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It does not store any personal data.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a role="button" tabindex="0" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="functional" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Functional </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-functional" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" data-id="checkbox-functional" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-functional" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">Functional</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="functional"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description"> Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. <table class="cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__atuvc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Addthis to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__atuvs</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">30 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Addthis to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__cf_bm</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">30 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by CloudFlare. The cookie is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__pvi</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used for the implementation of the news content from other sites.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">bcookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">lidc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a role="button" tabindex="0" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="performance" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Performance </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-performance" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" data-id="checkbox-performance" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-performance" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">Performance</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="performance"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description"> Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. <table class="cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">d</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie tracks anonymous information on how visitors use the website.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a role="button" tabindex="0" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="analytics" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Analytics </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-analytics" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" data-id="checkbox-analytics" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-analytics" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">Analytics</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="analytics"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description"> Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. <table class="cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__gads</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 24 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. These cookies can only be read from the domain that it is set on so it will not track any data while browsing through another sites.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_ga</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_ga_Y7XD5FHQVG</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gat_UA-10686674-1</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 minute</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ajs_anonymous_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Segment.io to check the number of ew and returning visitors to the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ajs_user_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by Segment.io and is used to analyze how you use the website</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ANON_ID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is provided by Tribalfusion. The cookie is used to give a unique number to visitors, and collects data on user behaviour like what page have been visited. This cookie also helps to understand which sale has been generated by as a result of the advertisement served by third party.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">jam_heavy_ga_session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">UserID1</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie sets a unique anonymous ID for a website visitor. This ID is used to continue to identify users across different sessions and track their activities on the website. The data collected is used for analysis.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">uvc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by addthis.com to determine the usage of Addthis.com service.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a role="button" tabindex="0" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="advertisement" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Advertisement </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-advertisement" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" data-id="checkbox-advertisement" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-advertisement" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">Advertisement</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="advertisement"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description"> Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. <table class="cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__tbc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used for measuring the efficiency of advertisement by registering data on visitors from multiple website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_cc_aud</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">8 months 26 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_cc_cc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_cc_dc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">8 months 26 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_cc_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">8 months 26 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_kuid_</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by Krux Digital under the domain krxd.net. The cookie stores a unique ID to identify a returning user for the purpose of targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_rxuuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The main purpose of this cookie is targeting, advertesing and effective marketing. This cookie is used to set a unique ID to the visitors, which allow third party advertisers to target the visitors with relevant advertisement up to 1 year.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ANON_ID_old</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie helps to categorise the users interest and to create profiles in terms of resales of targeted marketing. This cookie is used to collect user information such as what pages have been viewed on the website for creating profiles.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">bscookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMPRO</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Casalemedia and is used for targeted advertisement purposes.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMPS</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Casalemedia and is used for targeted advertisement purposes.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMST</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">DSID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 hour</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is setup by doubleclick.net. This cookie is used by Google to make advertising more engaging to users and are stored under doubleclick.net. It contains an encrypted unique ID.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">google_push</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by the Bidswitch. This cookie is used to collect statistical data related to the user website visit such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. This collected information is used to sort out the users based on demographics and geographical locations inorder to serve them with relevant online advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">i</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The purpose of the cookie is not known yet.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The main purpose of this cookie is targeting and advertising. It is used to create a profile of the user's interest and to show relevant ads on their site. This Cookie is set by DoubleClick which is owned by Google.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">IDE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 24 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">IDSYNC</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used for advertising purposes.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">KADUSERCOOKIE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by pubmatic.com for identifying the visitors' website or device from which they visit PubMatic's partners' website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">KTPCACOOKIE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by pubmatic.com for the purpose of checking if third-party cookies are enabled on the user's website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ljt_reader</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This is a Lijit Advertising Platform cookie. The cookie is used for recognizing the browser or device when users return to their site or one of their partner's site.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">loc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Addthis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">mc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is associated with Quantserve to track anonymously how a user interact with the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">mt_mop</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Stores information about how the user uses the website such as what pages have been loaded and any other advertisement before visiting the website for the purpose of targeted advertisements.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">personalization_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">suid_legacy</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used to collect information on user preference and interactioin with the website campaign content. This cookie is used for promoting events and products by the webiste owners on CRM-campaign-platform.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">TDCPM</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CloudFlare service to store a unique ID to identify a returning users device which then is used for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">TDID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CloudFlare service to store a unique ID to identify a returning users device which then is used for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">test_cookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">15 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">tluid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by the provider AdRoll.This cookie is used to identify the visitor and to serve them with relevant ads by collecting user behaviour from multiple websites.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">tuuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies stores a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">tuuid_lu</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies stores a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">uid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of the visitors to the website anonymously. The data includes the number of visits, average duration of the visit on the website, pages visited, etc. for the purpose of better understanding user preferences for targeted advertisments.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">uuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">To optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites such as what pages have been loaded.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">wfivefivec</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The domain of this cookie is owned by Dataxu. 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