The GF Websites use cookies, i.e. small pieces of data placed on your computer or mobile device by the websites you visit, and other forms of identification for local storage (“Cookies”) to distinguish visitors of the GF Websites from each other by assigning a random anonymous identifier to each visitor. Cookies save your settings and enable the GF Websites to remember your device as well as your actions and preferences (e.g. login, language, etc.) over a period of time for providing the visitors of the GF Websites with a more personalized experience when they browse the GF Websites. Cookies are used to make websites work and help GF to better understand how visitors use the GF Websites and to improve the quality of the GF Websites and services. However, Cookies do not identify you personally.
GF uses (i) “session cookies” that allow your computer to be recognized when your return to the GF Websites during a session and are automatically deleted once you close your browser as well as (ii) “persistent cookies” that allow your computer to be recognized during more sessions and are automatically deleted after a specified period of time.
Necessary Cookies enable core functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences. Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. Marketing Cookies (Targeting/Advertising) help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive. You can give your consent to the use of Tracking Cookies by continuing to use the GF Websites.
The table below describes the Tracking Cookies used by the GF Websites.
Name of Cookie
Type of Cookie
Purpose
Duration
Category
| cb-enabled | HTTP | This cookie is associated with a free script which shows a cookie alert notice on a website. It is used to record when the user has dismissed the notice to prevent it re-appearing on return visits. | 1 year | Necessary Cookie |
| ServerIDGFL | HTTP | To provide an improved and faster server time, the ServerID cookie remembers which server should handle the user’s requests. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| __cfduid | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | 1 year | Necessary Cookie |
| login-token | HTTP | Is set by the authentication component and holds information about the login status of the user. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| AWSELB | HTTP | Used by Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| CookieControl | HTTP | Holds Information about the users decision regarding to necessary and analytical cookies. | 3 months | Necessary Cookie |
| lastVisitedURL | HTTP | This is used to populate the history so that the back button works for the navigation. | – | Necessary Cookie |
| originalTitle | HTTP | This cookie saves the literal page title (which can be seen in the browser tab). The system re-writes this title when the user navigates around location pages as well as the sitemap and wants to reset it when they go back to the maps page. This cookie persists past the session. | – | Necessary Cookie |
| DSID | HTTP | This cookie is set to note your specific user identity. It contains a hashed/encrypted unique ID. | 1.5 years | Necessary Cookie |
| _countryDetection | HTTP | Holds the country, the user visited at last (via using the country selector). We suggest that this the preferred country from the user. | 1 year | Necessary Cookie |
| _gf_SAP_SESSIONID_RLQ_011 | HTTP | SAP BSP Session-Cookie: The SAP_SESSIONID_XXX cookie will be used from the server for authentication (SAML 2.0). | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| _gf_sap-usercontext | HTTP | SAP BSP Session-Cookie: The sap-user context cookie is a non-persistent cookie that is stored in the browser’s memory. Its value is the user context, the data that is specifically assigned to an SAP user. The user context contains a user-specific area including user and authorization data, and a session context for each external session. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| _gf_MYSAPSSO2 | HTTP | SAP BSP Login-Cookie: The MYSAPSSO2 cookie is a non-persistent cookie that is stored in the browser’s memory. Its value is the encoded content of the SAP Logon Ticket. The browser is used to transmit the Logon Ticket from system to system via the MYSAPSSO2 cookie. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| _gf_sap-contextid | HTTP | SAP BSP Session-Cookie: The sap-contextid cookie contains a generated ID as a value. This ID allows the relevant session to be identified on the server. The session cookie is a temporary cookie. It is deleted automatically when the browser window is closed. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| language | HTTP | User language ID. | 8 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| CGISESSID | HTTP | Session ID – used to recognize the user session and thereby restore its state (logged in, language, etc.). | 8 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| ExternalDesignID | HTTP | If selected, the DesignID for the External Design is stored here. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| CompanyID | HTTP | Branch office ID (mainly used in the job board on AM). | 8 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| alphakey | HTTP | Together with the session ID, this value serves to ensure that the session cannot be taken over by anyone else. | 8 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| selfid | HTTP | User’s ID. | 8 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| customer | HTTP | Tenant ID. | 8 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| auth-token | HTTP | In the auth-token cookie, user information is stored in a JSON data structure. | 12 hours | Necessary Cookie |
