What Are Cookies
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, us) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. interactive content, and analytics).
How We Use Cookies
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes.
First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any
of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you
interact with our website, keeping our services secure that are relevant to you, and
all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions
with our website.
Types of Cookies We Use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | 1 year 6 month | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| ApplicationGatewayAffinity | Session | Azure Application Gateway sets this cookie to maintain user session affinity (sticky sessions). It ensures that all requests from a user during a session are routed to the same backend server for consistent experience. |
| ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS | Session | Azure Application Gateway sets this cookie to maintain session affinity for cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests, ensuring requests from the same session are routed consistently to the same backend server. |
| csrftoken | 2 years | This cookie is set by Reddit and is used to help prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. It ensures that requests made to Reddit’s servers come from authenticated users and not malicious sources. |
| sessionid | session | Identifies user session on the server. |
| cookieConsent | 1 year | bluCognition sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. |
| cookieConsent | Never Expires | bluCognition sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. |
| end_date | Never Expires | Stores the end date filter selected by the user for reports or data queries. |
| obunique_id | Never Expires | Contains unique identifiers for business units or objects linked to user preferences. |
| selectVal | Never Expires | Captures the filter option selected by the user for data display or queries. |
| selectreq | Never Expires | Maintains the request type or criteria set by the user for reports or data filters. |
| session_out_time | Never Expires | Stores the session timeout setting; a value of -1 indicates no automatic expiration. |
| start_date | Never Expires | Stores the start date filter selected by the user for reports or data queries. |
| unique_id | Never Expires | Holds unique user or session identifiers for saved user preferences. |
| valuesofbox | Never Expires | Stores input values or selections from user interface elements like checkboxes or dropdowns. |
| rc::a | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::f | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::c | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::b | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| bs_uid | Login session | CookieYes sets this cookie for analytics purposes, helping us understand user interactions with the website. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session, and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The information is stored anonymously. |
| _gid | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information about how visitors use the website and helps create an analytics report on how the website is performing. |
| _gat | 1 minute | Google Analytics uses this cookie to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high-traffic sites. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the
cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites.
You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the
support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Edge:https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc