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This is a list of the main cookies we could use on this website, and what each is used for.
| Cookie name | Cookie party | Expiry | Cookie Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | 1st party | Session | Session Cookie |
| nocache | 1st party | 1 month | Website cookie |
| Poll* | 1st party | 1 year | Website cookie |
| textSize | 1st party | 1 month | Website cookie |
| CenterLat_* | 3rd party | 1 year | |
| CenterLng_* | 3rd party | 1 year | |
| Zoom_* | 3rd party | 1 year | |
| __utma | 3rd party | 2 years | |
| __utmb | 3rd party | Session | |
| __utmc | 3rd party | Session | |
| __utmz | 3rd party | 6 months | |
| __utmv | 3rd party | Session | |
| PREF | 3rd party | 2 years | |
| NID | 3rd party | 6 months | |
| HSID | 3rd party | 10 years | |
| APISID | 3rd party | 10 years | |
| SS | 3rd party | 10 years | |
| SID | 3rd party | 10 years | |
| SAPISID | 3rd party | Session | |
| SSID | 3rd party | Session | |
| GMAIL_RTT | 3rd party | Session | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 3rd party | 7 months | Youtube |
| use_hitbox | 3rd party | Session | Youtube |
| recently_watched_video_id_list | 3rd party | Session | Youtube |
| PREF | 3rd party | 10 years | Youtube |
| ACTIVITY | 3rd party | Session | Youtube |
| dkv | 3rd party | 3 months | Youtube |
| datr | 3rd party | 2 years | |
| lsd | 3rd party | Session | |
| reg_fb_gate | 3rd party | Session | |
| reg_fb_ref | 3rd party | Session | |
| reg_ext_ref | 3rd party | Session | |
| wd | 3rd party | Session | |
| campaign_click_url | 3rd party | 1 month | |
| auth_token_session | 3rd party | Session | |
| guest_id | 3rd party | 2 years | |
| k | 3rd party | 10 years | |
| secure_session | 3rd party | Session | |
| twll | 3rd party | 10 years | |
| original_referer | 3rd party | Session | |
| lang | 3rd party | Session | |
| pid | 3rd party | 2 years | |
| _twitter_sess | 3rd party | Session | |
| twll | 3rd party | Session | |
| BX | 3rd party | 2 years | Flickr |
| fldetectedlang | 3rd party | 1 month | Flickr |
| liqpw | 3rd party | 1 year | Flickr |
| localization | 3rd party | 2 years | Flickr |
| uit | 3rd party | 1 day | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| loc | 3rd party | 3 months | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| di | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| uid | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| uvc | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| psc | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| dt | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| sshs | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| ssc | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| ssh | 3rd party | 2 years | Social Sharing (AddThis) |
| Apache | 3rd party | 30 years | PayPal |
| TS* | 3rd party | Session | PayPal |
| navcmd | 3rd party | Session | PayPal |
| cookie_check | 3rd party | 10 years | PayPal |
| navlns | 3rd party | 20 years | PayPal |
| s_pers | 3rd party | Session | PayPal |
| s_sess | 3rd party | Session | PayPal |
| cwrClyrK4LoCV1fydGbAxiNL6iG | 3rd party | Session | Paypal |
| KHcl0EuY7AKSMgfvHl7J5E7hPtK | 3rd party | 20 years | Paypal |
| pNTcMTtQfrJuaJiwEnWXQ6yNxfq | 3rd party | Session | Paypal |
| 6Vt_kuBZl8VlyHAqyfqTECtzKXS | 3rd party | Session | Paypal |
| navlns | 3rd party | 20 years | Paypal |
| ubid-acbuk | 3rd party | 24 years | Amazon |
| session-token | 3rd party | 20 years | Amazon |
| session-id-time | 3rd party | 24 years | Amazon |
| session-id | 3rd party | 24 years | Amazon |
| clips | 3rd party | 1 day | Vimeo |
| v6f | 3rd party | 1 year | Vimeo |
| is_uuid | 3rd party | 25 years | Imageshack |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitStartTime | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| clientLastHTimes | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| clientLastPTimes | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitLastCloseTime | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitCookie | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitIsPlaying | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitMetricsCsv | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| AkamaiAnalytics_BrowserSessionId | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_bitRateBucketsCsv | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| BC_BANDWIDTH | 3rd party | Session | Akamai |
| B | 3rd party | 25 years | Yahoo |
| K-PHPSESSID-lgnofcdd | 3rd party | Session | Unionstogether |
| exp_last_activity | 3rd party | 1 year | Unionstogether |
| exp_tracker | 3rd party | Session | Unionstogether |
| spud | 3rd party | 1 year | Unionstogether |
| X-CheckNode | 3rd party | Session | Unionstogether |
| exp_last_visit | 3rd party | 1 year | Unionstogether |
| X-Mapping-ldogmccn | 3rd party | Session | Simplyzesty |
| bsau | 3rd party | Session | Simplyzesty |
| bsas | 3rd party | Session | Simplyzesty |
| __jid | 3rd party | Session | Simplyzesty |
| SERVERID | 3rd party | Session | Eventbrite |
| mgrefby | 3rd party | 1 year | Eventbrite |
| G | 3rd party | 1 year | Eventbrite |
| ebtv | 3rd party | Session | Eventbrite |
| eblang | 3rd party | 1 year | Eventbrite |
| mgaff* | 3rd party | Session | Eventbrite |
| csrftoken | 3rd party | 1 year | Eventbrite |
| mgref | 3rd party | 1 year | Eventbrite |
| ebcrumb | 3rd party | Session | Eventbrite |
| eb_timing_t_start | 3rd party | Session | Eventbrite |
| eb_timing_referrer | 3rd party | Session | Eventbrite |
| s_vi | 3rd party | 5 years | Eventbrite |
| PBLinkID | 3rd party | 1 year | Photobucket |
| is_unique_1 | 3rd party | 5 years | Stat counter |
| is_unique | 3rd party | 5 years | Stat counter |
| _tmid | 3rd party | 10 years | TubeMogul |
| PHPSESSID | 3rd party | Session | TubeMogul |
| GF_* | 3rd party | Session | Gigya |
| GP_* | 3rd party | Session | Gigya |
| UUID | 3rd party | 10 years | Gigya |
| TestCookie | 3rd party | Session | South Lanarkshire |
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