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Cookie details
The CITB website puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they’re for and when they expire.
There are four types of cookies used on this website, you can see details of all of the cookies below. You can choose which types of cookies you accept by clicking on the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expires |
| _RequestVerificationTokes | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| ARRAffinity | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. | Session |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. | Session |
| CONSENT | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 6051 days |
| CookieConsent | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
| pa-l | Necessary for the integration of Pinterest on the website. Pinterest.com provides an audio-visual service on the website. | Persistent |
| pa-l_enabled | Necessary for the integration of Pinterest on the website. Pinterest.com provides an audio-visual service on the website. | Persistent |
Preference cookies
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expires |
| lang | Remembers the user's selected language version of a website | Session |
| iadvize-16335-vuid | Unclassified | 1 year |
| isStorageAvailable | Unclassified | 1 day |
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expires |
| __utm.gif | Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor's browser and computer. | Session |
| __utma | Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| __utmb | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. | 1 day |
| __utmc | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. | Session |
| __utmt | Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. | 1 day |
| __utmz | Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. | 6 months |
| _dc_gtm_UA-# | Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag. | 1 day |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 2 years |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | 1 day |
| _hjFirstSeen | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website. | 1 day |
| _hjid | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | 1 year |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Used to detect whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics. | 1 day |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. | 1 day |
| _hjRecordingLastActivity | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | Session |
| _hjTLDTest | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session |
| _vwo_uuid_v2 | This cookie is set to make split-tests on the website, which optimizes the website's relevance towards the visitor – the cookie can also be set to improve the visitor's experience on a website. | 1 year |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. | 29 days |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
| hjViewportId | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | Session |
| v.gif | This cookie is set to make split-tests on the website, which optimizes the website's relevance towards the visitor – the cookie can also be set to improve the visitor's experience on a website. | Session |
| _clck | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | String |
| _clsk | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | String |
| CLID | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | String |
| ANONCHK | Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. | Flag |
| MR | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | Flag |
| MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | GUID |
| SM | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | Character Flags |
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expires |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months |
| _hjRecordingEnabled | This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange. | Session |
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | Session |
| bcookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years |
| bscookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years |
| fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year |
| lang | Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded "Follow us" panel. | Session |
| lidc | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 day |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. | Session |
| pagead/landing | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. | Session |
| RUL | Used by DoubleClick to determine whether website advertisement has been properly displayed - This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient. | 1 year |
| test_cookie | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | 1 day |
| tr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Session |
| UserMatchHistory | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | 29 days |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Persistent |
| yt.innertube::requests | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Persistent |
| yt-remote-cast-available | Unclassified | Session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| yt-remote-session-app | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| yt-remote-session-name | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
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