When you use Tanist’s website we automatically collect certain technical and routing information about your visit so we can continuously improve what and how our site delivers.
For example, we may log the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer and measure your browsing patterns when on this site. This information is held in aggregate form and is not matched with your personal information so no individual user is identified.
Service | Name | Purpose | Expiration |
Google Analytics | utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions | 2 years |
utmt | Used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes | |
utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits. | 30 minutes | |
utmc | This cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | End of Browser session | |
utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. | 6 months | |
utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. | 2 years | |
_ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years | |
_gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
Use of cookies
We use cookies to identify you when you visit Tanist’s website to build up a demographic profile. A cookie is a small piece of information sent to your web browser by a web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It cannot be executed as code or used to deliver viruses to your computer.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.