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Cookie | Description | Duration |
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CONSENT | We set this cookie to keep track of weather or not you have agreed to the use of cookies. | 1 year |
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ckns_mvt | This cookie is set by BBC and identifies visitors included in website optimisation tests to understand if the website is operationally efficient and delivering the right customer experience. | 1 year |
sa_labels | This cookie is set by BBC and tracks which links on the BBC website a user has clicked on, so that we know what the previous BBC page was the user came from. | 1 year |
ckns_explicit | This cookie is set by BBC and is used to store whether or not a browser has explicitly actioned the cookie banner. | 1 year |
ckns_policy | This cookie is set by BBC and is used to store current user’s cookie settings. | 1 year |
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Cookie | Description | Duration |
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sc_anonymous_id | The cookie is set by SoundCloud and is used to enable SoundCloud player. | 9 years |
ecos.dt | Thi cookie is set by eDigital Survey, an onsite-survey tool. This is a session cookie that is deleted when the browsing session is finished. The cookie is refreshed every half second with a value that represents the current date/time. It tracks the lates point in time a user has opened any of the website using eDiigital Survey and is used to accurately trigger exit surveys. | |
ckns_orb_fig_cache | This cookie store if the users visiting are from EU, and the type of the device the users is viewing from. Used to provide location specific content like cookie consent messaging and also to optimize the page for efficient data usage and improved page loading times. | 5 days |
YSC | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | |
_cb_ls | This cookie is set by websites using real time analytics software by Chartbeat. | 1 year |
_cb | This cookie is set by websites using real time analytics software by Chartbeat. | 1 year |
_chartbeat2 | This cookie is set by websites using real time analytics software by Chartbeat. | 1 year |
_cb_svref | This cookie is set by websites using real time analytics software by Chartbeat. | 30 minutes |
GPS | This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location | 30 minutes |
iutk | This cookie is used by Issuu analytic system. The cookies is used to gather information regarding visitor activity on Issuu products. | 5 months |
__stid | The cookie is set by ShareThis. The cookie is used for site analytics to determine the pages visited, the amount of time spent, etc. | 1 year |
atuserid | This cookie is set by BBC to gather information regarding visitor activities on the BBC’s websites and other BBC online services. | 1 year |
ckns_sscid | This cookie is set by BBC. The cookie is used to store analytics device ID or BBC Affiliates. | 5 years |
ckns_sa_labels_persist | The cookie is used by BBC. The cookie is used to persist statistics tracking when users move between different BBC websites. | 1 year |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. | 5 months |
IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | 1 year |
uid | This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of the visitors to the website anonymously. The data includes the number of visits, average duration of the visit on the website, pages visited, etc. for the purpose of better understanding user preferences for targeted advertisments. | 1 year |
__qca | This cookie is associated with Quantcast and is used for collecting anonymized data to analyze log data from different websites to create reports that enables the website owners and advertisers provide ads for the appropriate audience segments. | 1 year |
_cc_dc | The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising. | 8 months |
_cc_id | The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising. | 8 months |
_cc_cc | The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising. | 8 months |
_cc_aud | The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising. | 8 months |
mc | This cookie is associated with Quantserve to track anonymously how a user interact with the website. | 1 year |
vuid | Set by 3rd party | 2 years |
c3 | Set by 3rd party | 11 months |
gc | Set by 3rd party | 11 months |
mb | Set by 3rd party | 11 months |
dmp | Set by 3rd party | 11 months |
UIDR | This cookie is set bu scorecardresearch.com. The cookie is used to tracks the users activity across the internet on the browser such as visit timestamp, IP address, and most recently visited webpages. and may the data send to 3rd party for analysis and reporting to help their clients better understand user preferences. | 1 year |
vt | Set by 3rd party | 11 months |
cref | Set by 3rd party | 1 year |
_cc_domain | Set by 3rd party | 8 months |
_em_scf | Set by 3rd party | 30 minutes |
wfivefivec | Set by 3rd party | 1 year |
ibkukiuno | Set by 3rd party | 1 year |
ibkukinet | Set by 3rd party | 1 year |
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Chrome – https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
iPhone/iPad – https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
Safari – https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411
Android – https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416