Cookie Policy

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What are cookies?
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Cookies on this website - engineeringuk.com

Name Purpose Expires
__jid Used to add comments to the website Session
__RequestVerificationToken Used by Microsoft .net to hold a security token Session
_abck Used for the security and integrity of the website 1 year
AI_buffer Used in co n text with the "AI_sentBuffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This
synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates.
Session
AI_sentBuffer Used in context with the "AI_buffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates. Session
ak_bmsc Used to distinguish between humans and bots 1 day
ASP.NET_SessionId Microsoft.net - holds your session Id Session
bm_sz Used to compile reports on bots trying to access the website 1 day
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. 2 years
CookieConsent Stores the user's cookie consent state Session
disqusauth Registers whether a user is logged in Session
rc::a Used to distinguish between humans and bots Persistent
rc::c Used to distinguish between humans and bots Session
_sak Used to save information about the visitor's video settings. Persistent
aet-dismiss Used for functionality of the comment system Persistent
drafts.queue Used for functionality of the comment system Persistent
submitted_posts_cache Used for functionality of the comment system Persistent
tableau_locale Determines preferred language of user Session
tableau_public_negotiated_locale Determines preferred language of user and allows translation Session
disqus_unique Collects statistics from user, such as number of visits and time spent Session
_mcid Used to optimise advertisement relevance 1 year
DEVICE_INFO Used to track user's interaction with embedded content.

180 days

images/pixel.gif Enables user to share content to social media

Session

NRBA_SESSION_ID Used to promote revelant products

Session

pagead/landing Used to track the conversion rate between the user and advertisement banners Session
remote_sid Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube  Session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos 180 days
YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen Session
yt.innertube::nextId Used to register what videos from YouTube a visitor has seen Persistent
yt.innertube::requests Used to register what videos from YouTube a visitor has seen Persistent
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Persistent
yt-remote-cast-available Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-cast-installed Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-connected-devices Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Persistent
yt-remote-device-id Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Persistent
yt-remote-fast-check-period Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-session-app Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-session-name Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
CookieControl Civic Cookie Control List 90 days
_ga Google Analytics Tracking 400 days
_ga_<container-id> Google Analytics Tracking 400 days
_gid Google Analytics Tracking 1 day
_hjSessionUser_<site-id> Hotjar Tracking 1 year
_hjSession_<site-id> Hotjar Tracking 30 minutes
ai_user Application Insights Tracking 1 year
ARRAffinity Azure Tracking Session
ARRAffinitySameSite Azure Tracking Session