| AWSELBCORS | HTTP | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSELB. | 1 day | Necessary Cookie |
| AWSELB | HTTP | Used by Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| .ASPXFORMSAUTH | HTTP | This attribute is used to specify the HTTP cookie to use for authentication. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| .ASPXROLES | HTTP | Cookies used to keep track of if the visitor has any permissions on the website. Only used for logged in users. | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | HTTP | SessionId what .NET Manages for maintaining session | Session | Necessary Cookie |
| SERVERID | HTTP | Usually used for load balancing. Identifies the server that delivered the last page to the browser. Associated with the HAProxy Load Balancer software. | – | Necessary Cookie |
| ARRAffinity | HTTP | This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | – | Necessary Cookie |
| PHPSESSID | HTTP | PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. | – | Necessary Cookie |
| _ga | HTTP | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | Analytical Cookie |
| _gat | HTTP | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Session | Analytical Cookie |
| _gid | HTTP | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Session | Analytical Cookie |
| nmstat | HTTP | Used to determine if the user has visited the website previously. | 999 days | Analytical Cookie |
| siteimproveses | HTTP | Used to register the order of pages that the user has visited on the website. | Session | Analytical Cookie |
| collect | Pixel | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session | Analytical Cookie |
| image.aspx | Pixel | Used by SiteImprove to collect data about the visitor’s behavior and to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Session | Analytical Cookie |
| YSC | HTTP | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. | 8 months | Analytical Cookie |
| _gat_UA-22090862-13 | HTTP | 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. | 2 years | Analytical Cookie |
| _gat_UA-22090862-29 | HTTP | 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. | 2 years | Analytical Cookie |
| _gat_gtag_UA_30457341_4 | HTTP | 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. | – | Analytical Cookie |
| cusid (Analytics) | Session | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with the site. | 30 min from set/update | Analytical Cookie |
| cuvon | Session | Used to signal the last time a visitor viewed a page. | 30 min from set/update | Analytical Cookie |
| cuvid | Persistent / First-Party | This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to the site from that web browser. | 2 years from set/update | Analytical Cookie |
| cusid | Session | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with the site. | 30 min from set/update | Analytical Cookie |
| __cfduid | Persistent / First-Party | Enables our infrastructure provider, Cloudflare, to manage security and load balancing. | Defined by a third party, but usually a period of around six months. | Analytical Cookie |
| LP-X where X is a reference to the dotdigital customer who created the landing page |
Persistent / First-Party | Identifies the contact to enable personalization when they visit any landing page from that particular account. | 30 days after last view | Analytical Cookie |
| NID | HTTP | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | Marketing Cookie |
| ads/ga-audiences | Pixel | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behavior across websites. | Session | Marketing Cookie |
| SIDCC | HTTP | Security Cookie used by Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and protect user data from unauthorized parties. | Session to 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | HTTP | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalized Google advertising. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| SSID | HTTP | Collects information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| __Secure-SSID | HTTP | Used to store information about how you use the website and any advertising that you may have seen before visiting this website, in addition to being used to help customize advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. | 8 months | Marketing Cookie |
| __Secure-HSID | HTTP | Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time which allows Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties. This can also be used for targeting purposes to show relevant & personalized ad content. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| SAPISID | HTTP | This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| __Secure-3PSID | HTTP | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalized Google advertising. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| APISID | HTTP | This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| HSID | HTTP | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| __Secure-APISID | HTTP | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalized Google advertising. | 8 months | Marketing Cookie |
| SID | HTTP | Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time which allows Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties. This can also be used for targeting purposes to show relevant & personalized ad content. | – | Marketing Cookie |
