Vestd's Use of Cookies
Cookies serve a variety of functions and are connected to specific website functions. In some cases these can be toggled on or off, and in others they cannot. Fundamentally, cookies are used to analyse your website visit and leverage that data for marketing purposes and to improve your experience in future.
In essence, a cookie is a small text file that is stored on your local computer when visiting websites, including www.vestd.com. Without some of these cookies, our website simply wouldn’t work. As such, these are categorised as “Essential” cookies and cannot be deactivated. Other cookies are categorised as “Advertising” and “Analytics” cookies and you have the power to disable them if you wish to do so. Please be aware that blocking the use of any cookies may negatively impact your experience on the website and limit the services we are able to provide you with online.
The table below lists a variety of the cookies we use, and why.
| What | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|
Atlassian Jira Servicedesk |
ajs_anonymous_id, ajs_group_id, ajs_user_id |
Used to store last visit. |
Bing Ads |
_uetvid, _uetsid |
Used to store and track visits across websites. |
Cloudflare |
__cf_bm |
Used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
Cloudflare |
__cfruid, cf_*_id |
Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic. |
Convertflow |
cf_*_person_last_update |
Tracking record of the visitor stored locally. |
Facebook |
_fbp |
Used to store and track visits across websites. |
Google Adsense |
_gcl_au |
Used to store and track conversions. |
Google Analytics |
_ga, _gid, _ga_* |
Used to store and count pageviews. |
HubSpot |
__hs_cookie_cat_pref |
Used to store cookie consent preferences. |
HubSpot |
__hssc |
Used to store anonymised statistics. |
HubSpot |
__hssrc |
Used to store a unique session ID. |
HubSpot |
__hstc |
Used to store time of visit. |
HubSpot |
hubspotutk |
Used to store and track a visitor’s identity. |
LinkedIn |
ln_or |
Used to store and track visits across websites. |
New Relic |
JSESSIONID |
Used to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. |
Reddit |
_rdt_uuid |
Used to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_goal_* |
This cookie is created when a campaign goal is triggered. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_test_cookie |
This cookie is created to detect if the cookies are enabled on the visitor’s browser or not. It also helps in tracking the number of browser sessions a visitor has gone through. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_combi |
This cookie is created when a visitor is chosen for a particular variation for a test. This cookie makes sure that visitors see the same variation when they revisit the page in the future. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_exclude |
This cookie is created when a visitor has been excluded from a Test Campaign due to the traffic percentage specifications. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_split |
This cookie is created when one of the variations is chosen for the visitor, but the visitor is not yet redirected to the variation page. It exists so that VWO can verify that the variation page corresponds to the chosen variation after landing on the page. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_s |
This cookie tracks session created for a visitor. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_out |
This cookie indicates that the visitor should not be made part of any campaign. |
VWO |
_vwo_uuid, _vwo_uuid_* |
This cookie generates a unique id for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO. |
VWO |
_vwo_ds |
This cookie stores persistent visitor-level data for VWO Insights. |
VWO |
_vwo_sn |
This cookie stores session-level information. |
VWO |
_vwo_uuid_v2 |
This cookie calculates unique traffic on a website. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_combi_choose |
This cookie stores the chosen combination. It’s a temporary cookie that gets deleted when the campaign changes are applied. |
VWO |
_vwo_referrer |
This cookie stores referral info allowing VWO to identify the original Traffic source in case of a Split URL campaign. |
VWO |
_vwo |
This cookie is a jar of all the cookies. It is currently created only for the Safari browser. |
VWO |
_vwo_global_opt_out |
This cookie is persisted when a visitor opts out of VWO on all websites in a given browser. |
VWO |
_vwo_ssm |
This cookie is used for testing and is created only on sites that use the HTTP protocol. This is used to check if VWO can create cookies on them, after which this cookie is deleted. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_goal_*_* |
This cookie is created when a campaign goal is triggered. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_combi_* |
This cookie is created when a visitor is chosen for a particular variation of a test. It ensures that visitors see the same variation when they revisit the page. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_exclude_* |
This cookie is created when a visitor has been excluded from a campaign due to the traffic percentage specifications. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_split_* |
This cookie is created when one of the variations is chosen for the visitor, but the visitor is not yet redirected to the variation page. Using this, VWO verifies that the variation page corresponds to the chosen variation after landing on the page. |
VWO |
_vwo_uuid_*_* |
This cookie is created for each cross-domain campaign. It generates a unique id for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO. |
VWO |
_vis_opt_exp_*_combi_choose_* |
This cookie stores the chosen combination. It’s a temporary cookie that gets deleted when the campaign changes are applied. |
VWO |
_vwo_global_opt_out |
This cookie is persisted when a visitor opts out of vwo on all websites in a given browser. |
YouTube |
CONSENT |
YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
YouTube |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Used to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
YouTube |
YSC |
Used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
YouTube |
yt-remote-connected-devices |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
YouTube |
yt-remote-device-id |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
Managing your preferences
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