Information about the use of cookies
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Information about the cookies E-ACT uses
You can find more information about the individual cookies E-ACT uses and the purposes for which E-ACT uses them in the table below:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More information |
| PHPSESSID | PHP Session ID | Used to identify the user’s session on the server. | |
| __utma | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
| __utmb | Google Analytics | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
| __utmc | Google Analytics | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
| __utmt | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
| __utmv | Google Analytics | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which E-ACT has no control.