| CONSENT | HTTP | Collects information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 1 year | Marketing Cookie |
| LOGIN_INFO | HTTP | Used by YouTube (Google) for storing user preferences and other unspecified purposes. | 10 years | Marketing Cookie |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | HTTP | This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface. | – | Marketing Cookie |
| 1P_JAR | HTTP | Collects information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. More information about Google cookies. | – | Marketing Cookie |
| ANID | HTTP | This cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. More information about Google cookies. | 2 years | Marketing Cookie |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | HTTP | This cookie is used to prevent the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests. More information about Google cookies. | – | Marketing Cookie |
| OTZ | HTTP | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to provide an aggregated analysis of Website visitors. More information about Google cookies. | 1 month | Marketing Cookie |
| IDE | HTTP | This domain is owned by DoubleClick (Google). The main business activity is: DoubleClick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange. | 1.5 years | Marketing Cookie |
| TrackingID | HTTP | Used, for example, in the job board for referral programs. | 2 days | Marketing Cookie |
| dm_i recordID sessionID |
Persistent / First-Party | Tracks and identifies a visitor as an Engagement Cloud contact whilst they browse a site’s pages. This data can then be used for better segmenting and targeting of contacts. | Ranges from a cookie that expires after 20 minutes (collecting session information on pages visited) to cookies that expire after 365 days. | Marketing Cookie |
| bm_sv | HTTP | Bot Manager Cookie. Used for Session Validation. | 2 hours | Third party Cookie |
| ak_bmsc | HTTP | Bot Manager Standard session cookie . Assigned to client when a customer categorized bots, Akamai categorized bots and “Transparent” detection mechanisms do not trigger. Cookie Integrity Failed rule checks for the integrity of this cookie. | 2 hours | Third party Cookie |
| dtCookie | HTTP | Tracks a visit across multiple requests. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| dtLatC | HTTP | Measures server latency for performance monitoring. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| dtPC | HTTP | Required to identify proper endpoints for beacon transmission; includes session ID for correlation | Session | Performance Cookie |
| dtSa | HTTP | Serves as an intermediate storage for page-spanning actions. This cookie is used to save user action names, such as Click on Login, across different pages. This is required because page loads result in JavaScript code restart, so all contextual information must be stored in cookies. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| dtValidationCookie | HTTP | Determines if the RUM JavaScript should be deactivated due to cost and traffic control or overload prevention | Deleted after a few milliseconds; no expiry date set | Performance Cookie |
| rxVisitor | HTTP | Contains the visitor ID to correlate sessions. | Session or permanent | Performance Cookie |
| rxvt | HTTP | Specifies the session timeout. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| b925d32c | HTTP | Indicates if a user is logged in or not. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| ssoCSRFCookie | HTTP | Serves as cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection when moving between servlets in SSO. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| p23mn32t | HTTP | Contains a unique Base32 identifier that indicates to SSO that a user is logging in from a new device. The identifier is created based on the user login, browser, and user agent. | 5 years | Performance Cookie |
| l34kn6no | HTTP | Stores the OpenID state when SSO acts as a relying party, for example, for signing in with Microsoft using OpenID. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| iu2g34bw | HTTP | Stores the OpenID code_verifier when SSO acts as a relying party, for example, for signing in with Microsoft using OpenID. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| a69k21bb | HTTP | Stores redirect_uri upon successful sign-in when SSO acts as a relying party, for example, for signing in with Microsoft using OpenID. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| cgq80xhu | HTTP | Contains an SHA-256 hash of a random UUID. When a user signs in via OpenID, this cookie is used to track the session state via the SSO OpenID iFrame and perform front-end logout if necessary. | Session | Performance Cookie |
| 72ddbc27 | HTTP | Added when a user selects the Remember me option to store their credentials. Thanks to this option, the user doesn’t have to provide their credentials again when the session expires, and the user is logged in automatically. | 3 months | Performance Cookie |
| kj76fg4h | HTTP | Prevents the user from becoming stuck following a failed federated login if the user selected the Remember me option to store their credentials. If the user is signed in, this cookie is deleted. | 5 minutes | Performance Cookie |
| SRV | HTTP | Load balancer (HA Proxy) session stickiness. | 1 hour | Performance Cookie |
| apmsessionid | HTTP | Web server session cookie. | Session | Performance Cookie |
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