Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| CloudFlare | __cfduid | This cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. For example, if the visitor is in a coffee shop where there are a bunch of infected machines, but the specific visitor’s machine is trusted (e.g. because they’ve completed a challenge within your Challenge Passage period), the cookie allows us to identify that client and not challenge them again. It does not correspond to any user ID in your web application, and does not store any personally identifiable information. |
| New Relic | JSESSIONID | This cookie is used to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. |
| Analytics (Google) | _ga _gat _gid |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| Advertising (Google) | IDE DSID |
This cookie is used to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers. |
| Conversion (Google) | 1P_JAR DV |
These cookies are used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates. |
| Preferences (Google) | NID | Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
| Security (Google) | SIDCC | This cookie is used to protect users data from unauthorised access. |
| Maps (Google) | APISID HSID SID SAPISID SSID |
These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information of Google maps. |
| fr | This cookie is an encrypted Facebook ID and Browser ID cookie |
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Apple Safari (Mac)
- Apple Safari (other devices)
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.