COOKIE POLICY
1. Use of cookies
We may use cookies on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device via your web browser when you visit our website.
We may use the following cookies.
2. Necessary cookies
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRAffinity | Azure | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | Azure | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.cdV5uW_Ejgc | ASP.NET | Stores an anti-forgery (CSRF) token to verify that form submissions and requests come from the legitimate user, protecting against cross-site request forgery attacks. | Session |
| CookieControl | CIVIC Cookie Control | Stores the user's cookie preferences. | 90 days from confirming recommended or customised cookie settings. |
| _cf_bm | Cloudflare | Identifies trusted web traffic. | 30 minutes |
| _cfduid | Cloudflare | Identifies trusted web traffic. | 5 years |
| _cfuvid | Cloudflare | Only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule. Used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | Session |
| sessionid | Steam | Used to protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and manage the user's active session | Session |
| TiPMix | Twitch | Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing in order to optimize user experience. | 1 hour |
| x-ms-routing-name | Twitch | Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. | 1 hour |
3. Optional cookies
Cookies may be used on our websites to enhance and personalise your user experience and to analyse traffic and user actions during a visit.
Consent is needed to use some of these optional cookies – which include the analytical and marketing cookies described below. You can set and update your cookie preferences via the CookieControl icon on our websites.
3.1. Analytical
We use analytical cookies to count visits to our website. The captured information is anonymised and personal data is not processed. These cookies can be turned off if preferred.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _dd_s | Datadog | Used by Datadog to group all events generated from a unique user session across multiple pages. It contains the current session ID, whether the session is excluded due to sampling, and the expiration date of the session. The cookie is extended for an extra 15 minutes every time the user interacts with the website, up to the maximum user session duration (4 hours). | 1 hour |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users. | 1 year |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Used to identify and track an individual user session. | 2 years |
| vuid | Vimeo | Used to assign a Vimeo Analytics unique id. | 1 year |
| player | Vimeo | Used to remember user’s player mode preferences. | 1 minute |
3.2. Marketing cookies
Interactions with our website are tracked using marketing cookies to help enhance user experience and analyse site traffic for marketing purposes.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDE | DoubleClick | Used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite. | 1 year |
| test_cookie | DoubleClick | Used to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months | |
| _Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Used by YouTube to help Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. | 180 days | |
| _gcl_au | Google Adsense | Used for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using Google AdSense services. | 3 months |
| sa-user-id | StackAdapt | Used to uniquely identify a user for retargeting, conversion, or look-a-like purposes | 1 year |
| sa-user-id-v2 | StackAdapt | Used to uniquely identify a user for retargeting, conversion, or look-a-like purposes | 1 year |
| sa-user-id-v3 | StackAdapt | Used to uniquely identify a user for retargeting, conversion, or look-a-like purposes | 1 year |
| _scid | Snapchat | Used to help identify a visitor. | 1 year |
| sc_at | Snapchat | Used to identify a visitor across multiple domains. | 1 year |
| X-AB | Snapchat | Used for multi-variate testing to combine or change content based on the best variation/edition of the site. | 24 hours |
| ttcsid | TikTok | Used to recognize and match events for TikTok advertising campaigns; helps with conversion attribution and ad optimisation. | 90 days |
| ttcsid_BSPVSDNRH2682 FELA5PG | TikTok | Used to recognize and match events for TikTok advertising campaigns; helps with conversion attribution and ad optimisation. | 90 days |
| ttcsid_BSPVSDNRH2682 FELA5PG | TikTok | Used to recognize and match events for TikTok advertising campaigns; helps with conversion attribution and ad optimisation. | 90 days |
| guest_id | X | Set by X to identify and track website visitors. Registers if a user is signed into the X platform and collects information about ad preferences. | 1 year |
| guest_id_ads | X | Used for advertising when logged out. | 1 year |
| guest_id_marketing | X | Used for advertising when logged out. | 1 year |
| muc_ads | X | Used when a user comes to the website via X. A cookie from X is placed on the website, which can later show a relevant offer on X. | 1 year |
| personalization_id | X | Used to be personalize X services, including X trends, stories, ads and suggestions. | 1 year |
| __Secure-YNID | Youtube | Used to remember your Youtube preferences and resolve problems with the service. | 6 months |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Youtube | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 6 months |
| YSC | Youtube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |