What are cookies?
A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
- First-party cookies are cookies stored by the websites you visit. Only these websites can read them. If a site also uses external services, they may store their own cookies, referred to as third-party cookies.
- Persistent cookies are stored on your computer and do not automatically delete when you close your browser. In contrast, session cookies are deleted every time you close your browser.
Whenever you visit websites, you may be asked to accept or decline cookies.
Their purpose is to allow websites to "remember" your personal preferences (e.g., username, language, etc.) for a certain period.
How our pages work with cookies?
Websites primarily use "first-party cookies." These are cookies defined and controlled by Procode Website LLC (i.e., not by any external organization).
However, to view the content of some of our pages, you will need to accept cookies from external organizations.
We use three types of first-party cookies. They serve to:
- store visitors' personal preferences
- operate our pages
- collect analytical data (about visitor behavior)
Visitor's personal preferences
We store cookies for these settings, and only we can read them. They remember whether you have accepted (or declined) the rules of our cookie policy.
Necessary cookies
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies help the website operator understand how their website works, how visitors interact with the site, and whether there are technical issues. This type of storage does not collect data that identifies the visitor.
This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
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 is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
_hjIncludedInSessionSample
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit
The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
_hjIncludedInSessionSample
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
How can you manage cookies?
Deleting cookies
If you delete your browsing history from your browser, you will delete all cookies currently on your device. Deleting history will erase all cookies from all websites you have ever visited.
However, keep in mind that this may cause you to lose some stored data that you may want to keep (e.g., login information or personal preferences on some pages).
Managing cookies for individual pages
If you want to adjust cookies for individual pages, check the privacy and cookie settings in your main browser.
Blocking cookies
You can configure most modern browsers to block the storage of cookies on your device. However, in that case, you will need to manually adjust some personal preferences each time you visit a page. Keep in mind that in such a case, some services and features may not work properly (e.g., profile login).
