessary End of browser session
__CookieConsent300 __CookieConsentV300 cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. Strictly Necessary End of browser session
_hjIncludedInSessionSample This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. Performance End of browser session
_gaexp Used to determine a user's inclusion in an experiment and the expiry of experiments a user has been included in. Performance End of browser session
_gid This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid Performance End of browser session
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit. Performance End of browser session
_uetvid This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. Performance End of browser session
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. Performance End of browser session
_gclxxxx Google conversion tracking cookie Performance End of browser session
_hjid Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. Performance End of browser session
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Performance 365 Days
_ga_9EKM757P0H This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Performance 365 Days
_ga_V1VQCPSY6V This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Performance 365 Days
_ga_HDM6BN56JZ This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Performance 365 Days
_ga_V1VQCPSY6V This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Performance 365 Days
_ga_V9QZ4PSDRY This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Performance 365 Days
_hjTLDTest When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. Performance End of browser session
ajs_anonymous_id These cookies are generally used for Analytics and help count how many people visit a certain site by tracking if you have visited before. This cookie has a lifespan of 1 year. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
_gat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Google Analytics Cookies Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
ajs_user_id This cookie helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
_dlt This cookie is associated with Google's real time bidding advertising exchange. The main purpose of this cookie is targeting. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
aam_uuid This cookie is associated with the Adobe Audience Manager ID - Data Management Platform (DMP). It is used to assign a unique ID when a user visits a website. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
anj This cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with an AppNexus partner. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
APISID This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
_fbp Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
1P_JAR This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
ajs_group_id These cookies track visitor usage and events within the website. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
_D9J This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. Targeting/Marketing End of browser session
__cf_bm To read and filter requests from bots. Strictly Necessary A few seconds