Cookie report for about.me

Generated on 2022-12-11 14:43:47 GMT

URL scanned: about.me

Total pages scanned: 10

Cookies(in total): 15

First-party Cookies: 14

Third-party Cookies: 1

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Strictly Necessary cookies2

Cookie key Domain Path Cookie type Expiration Description
session
.about.me / First-party Session Session cookies expire once you log off or close the browser. They are only stored temporarily and are destroyed after leaving the page. They are also known as transient cookies, non-persistent cookies, or temporary cookies.
session cookie was first detected on: https://about.me
G_ENABLED_IDPS
.about.me / First-party Session Used to Sign in with Google
G_ENABLED_IDPS cookie was first detected on: https://about.me

Performance cookies8

Cookie key Domain Path Cookie type Expiration Description
__utmc
.blog.about.me / First-party Session This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In this older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie.
__utmc cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me
__utmz
.blog.about.me / First-party 5 months 4 weeks This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmz cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me
__utmb
.blog.about.me / First-party 29 minutes 59 seconds This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor.
__utmb cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me
__utmt
.blog.about.me / First-party 9 minutes 59 seconds This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes
__utmt cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me
_gid
.about.me / First-party 1 day 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.
_gid cookie was first detected on: https://about.me
_gat
.about.me / First-party 54 seconds This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites.
_gat cookie was first detected on: https://about.me
__utma
.blog.about.me / First-party 2 years This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners.
__utma cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me
_ga
.about.me / First-party 2 years 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.
_ga cookie was first detected on: https://about.me

Targeting cookies2

Cookie key Domain Path Cookie type Expiration Description
NID
.google.com / Third-party 6 months This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
NID cookie was first detected on: https://about.me
_fbp
.about.me / First-party 2 months 4 weeks Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
_fbp cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me

Unclassified cookies3

Cookie key Domain Path Cookie type Expiration Description
aboutme_anon_id
.about.me / First-party 1 year
aboutme_anon_id cookie was first detected on: https://about.me
session.sig
.about.me / First-party Session
session.sig cookie was first detected on: https://about.me
speedbump_timeout
.about.me / First-party 1 day
speedbump_timeout cookie was first detected on: https://blog.about.me