Type of cookie

Management options

Essential Cookies (together with the Functional cookies,  referred to as “Minimal Cookies”) – Essential cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

In case You want to disable please check Your browser settings  
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• Immediately remove cookies from Your computer or mobile device;
• Block cookies;
• Issue a warning before a cookie is placed.

If You remove or disable these cookies, Your visit to this website will not be possible

Functional Cookies  (together with the Essential cookies,  referred to as “Minimal Cookies”) – Functional cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

In case You want to disable please check Your browser settings 
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• Immediately remove cookies from Your computer or mobile device;
• Block cookies; 
• Issue a warning before a cookie is placed.

If You remove or disable these cookies, it is possible that You cannot use some features on this website

Performance Cookies – Performance cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

In case You want to disable please check Your browser settings 
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• Block cookies;
• Issue a warning before a cookie is placed.

If You remove or disable these cookies, it is possible that You cannot use some features on this website

Advertising/Targeting Cookies –  Advertising/Targeting cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

In case You want to disable please check Your browser settings  
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• Block cookies;
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If You remove or disable these cookies, it is possible that You cannot use some features on this website

Cookies Name

Purpose

Category

Expires

Third Party

CookieConsent

Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain

Minimal (Essential)

365 Days

no

pa_enabled

Determines the device used to access the website. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

AWSALBCORS

Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience.

Minimal (Essential)

6 Days

yes

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.1505854

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.1773777

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.2669181

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.2669210

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.2670289

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.2777855

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.3214049

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

formstack.analytics.viewed-form.3996027

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

labels

Saves translations for labels that are used on the site. These labels are used by JavaScript libraries, such as Angular, in order for a better performance so that only 1 call to AEM is required to retrieve the labels

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

labelVersion

Saves for which application (Internet or Portal) and language the loaded labels are used. If this matches the currently loaded application and language, then the labels that are stored in the "labels" cookie are loaded and used for the current application. Otherwise a request is executed to AEM to retrieve the correct labels

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

tags

Saves for which application (Internet or Portal) and language the loaded labels are used. If this matches the currently loaded application and language, then the labels that are stored in the "labels" cookie are loaded and used for the current application. Otherwise a request is executed to AEM to retrieve the correct labels

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

tagVersion

Saves for which application (Internet or Portal) and language the loaded tags are used. If this matches the currently loaded application and language, then the tags that are stored in the "tags" cookie are loaded and used for the current application. Otherwise a request is executed to AEM to retrieve the correct tags

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

_GRECAPTCHA

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website

Minimal (Essential)

179 days

yes

^gig_bootstrap_#_#

Used by bootstrap for faster delivery of content via browser caching

Minimal (Essential)

1 year

no

IDHUB-SESSION

Session recording and reporting 

Minimal (Essential)

session

no

Cookies Name

Purpose

Category

Expires

Third Party

yt-player-bandaid-host

Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings.

Minimal (Functional)

session

yes

yt-player-bandwidth

Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings.

Minimal (Functional)

session

yes

Cookies Name

Purpose

Category

Expires

Third Party

_ga

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Performance

session

no

_gat

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

Performance

1 Days

no

_gid

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Performance

1 Days

no

fsFonts

This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimize the visitor's experience.

Performance

session

no

pa

Registers the website's speed and performance. This function can be used in context with statistics and load-balancing.

Performance

session

no

Persistence

Registers the website's speed and performance. This function can be used in context with statistics and load-balancing.

Performance

session

no

Persistence

Registers the website's speed and performance. This function can be used in context with statistics and load-balancing.

Performance

session

no

yt-player-headers-readable

Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings.

Performance

session

yes

dtCookie

Tracks a visit across multiple requests.

Performance

session

yes

dtLatC

Measures server latency for performance monitoring.

Performance

session

yes

dtPC

Required to identify proper endpoints for beacon transmission; includes session ID for correlation.

Performance

Session

Yes

dtSa

Intermediate store for page-spanning actions

Performance

Session

Yes

DtValidationCookie

Used to determine the top-level domain.

Performance

Deleted after a few milliseconds, no expiry date set

Yes

rxVisitor

Visitor ID to correlate sessions

Performance

permanent

Yes

rxvt

Session timeout

Performance

Yes

Cookies Name

Purpose

Category: Advertising/Targeting

Expires

Third Party

C

Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

Advertising/Targeting

30 Days

yes

uid

Registers a unique user ID that recognises the user's browser when visiting websites that use the same ad network. The purpose is to optimise display of ads based on the user's movements and various ad providers' bids for displaying user ads.

Advertising/Targeting

59 Days

yes

_p_hfp_client_id

Used to implement social platforms on the website. Enables the social platforms to track the users by assigning them a specific ID.

Advertising/Targeting

1 Days

yes

daikinsegment

Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.

Advertising/Targeting

session

no

outbrain_cid_fetch

Collects data on the user’s navigation and behaviour on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner.

Advertising/Targeting

1 Days

no

IDE

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

Advertising/Targeting

389 Days

yes

test_cookie

Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

Advertising/Targeting

1 Days

yes

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

Advertising/Targeting

179 Days

yes

YSC

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

yt-remote-cast-installed

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

yt-remote-connected-devices

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

yt-remote-device-id

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

yt-remote-fast-check-period

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

yt-remote-session-app

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

yt-remote-session-name

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

pagead/1p-user-list/#

Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

tr

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

Advertising/Targeting

session

yes

rc::a

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

Advertising/Targeting

Persistent

yes

rc::c

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

Advertising/Targeting

session 

yes

vuid

Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read.

Advertising/Targeting

2 years

yes

MR

Analytics cookie that's used to pass user action information to the Bing advertising network. 

Advertsing/Targeting

180

yes

MUID

Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. This bing.com cookie enables tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains.

Advertsing/Targeting

390 days

yes

MMUIDB

This cookie registers data about you from multiple visits and on multiple websites. This information is used to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites.

Advertsing/Targeting

390 days

yes

_uetsid

Used by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

Advertsing/Targeting

Sessions

yes

_uetvid 

Used by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. 

Advertsing/Targeting

15 Days

yes