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Cookie Details Table
Definitions
NAME
DEFINITION
Strictly necessary cookies.
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and under our terms with you. These include cookies which record user selected settings for privacy preferences, as well as those which maintain user sessions within a browser. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Analytical/performance cookies.
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us for our legitimate purposes to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies.
These are used to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation within a user session; for example, to retain user-selected filter and sort settings across search results.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Name of cookie
Purpose
Duration
OptanonConsent
This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.
1 Year
OptanonAlertBoxClosed
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.
1 Year
AWSALB
AWS ELB application load balancer
6 Days
AWSALBCORS
This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing.
6 Days
AWSALBTG
To maintain sessions in load balancer.
6 Days
AWSALBTGCORS
To maintain sessions in load balancer.
6 Days
JSESSIONID
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
Session
_starUuid
Used by star.js for COUNTER 5 usage reports.
Session
AccountId sendCounter
For sending to COUNTER 5 usage reports
Session
ClientIp
Stores the IP address of the user for IP-based authentication
Session
ClientLocation
Stores location of users to disable some functionalities in some specific territories, in line with their regulations.
Session
ClientLocationCode
Stores the location code of users to hide territorially restricted content
Session
ipCheck
To prevent repeatedly triggering IP authentication.
Session
LoggedInFlag
To manage logged-in condition and to avoid pages from re-loading repeatedly.
Session
ReloadedFlag
To prevent the page from re-loading repeatedly.
Session
Performance Cookies
Name of cookie
Purpose
Duration
_ga
This cookie name is associated with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 1 year, although this is customisable by website owners.
1 Year
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx
Cookies of this pattern are used by Google Analytics
1 Year
mwtbid
These cookies are used by Squid analytics to store information
1 Year
mwtses mwtsid
These cookies are used by Squid analytics to store information
Session
Performance Cookies
Name of cookie
Purpose
Duration
ContentAccessFilter Search-Filter seleLang type
Cookies in this group are used by the platform to retain user-selected search and display preferences across a session, such as the filters applied to display or suppress unsubscribed content, to maintain search filters in the URL under certain conditions, to maintain preferences for language display, or to distinguish between advanced and regular search.
Session
contenttype fromYear taxonomy toYear
Cookies in this group are used by the platform to retain user-selected sort and filter parameters for advanced or faceted search within a session.
