What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data sent from a website and stored in the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) or to record the user’s browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past). They can also be used to remember arbitrary pieces of information that the user previously entered into form fields such as names, addresses, passwords, and credit card numbers.

Other kinds of cookies perform essential functions in the modern web. Perhaps most importantly, authentication cookies are the most common method used by web servers to know whether the user is logged in or not, and which account they are logged in with. Without such a mechanism, the site would not know whether to send a page containing sensitive information, or require the user to authenticate themselves by logging in.

The tracking cookies, and especially third-party tracking cookies, are commonly used as ways to compile long-term records of individuals’ browsing histories – a potential privacy concern. European law requires all websites targeting European Union member states gain “informed consent” from users before storing non-essential cookies on their device.

 

Which cookies are used on hudo.com?

 

Application cookies

Cookie

Domain

Purpose

Lifetime

Company

allow_cookieshudo.comIndication that the user agrees with the use of cookies1 yearIRV
hudo_languagehudo.comLanguage selection1 yearIRV

 

Website traffic analysis

Cookie DomainPurposeLifetimeCompany
_gahudo.comwebsite traffic analysis2 yearsGoogle Analytics
DM_*fun.hudo.comMOSS/technical measurementmax. 24 hrsMOSS/Dotmetrics
DotMetricsTimeOnPagefun.hudo.comMOSS/technical measurement1 monthMOSS/Dotmetrics
*dotmetrics.comMOSS/technical measurementvariousMOSS/Dotmetrics

 

Advertising cookies

CookieDomainPurposeLifetimeCompany
_gat_ga_*hudo.comAdvertising network Double click / Google30 minutesGoogle
*adform.netAdvertising network Adformvarious – max 2 yearsAdform
*ox.vsn.siAd server VSNvarious – max 1 yearVSN
*ox.irv.siAd server IRVvarious – max 1 yearIRV
*doubleclick.net, google.comAdvertising network DoubleClick1 monthGoogle
*(my)switchads.comAdvertising network SwitchAdsvarious – max 30 yearsSwitchAds
*casalmedia.com, eqads.comAdvertising network CasalMediavarious – max 1 yearCasalMedia
*pubmatic.comAdvertising network Pubmaticvarious – max 2 yearsPubmatic
*criteo.comAdvertising network CriteovariousCriteo
*adnxs.comAdvertising network AdNexusvariousAdNexus
*smartadserver.comAdvertising network SmartAdServervariousSmartAdServer

Only the most frequent cookies are listed. Other advertising cookies may also occur.

 

Social networks and web services

CookieDomainPurposeLifetimeCompany
cx_idcontentexchange.meContentExchange2 yearsContentExchange
*disqus.comweb service DisqusvariousDisqus
*vimeo.comweb service VimeovariousVimeo
*youtube.comweb service YouTubevariousYoutube
*twitter.comsocial network TwittervariousTwitter
*pinterest.comsocial network PinterestvariousPinterest
*facebook.comsocial network FacebookvariousFacebook
*plus.google.comGoogle +variousGoogle

Only the most frequent cookies are listed. Cookies from other social networks and web services may also occur.

How to disable cookies

You can choose in your browser settings whether you allow saving cookies to your device. Follow one of the links below.

If you completely disable cookies, some website features may not be available (e.g. login)