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Cookie name
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Purpose
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Duration
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| Google analytics _utma |
This cookie is 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. |
2 years from set/update |
| Google analytics _utmb |
This cookie is 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. |
30 mins from set/update |
| Google analytics _utmc |
This cookie operates in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
End of browser session |
| Google analytics _utmz |
This cookie stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
6 months from set/update |
| Google analytics _utmv |
This cookies stores visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
2 years from set/update |
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CMSCookieLevel
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This cookie specifies which cookies are allowed by the visitor.
|
1 year |
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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This cookie keeps the user session ID for security reasons.
|
Session based |
| CMSCsrfCookie |
This cookie stores a security token that the system uses to validate all form data submitted via POST requests. It helps prevent cross site request forgery. |
1 year |
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CMSPreferredCulture
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This cookie stores the visitor's preferred content culture.
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1 year |
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CMSMobileRedirected
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This cookie indicates if the visitor has been redirected to the mobile version of the website by the Mobile device redirection web part.
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1 year |
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CMSCurrentTheme
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This cookie stores the name of the current visual theme to provide proper design to the dialog windows.
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1 year |
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Webauthtoken
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Live ID authentication cookie.
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CMSForumPostAnswer
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Keeps a list of Question-Answer forum posts in which the user voted for an answer to prevent repeated votes.
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1 year |
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CMSVotedPolls
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Keeps a list of polls where the user voted to prevent repeated votes.
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1 year |
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CMSRatedDocuments
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Keeps a list of pages that the user rated to prevent repeated votes.
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1 year |
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CMSShowDesktopVersion
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Indicates that the visitor has switched to the desktop (default) version of the website from a specific device profile.
|
1 year |
| CMSWindowsUser |
Stores information for users who were imported from an Active Directory domain during authentication. |
1 year |
| .ASPXFORMSAUTH |
Stores the user's encrypted authentication ticket when using forms authentication. |
Session based |
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VisitorStatus
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Indicates if the visitor is new or returning. Used for tracking the visitors statistic in Web analytics.
|
1 year |
| Source |
Stores the channel from which the visitor arrived as part of a campaign (e.g., email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Based on the utm_source query string parameter. |
1 year |
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Campaign
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Stores the name of the campaign assigned to the visitor.
|
1 year |
| Content |
Stores the specific content item through which the visitor arrived as part of a campaign. Based on the utm_content query string parameter. |
1 year |
| TrackedCampaigns |
Stores all the campaigns, which should be tracked within a JavaScript snippet. |
1 year |
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UrlReferrer
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Stores the URL referrer from which the user arrives on the website.
|
1 year |
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CurrentContact
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Stores the GUID of the contact related to the current site visitor. Used to track activities on the website.
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1 year |
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CMSAB<ABtestname>
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Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor. Stores the name of the page variant assigned to the visitor, the list of performed conversions and information whether visitor is included in A/B testing specified by an A/B test.
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1 year |
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CMSMVT<mvtestname>
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Stores the combination of variants assigned to the visitor by an MVT test. Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor.
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1 year |
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CMSShoppingCart
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Stores a GUID reference to the user's shopping cart. Allows the system to recover the shopping cart for unregistered customers, even after it is cleared from the cache (for example after an application restart).
|
1 year |
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CMSBodyClass
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Body element class to provide accessibility standards.
|
1 year |
| CMSUserPage |
Stores the IDs (DocumentID, NodeID) of the last visited page. Used for logging landing and exit page web analytics and activities. |
1 year |
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ChatLoggedInToken
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Stores the login state for the Chat application (indicates if the user is in the online state).
|
1 year |
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ChatSupportLoggedInToken
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Indicates if the user is logged in to the support chat.
|
1 year |
| <Window name>_<Group ID>_roomID |
Stores bindings between groups of chat web parts and chat rooms (for a specific window or tab). |
1 year |
| chat_autoinitchat_displayed_<GUID> |
Remembers if the Automatically initiated chat web part was shown to the user (prevents multiple chat initiation messages). |
1 year |
| chat_kick_roomid_<room ID> |
Indicates that the user was kicked from the specified chat room (and is not allowed to return). |
1 year |
| StrandsSBS_* |
Used by the Strands Recommender solely for its own purposes. The cookies are managed on the Strands side. |
1 year |
| CMSStrandsTrackEvent_* |
Stores persistent HTTP context after a page is reloaded. Used for tracking of shopping cart events. |
1 year |
| __openid_selector_* |
Stores OpenId user identification for authentication purposes. |
1 year |
| CMSLandingPageLoaded |
Indicates that the landing page has already been visited and the Landing page activity is not logged again for the current visitor. Expires after 20 minutes and the expiration period of the key is renewed every time the website is accessed again. |
1 year |
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites |
Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor interacts with an External Link Survey invitation modal. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown. |
1 year |
| _hjDonePolls |
Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor completes a survey using the On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the same survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in. |
1 year |
| _hjMinimizedPolls |
Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor minimizes an On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site. |
1 year |
| _hjShownFeedbackMessage |
Hotjar cookie that is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if the visitor navigates to another page where it is set to show. |
1 year |
| _hjid |
Hotjar cookie that is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar 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. |
1 year |
| _hjRecordingLastActivity |
This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records). |
Session based |
| _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. |
Session based |
| _hjUserAttributesHash |
User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated. |
Session based |
| _hjCachedUserAttributes |
This cookie stores User Attributes which are sent through the Hotjar Identify API, whenever the user is not in the sample. These attributes will only be saved if the user interacts with a Hotjar Feedback tool. |
Session based |
| _hjLocalStorageTest |
This cookie is used to check if the Hotjar Tracking Script can use local storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set in this cookie. The data stored in_hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. |
Under 100ms |
| _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. |
30 minutes |
| _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. |
30 minutes |
| _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 |
| _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 based |
| hjViewportId |
This stores information about the user viewport such as size and dimensions. |
Session based |
| _hjRecordingEnabled |
This is added when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session. |
Session based |