Cookie

Description

Expiry

_ga

This cookie is a Google Analytics persistent cookie which is used to distinguish unique users.

2 years

_gat

Used to throttle the request rate. These are third party cookies that are placed on your device to allow us to use the Google Analytics service. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the website.

End of session

_gid

This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.

End of session

IDE

Google advertising cookie used on non-Google websites

2 years

1P_JAR

Cookie Provider: gstatic.com. Targeting cookie. This cookie sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics and track conversion rates.

30 days

APISID

Cookie Provider: .google.com. Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

1 year

HSID

Cookie Provider: .google.com. Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time which allows Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorised parties. This can also be used for targeting purposes to show relevant & personalised ad content.

1 year

NID

Cookie Provider: google.com. Preferences cookie. Used to store preferences in a unique Google ID to remember your 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. These preferences can be used for optimised &/or personalised advertising on Google networks.

1 year

SID

Cookie Provider: youtube.com. Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time which allows Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorised parties. This can also be used for targeting purposes to show relevant & personalised ad content.

1 year

SIDCC

Cookie Provider: google.com. Security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorised access.

Persistent

SSID

Cookie Provider: google.com. Used to store information about how you use the website and any advertising that you may have seen before visiting this website, in addition to being used to help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website.

1 year

SAPISID

Cookie Provider: google.com. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

1 year

__Secure-1PAPISID, __Secure-3PAPISID

Cookie Provider: google.com. Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

2 years

_Secure-1PSID, __Secure-3PSID

Cookie Provider: google.com. Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

2 years

__Secure-3PSIDCC

Cookie Provider: google.com. Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

2 years