Cookies
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When you access the https://makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk site, we may, depending on your choices, install cookies.
Cookies we use may have several objectives.
Cookies strictly required for the proper running of the website
These cookies are necessary for the website to work properly and allow us to guarantee you an optimal experience. They are automatically deleted when you leave the website, and do not collect any information about the user or their activity nor information that could be used for marketing and targeting purposes.
List of cookies strictly required for the proper running of the website used on https://makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk:
| Cookie type | Cookie name | Site issuing the cookie | Lifetime |
| strictly required | AWSALB | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes |
| strictly required | AWSALBCORS | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes |
| strictly required | newsletter_cta_hide_uk | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
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Website performance cookies
These cookies allow us to establish statistics in order to optimise our content and website. These statistics are made on an aggregate basis, and not individual by individual basis. These so-called "tracking cookies" are not automatically deleted when you leave our website. They are only deposited if you accept them and have a maximum lifetime of 13 months.
List of website performance cookies used on https://makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk:
| Cookie type | Cookie Name | Site issuing the cookie | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | sshc | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | s_sq | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | ssc | addthis.com | 396 days |
| Performance | s_fid | addthis.com | 4 years |
| Performance | s_cc | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | sshs | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | uid | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | s_nr | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | _gid | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Performance | _ga | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 396 days |
| Performance | _ga | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Performance | uvc | addthis.com | 365 days |
Third party cookies
These cookies correspond to the usage of services offered by third party websites. They can also be used to provide you with content related to your interests. They are deposited only if you accept them and their lifetime is 13 months maximum.
List of third party cookies used on https://makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk:
| Cookie type | Cookie Name | Site issuing the cookie | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | ouid | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | na_tc | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | loc | addthis.com | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | awe_anon-client-id | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | awe-cookie-authorization_user-pref | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | awe-cookie-authorization_required | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | awe-cookie-authorization_perf-track | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Targeting/Advertising - Third Party | awe-cookie-authorization_is-set | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Functional - Third Party | _atuvs | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 365 days |
| Analytics - Third Party | _atuvc | makingdiabeteseasier.com/uk | 396 days |
| Functionality - Third party- Third Party | vuid | vimeo.com | 730 days |
Website first party cookies
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback.
Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.
Relating to the user :
| Name | Data storage type | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
_hjSessionUser_{site_id} |
Cookie |
- Set when a user first lands on a page. |
|
_hjid |
Cookie |
- This is an old cookie that we do not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser, we will reuse its value and migrate to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}. - Set when a user first lands on a page. - Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. - Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. - 365 days duration. - UUID data type. |
|
_hjFirstSeen |
Cookie |
- Identifies a new user’s first session. - Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. - 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity.
- Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjHasCachedUserAttributes |
Cookie |
- Enables us to know whether the data set in - _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjUserAttributesHash |
Cookie |
- Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated. - 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds. - Content hash data type. |
|
_hjUserAttributes |
Local storage item |
- Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API. - No explicit expiration. - Base64 encoded JSON data type. |
|
hjViewportId |
Session storage item |
- Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions. - Session duration. - UUID data type. |
|
hjActiveViewportIds |
Local storage item |
- Stores user active viewports IDs. - Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization. - JSON data type |
Relating to the session :
| Name | Data storage type | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
_hjSession_{site_id} |
Cookie |
- Holds current session data. - Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. - 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity. - JSON data type. |
|
_hjSessionTooLarge |
Cookie |
- Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large. - Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit. - 1h duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjSessionResumed |
Cookie |
- Set when a session/recording is reconnected to - Hotjar servers after a break in connection. - Session duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjCookieTest |
Cookie |
- Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. - Deleted almost immediately after it is created. - Under 100ms duration, cookie expiration time set to session duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjLocalStorageTest |
Cookie |
- Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage. - If it can, a value of 1 is set. - Data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. - Under 100ms duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjSessionStorageTest |
Cookie |
- Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use - Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. - Data stored in _hjSessionStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. - Under 100ms duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample |
Cookie |
- Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit. - 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id} |
Cookie |
- Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. - 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress |
Cookie |
- Used to detect the first pageview session of a user. - 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjTLDTest |
Cookie |
- We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. - Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname. - It means that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). - After this check, the cookie is removed. - Session duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
Relating to Recordings :
| Name | Data storage type | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
_hjRecordingEnabled |
Session storage item |
- Set when a Recording starts. - Read when the Recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session. - Session duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
|
_hjRecordingLastActivity |
Session storage item |
- Updated when a user recording starts and when data is sent to the server (the user performs an action that Hotjar records). - Session duration. - Numerical value (timestamp) data type. |
Relating to Feedback and Survey tools :
| Name | Data storage type | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
_hjClosedSurveyInvites |
Cookie |
- Set when a user interacts with a Link Survey invitation modal. - Ensures the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown. - 365 days duration. - List of Survey IDs, URL encoded. |
|
_hjDonePolls |
Cookie |
- Set when a user completes an on-site Survey. - Ensures the same Survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in. - 365 days duration. - List of Survey IDs, URL encoded. |
|
_hjMinimizedPolls |
Cookie |
- Set when a user minimizes an on-site Survey. - Ensures that the Survey stays minimized when the user navigates through your site. - 365 days duration. - List of Survey IDs, URL encoded. |
|
_hjShownFeedbackMessage |
Cookie |
- Set when a user minimizes or completes a Feedback widget. - Ensures the Feedback widget will load as minimized if the user navigates to another page where it is set to show. - One day duration. - Boolean true/false data type. |
Acceptance of the use of cookies
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