Cookie Policies

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files placed on a computer or other Internet-connected device that assists a websites functions and features. Cookies allow the recording of information when visiting websites and related products and services. Other like tracking technologies work similarly to Cookies by placing small data files on your device in order to monitor website activity.

Our Use of Cookies

Cookies and other similar technologies gather anonymous, aggregated information that allows us to and offer you tailored advertising based on your behavior on our websites.

What Kinds of Cookies Do We Use?

Persistent and Session Cookies

There are two categories of Cookies that we use on our websites: Persistent Cookies and Session Cookies. Persistent Cookies are Cookies that help us remember you. Persistent Cookies are stored on your device between visits. This enables us to recall your preferences and actions across multiple sites and visits. Session Cookies are Cookies that expire at the end of a session. This allows the linking of your actions during a particular session.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-Party Cookies are Cookies that are set by others. This enables the third-party’s features and functions to be provided through the website being usd. These Cookies can recognize your device both when it visits our website and when it visits certain other websites. In this case, our paid affiliates may use Third-Party Cookies to identify you as a referral so they can be compensated. Groups using Third-Party Cookies have their own Privacy Policies and may use their Cookies to target advertising to you directly.

 

Name

Duration

 Description

_ga

13 months

Used to remember you through a unique and randomly generated

_ga_9XBFV7YR33

13 months

Used to remember you through a unique and randomly generated

_gat_gtag_UA_64306669_2

30 minutes

Used to remember you through a unique and randomly generated

_gid

1 day

Used for storing temporary data about your visit

cookieNotice

12 months

Used to save your cookie settings

OJSSID

Session

Used to remember you through a unique and randomly generated ID

__utma

2 years from set/update

Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

__utmb

30 min from set/update

Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

__utmc

End of browser session

Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.