Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie |
Description |
Duration |
Type |
| ARRAffinity |
This cookie is set by websites that run on Windows Azure cloud platform. The cookie is used to affinitize a client to an instance of an Azure Web App.
|
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Necessary
|
| __utma |
This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
2 years |
Performance |
| __utmc |
The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is deleted when the user closes the browser. The cookie is not used by ga.js. The cookie is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js which is an older version of Google analytics and used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. |
|
Performance |
| __utmz |
This cookie is set by Google analytics and is used to store the traffic source or campaign through which the visitor reached your site. |
5 months |
Performance |
| __utmt |
The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to throttle request rate. |
10 minutes |
Performance |
| __utmb |
The cookie is set by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
30 minutes |
Performance |
For more information about how to manually control cookies via your browser please visit AboutCookies.org.