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Cookies on this website - www.thebigbang.org.uk

Cookies on this website - www.thebigbang.org.uk

Name Purpose Expires
__RequestVerificationToken Used by Microsoft .net to hold a security token Session
AI_buffer Used in co n text with the "AI_sentBuffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This
synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates.		 Session
AI_sentBuffer Used in context with the "AI_buffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates. Session
ASP.NET_SessionId Microsoft.net - holds your session Id Session
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. 2 years
CookieConsent Stores the user's cookie consent state Session
rc::a Used to distinguish between humans and bots Persistent
rc::c Used to distinguish between humans and bots Session
_sak Used to save information about the visitor's video settings. Persistent
DEVICE_INFO Used to track user's interaction with embedded content.

180 days
pagead/landing Used to track the conversion rate between the user and advertisement banners Session
remote_sid Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube  Session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos 180 days
YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen Session
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Persistent
yt-remote-cast-available Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-cast-installed Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-connected-devices Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Persistent
yt-remote-device-id Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Persistent
yt-remote-fast-check-period Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-session-app Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
yt-remote-session-name Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube  Session
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.9fXoN5jHCXs To maintain user session state and for authentication purposes Session
.AspNetCore.Cookies maintain user session state and for authentication purposes Session
x-ms-cpim- Azure AD B2C cookies Session
x-ms-cpim-trans Used for tracking the transactions (number of authentication requests to Azure AD B2C) and the current transaction Session
x-ms-cpim-csrf

Cross-Site Request Forgery token used for CRSF protection.

 Session
_ga_G1ESPE8P9N

Google analytics

  
CookieControl Civic Cookie Control List 90 days
_ga Google Analytics Tracking 400 days
_ga_<container-id> Google Analytics Tracking 400 days
_gid Google Analytics Tracking 1 day
_hjSessionUser_<site-id> Hotjar Tracking 1 year
_hjSession_<site-id> Hotjar Tracking 30 minutes
ai_user Application Insights Tracking 1 year

 

Cookies on this website - competition.thebigbang.org.uk

Cookies on this website - competition.thebigbang.org.uk

Name Purpose Expires
.AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTempDataProvider Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests Session
AI_buffer Used in co n text with the "AI_sentBuffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This
synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates.		 Session
AI_sentBuffer Used in context with the "AI_buffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates. Session
ai_session Preserves users states across page requests 1 day
ARRAffinity Used to distribute traffic to the website to optimise response times Session
ARRAffinitySameSite Used to distribute traffic to the website to optimise response times Session
CookieConsent Stores the user's cookie consent state Session
i Registers the website's speed and performance Session
ai_user This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. 1 year from setting Analytical Cookies to "On"
_ga Used by Google Analytics to store browsing statistics 2 years from setting analytical cookies to 'on'
_gid Used by Google Analytics to store browsing statistics 1 minute from setting Analytical Cookies to "On"

 

Cookies on this website - supportersportal.thebigbang.org.uk

Cookies on this website - supportersportal.thebigbang.org.uk

Name Purpose Expires
__RequestVerificationToken Used by Microsoft .net to hold a security token Session
AI_buffer Used in co n text with the "AI_sentBuffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This
synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates.		 Session
AI_sentBuffer Used in context with the "AI_buffer" in order to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates. Session
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. 2 years
CookieConsent Stores the user's cookie consent state Session
pagead/landing Used to track the conversion rate between the user and advertisement banners Session
ai_user Generated by Microsoft Application Insights JavaScript code.  
_gid Cookie from Google Analytics to store and count pageviews.  
_ga To identify unique users 2 years
ai_session Generated by Microsoft Application Insights JavaScript code  
UMB_UCONTEXT_MEMBERS                                                 

Umbraco CMS anti-forgery

  
CookieControl Civic Cookie Control List 90 days
_ga Google Analytics Tracking 400 days
_gid Google Analytics Tracking 1 day
_hjSessionUser_<site-id> Hotjar Tracking 1 year
_hjSession_<site-id> Hotjar Tracking 30 minutes
ai_session Application Insights Tracking 30 minutes
ai_user Application Insights Tracking 1 year
__RequestVerificationToken Anti-forgery Token Session