Cookie Policy
Last updated: 14/09/2021
Our cookies are categorized in the following categories:
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| Cookie name | Description | Expiration | Category | First or third party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | 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. | 5 months 27 days | Necessary | Third party |
| @@scroll# | Calculates the depth of scrolling one user goes through | Session | Marketing | First party |
| _dc_gtm_UA-# | Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag. | 1 day | Statistics | Third party |
| _dc_gtm_UA-42858496-30 | Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag. | 1 minute | Statistics | Third party |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | Statistics | Third party |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 1 day | Statistics | Third party |
| _gat_UA-42858496-30 | Used by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute | Statistics | Third party |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | Statistics | Third party |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months | Marketing | Third party |
| _uetsid | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | Persistent | Marketing | Third party |
| _uetsid_exp | Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name. | Persistent | Marketing | Third party |
| _uetvid | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | Persistent | Marketing | Third party |
| _uetvid_exp | Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name. | Persistent | Marketing | Third party |
| CurrentSessionSource | A custom metric allowing to meassure what is the source of the user that is currently visiting | 6 months | Marketing | First party |
| FirstSessionSource | A custom metric allowing to meassure what was the source of the user when he/she visited for the first time. | 6 months | Marketing | First party |
| UserMatchHistory | Linkedin - Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | 1 month | Marketing | Third party |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | This cookie is used for storing information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries | 1 month | Statistics | Third party |
| _livechat_has_visited | This is an essential cookie for the website live chat box to function properly. | 2 years | Necessary | Third party |
| Cookieconsent | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 2 years | Necessary | First party |
Other cookies
| Cookie name | Description | Expiration | Category | First or third party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit. | 30 minutes | Marketing | First party |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 30 minutes | Marketing | First party |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. | 30 minutes | Marketing | First party |
| _hjFirstSeen | This is set to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. | Session | Marketing | First party |
| rc::a rc::d-# | These cookies are used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent | Necessary | First party |
| rc::b rc::c | These cookies are used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | Necessary | First party |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session | Statistics | Third party |
| personalization_id | This cookie is set by Twitter - The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website on to their Twitter profile. | 2 years | Statistics | Third party |
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's on line behaviour across websites. | Session | Marketing | Third party |
| ATN | Targets ads based on behavioural profiling and geographical location. | 2 years | Marketing | Third party |
| bcookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years | Marketing | Third party |
| bscookie | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. | 2 years | Marketing | Third party |
| fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months | Marketing | Third party |
| https://cx.atdmt.com/ | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. | Session | Marketing | Third party |
| i/adsct | The cookie is u sed by Twitter.com in order to determine the number of visitors accessing the website through twitter advertisement content. | Session | Marketing | Third party |
| Lidc Lissc | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 day | Marketing | Third party |
| __lc_cid | This is an essential cookie for the website live chat box to function properly. | 2 years | Necessary | Third party |
| __lc_cst | This cookie is used for the website live chat box to function properly. | 2 years | Necessary | Third party |
| __lc2_cid | This cookie is used to enable the website live chat-box function. It is used to reconnect the customer with the last agent with whom the customer had chatted. | 2 years | Necessary | Third party |
| __lc2_cst | This cookie is necessary to enable the website live chat-box function. It is used to distinguish different users using live chat at different times that is to reconnect the last agent with whom the customer had chatted. | 2 years | Necessary | Third party |
| __oauth_redirect_detector | This cookie is used to recognize the visitors using live chat at different times in order to optimize the chat-box functionality. | 2 years | Necessary | Third party |
| MUID | Used by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 1 year | Marketing | Third party |
| NID | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | Marketing | Third party |
| tr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Session | Marketing | Third party |
How to manage your cookie preferences?
You can control what cookies are set on your devices. Most types of cookies can be disabled or deleted by using your browser settings. Please note that if you set your browser to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use all features of our websites. The following links provide information on how to modify the cookies settings on some popular browsers: Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox.
If you would like to disable advertising cookies, you can visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com. If you choose to turn off these cookies you will still see advertising while browsing but it may not be tailored to your interests.
If you wish to opt out of our ability to track you across devices, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
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NordVPN Teams Cookie Policy as updated on 02/08/2021