What cookies we use and how long they are stored
Necessary
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: CookieConsent
Retention time: 1 year
Explanation: Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.
https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/ - Cookie name: li_gc
Retention time: 2 years
Explanation: Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy - Cookie name: CONSENT [x2]
Retention time: 2 years
Explanation: 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.
Preferences
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: lang [x2]
Retention time: session
Explanation: Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website. - Cookie name: wp-wpml_current_language
Retention time: Session
Explanation: Designates the country code that is calculated based on the user’s IP address. Used to determine what language should be used for the visitor.
Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Cookie name: _ga
Retention time: 2 years
Explanation: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: _gat
Retention time: 1 day
Explanation: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: _gid
Retention time: 1 day
Explanation: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Retention time: 29 days
Explanation: Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Marketing
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: _fbp
Retention time: 3 months
Explanation: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php/ - Cookie name: _gcl_au
Retention time: 3 months
Explanation: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: ads/ga-audiences
Retention time: session
Explanation: Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites.
https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: bcookie
Retention time: 2 years
Explanation: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy - Cookie name: bscookie
Retention time: 2 years
Explanation: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy - Cookie name: lidc
Retention time: 1 day
Explanation: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy - Cookie name: UserMatchHistory
Retention time: 29 days
Explanation: Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy - Cookie name: tr
Retention time: session
Explanation: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php/ - Cookie name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Retention time: 179 days
Explanation: Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: YSC
Retention time: session
Explanation: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
https://policies.google.com/privacy - Cookie name: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Retention time: persistent
Explanation: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Third-party cookies
In some cases, we also use trusted third-party cookies.
This website uses Google Analytics. This is one of the most widely used and reliable analytical solutions on the internet that helps to collect information about how the website is best used and how the user experience can be improved. These cookies may track how long you browse the website and which pages you visit. In this way, we can continue to make interesting content.
The data held by Google Analytics are anonymised. Blue Lines only receives statistical data about visitor behaviour from Google Analytics, but no actual personal data.
We also use Campaign Monitor when sending e-mails. Campaign Monitor uses tracking technology. We use the data that are stored in this way mainly to understand which topics our users find interesting, by monitoring whether e-mails are opened, and on which links the readers of the e-mails click. We use these data to improve the e-mails that we send out and the services we offer.