Our Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why:
Name
Expiration time
Description
_ga
_gid
_gat_UA-40698553-3
_gcl
2 years
24 hours
1 minute
3 months
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish between users.
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish between users.
Used by Google Analytics to throttle the amount of data recorded.
Used by Google Analytics to track conversions from web pages.
NID
6 months
Used by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
test_cookie
A few seconds
Used by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor’s browser supports cookies.
IDE
1 year
Used by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to track how someones uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the website.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
YSC
GPS
6 months
Session
A few seconds
lang
Session
Used by LinkedIn to check your browsers language settings to serve the correct version.
UserMatchHistory
1 month
Used by LinkedIn to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented.
__utmt
language
__utmz
_uv_id
SERVERID
__utmc
bcookie
__utma
A few seconds
Session
6 months
2 years
Session
Session
2 years
2 years
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
Used by LinkedIn to embed SlideShare presentations in websites.
personalization_id
2 years
Used by Twitter to track how someones uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the website.
UID
2 years
Used by ScorecardResearch to provide a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gather data about activity on a website.
UIDR
2 years
Used by ScorecardResearch to provide a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gather data about activity on a website.
f24_personId
f24_autoId
10 years
10 years
How Do I Change My Cookie Settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites.