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AI_buffer
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www.scope.org.uk
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Session
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Third-party
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Essential Cookies
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Cookies set by Microsoft Application Insights. This allows us to monitor the health and status of the server and website.
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AI_sentBuffer
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www.scope.org.uk
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Session
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Third-party
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Essential Cookies
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Cookies set by Microsoft Application Insights. This allows us to monitor the health and status of the server and website.
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ARRAffinitySameSite
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.scope.org.uk
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Session
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Third-party
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Essential Cookies
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Used to distribute website traffic to several servers, helping to reduce response times.
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ASP.NET_SessionId
Host
www.scope.org.uk
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.
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First-party
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Essential Cookies
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Our site uses Microsoft's .NET framework. This cookie is used by the server, to maintain an anonymized user session. This cookie expires at the end of a browsing session. This is determined by your browser's configuration.
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scope-accept
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www.scope.org.uk
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1 Year
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First-party
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Essential Cookies
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Used to track if cookie banner has been interacted with
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scope-cookies
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www.scope.org.uk
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1 year
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First-party
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Essential Cookies
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Used to determine which cookies the user has accepted
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SERVERID
Host
www.scope.org.uk
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10 minutes
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Third-party
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Essential Cookies
Description
Usually used for load balancing. Identifies the server that delivered the last page to the browser. Associated with the HAProxy Load Balancer software.
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X-AB
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Third-party
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Essential Cookies
Description
This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site.
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__RequestVerificationToken
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www.scope.org.uk
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Session
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Third-party
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Essential Cookies
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This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser.
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Host
.www.scope.org.uk
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Session
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Third-party
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Essential Cookies
Description
This cookie is necessary for making credit card transaction s on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card in formation.
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__stripe_sid
Host
.www.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Third-party
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Essential Cookies
Description
Associated with Calendly, a Meeting Scheduler that some websites use. This cookie allows the meeting scheduler to function within the website.
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__tlbcpv
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.scope.org.uk
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Type
Third-party
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Essential Cookies
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Used to record how many people view the consent banner.
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eud
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.scope.org.uk
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Persistent for 13 months
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Third-party
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Functional Cookies
Description
This cookie contains partner user IDs and last successful cookie match time with partners.
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euds
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Third-party
Category
Functional Cookies
Description
A session cookie of the eud cookie
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ARRAffinity
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Session
Type
Third-party
Category
Functional Cookies
Description
Used for load balancing on websites running on the Windows Azure cloud platform.
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gex_id
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Session
Type
First-party
Category
Functional Cookies
Description
Allows Google Experience Editor cookies to persist across subdomains.
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ai_session
Host
www.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 day
Type
Third-party
Category
Functional Cookies
Description
Monitors the performance of the iPerceptions portal of applications running on Azure.
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ai_user
Host
www.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 year
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Third-party
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Functional Cookies
Description
This cookie collects telemetry information and statistical usage data for the Microsoft Application Insights software. It is able to recognize returning visitors by storing unique identifiers.
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___utmvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Host
.scope.org.uk
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a few seconds
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Third-party
Category
Functional Cookies
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___utmv
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Bounce
Host
Bounce
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Type
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE
Host
www.scope.org.uk
Duration
10 years
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Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This cookie is associated with the Sitecore Content Management System. It is used for web analytics to identify repeat visitors.
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#collect
Host
collect
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Type
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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_gat_UA-10500881-1
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 minute
Type
Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics. The pattern element on the name contains the unique identifier 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.
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g.pixel
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.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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MR
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.c.clarity.ms
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Persistent
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Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
Microsoft MSN cookie. Used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.
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pagevisit
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.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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partner
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.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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tag
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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_ga
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
2 years
Type
Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish different users by assigning a randomly generated number as an identifier. It is included in each page request for a site and used to calculate visitors, sessions and campaign data for the sites' analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
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_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
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. Hotjar is used to improve customer experience on our website.
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_hjIncludedInSessionSample
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Type
Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by our site's daily session limit. Hotjar is used to improve customer experience on our website.
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_gid
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 day
Type
First-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
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gex_id
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Session
Type
Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This cookie is owned by Google and is used to provide "Analytics Services".
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_hjIncludedInPageviewSample
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
a few seconds
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Third-party
Category
Analytics Cookies
Description
This is a Hotjar performance analysis cookie. This cookie enables Hotjar to mark a user as being included in an anonymous sample group. Hotjar is used to improve customer experience on our website.
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anj
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
3 months
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with an AppNexus partner.
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audience
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audience
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28 days
Type
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Sync audience data between buyers and sellers.
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CMID
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www.clarity.ms
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1 year
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is used for advertising. It tracks the products users were looking at.
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CMPRO
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.scope.org.uk
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3 months
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
These cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products users were looking at.
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CMPS
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
3 months
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
These cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products users were looking at.
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demdex
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
6 months
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronisation, segmentation, modelling, reporting and so on.
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dpm
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
6 months
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Adobe Audience Manager - data management platform uses this cookie to record information around synchronisation of IDs.
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MUID
Host
.clarity.ms
Duration
1 year
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
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MUID
Host
.bing.com
Duration
1 year
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
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pxrc
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
2 months
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie registers non-personal data on the visitor. The information is used to optimise advertisement relevance.
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tuuid
Host
tuuid
Duration
1 year
Type
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is mainly set by bidswitch.net to make advertising messages more appropriate to the website visitor.
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tuuid_lu
Host
tuuid_lu
Duration
1 year
Type
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie contains a unique visitor ID. This unique ID allows BidSwitch.com to track the visitor across multiple websites. BidSwitch can use this to optimise the relevance of adverts and make sure that visitors do not see the same ads multiple times.
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__adal_ca
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Persistent
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Store which advertising campaign drove a user to visit
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__adal_cw
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Persistent
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Tie back conversion events to earlier visits
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__adal_id
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Persistent
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Uniquely identify a device
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_gcl_au
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
3 months
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services
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_uetsid
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 day
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be appropriate to the customer using the site.
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_uetvid
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 year
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
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everest_g_v2
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 year
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
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fr
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
90 days
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising.
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recordID
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 year
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie name is associated with services from UK email marketing company DotDigital. Their software placed on a website enables the owners to track when email campaign recipients land on the target website, which enables monitoring of the effectiveness of a campaign. This cookie is a unique user identifier, enabling persistent linking of behaviour on the site to a particular user and email campaign response.
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IDE
Host
.doubleclick.net
Duration
1 year
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is set by DoubleClick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
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personalisation_id
Host
.twitter.com
Duration
2 years
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
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.rlcdn.com
Host
.rlcdn.com
Duration
1 year
Type
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie is generally provided by rlcdn.com and is used for advertising purposes.
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ruds
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Session
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Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Registers anonymous user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked.
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sc_at
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 year
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
Used to identify a visitor across multiple domains.
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UID
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
1 year
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie provides a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gathers data about activity on the website. This data may be sent to a third party for analysis and reporting.
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uuid2
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
3 months
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie allows targeted advertising through the App Nexus platform - collects anonymous data on ad views IP address, page views, and more.
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_kuid_
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
6 months
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
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_scid
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.scope.org.uk
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1 year and 1 month
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
Used to help identify a visitor.
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dmSessionID
Host
.scope.org.uk
Duration
Persistent
Type
Third-party
Category
Targeting Cookies
Description
A session ID is a unique number that a website's server assigns a specific user for the duration of that user's visit (session). The session ID can be stored as a cookie, form field, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Some Web servers generate session IDs by incrementing static numbers.
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tap.php
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.scope.org.uk
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Persistent
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
Used to register anonymous user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.
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YSC
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.scope.org.uk
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Session
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
Description
YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
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_fbp
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.scope.org.uk
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Persistent
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Third-party
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Targeting Cookies
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Facebook targeting and advertising persistent cookie. Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
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