Cookies
About cookies
Cookies are items data that are downloaded and stored in your web browser for a duration of time.
They can be used for many purposes, often they are used to enhance a users experience by remembering their preferences from previous site visits (eg. language, or placing orders).
Cookies are also commonly used for site analytics in order to survey usage of a website
Cookies used on this site
Google Analytics
Google Analytics (ga.js) cookies for collecting information on how the site is used.
| __utmv (www.authoraid.info) | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics._ Default Expiration Time is 2 years from set/update |
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| __utmz (www.authoraid.info) | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Default Expiration Time is 6 months from set/update |
| __utmc (www.authoraid.info) | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Default Expiration Time is End of browser session |
| __utmb (www.authoraid.info) | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Default Expiration Time is 30 mins from set/update |
| __utmt (www.authoraid.info) | Used to throttle request rate. Default Expiration Time is 10 minutes |
| __utma (www.authoraid.info) | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Default Expiration Time is 2 years from set/update |
| _ga (www.authoraid.info) | Used to distinguish users. |
Django (required)
Django cookies required for site operation
| sessionid (www.authoraid.info) | Used to distinguish logged in users. |
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| csrftoken (www.authoraid.info) | Used to detect and block Cross Site Request Forgery attacks on web forms. |
| cookie_consent (www.authoraid.info) | Used to store cookie consent preferences across site visits. |
Django (optional)
Django cookies optional for site operation
| django_language (www.authoraid.info) | Used to store language preference across site visits. |
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