| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry | |--------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------| | __cf_bm | Cloudflare | Used to distinguish between humans and bots to ensure reliable site use | Strictly Necessary | 30 minutes | | __cfruid | Cloudflare | Used for load balancing and identifying trusted traffic | Strictly Necessary | Session | | OptanonConsent | OneTrust (consent tool) | Stores cookie consent choices made by the user | Strictly Necessary | 1 year | | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | OneTrust (consent tool) | Remembers if the cookie banner has been closed | Strictly Necessary | 1 year | | _ga | Google Analytics| Used to distinguish users for site analytics | Analytics | 2 years | | _gid | Google Analytics| Stores a unique session ID to group user behaviour | Analytics | 24 hours | | _gat | Google Analytics| Throttles request rate to limit data collection | Analytics | 1 minute | | disqus_unique | Disqus | Stores unique identifier for comments and discussions | Functionality | 1 year | | disqusauth | Disqus | Used when logging into Disqus to post comments | Functionality | Session | | test_cookie | DoubleClick (Google) | Tests whether the browser accepts cookies | Advertising | 1 day | | IDE | DoubleClick (Google) | Used to show Google ads across the web | Advertising | 1 year |