What are cookies
A cookie is a file that the browser places on your computer. It makes it possible to recognize your computer and remember choices you have previously made on the website. A cookie cannot spread computer viruses or other harmful programs. Cookies delete themselves after a certain number of months (may vary), but are renewed after each visit. The cookie cannot see who you are, what you are called, where you live or whether the computer is used by one or more people. If you provide personal information to a website, a cookie can be used to remember you the next time you visit the website.
Click on the menu items on the left to read about the different cookies and switch categories of cookies on or off
Functional cookies
Functional Cookies are necessary for the vast majority of websites to function as they should. They make sure, for example, that you don't constantly smoke from the website you visit.
Functional cookies are necessary and are always switched on.
Website
vmcms - 7 hous
The website uses this cookie to identify the visitor across pages under the visit.
appCurrentDomainId - 1 year
Saves the ID of the current domain, which is used to control the language
logged-in - 1 week
Checks if a user has been logged in
Cookie settings
vm-gdpr - 1 Month
Used to remember the choices taken under Cookie Settings.
vm-gdpr-accept - 1 Month
Specifies whether cookie settings have been reviewed / accepted.
lastHash
lastHash - 1 Year
Saves the last hash value in the url
Matomo
_pk_ses* - Session based
Stores an unique user id
Statistics
Statistics cookies help developers to optimize the website by collecting information about which pages are most popular and which pages are apparently not to the users' liking. In this way, the website and user-friendliness can be improved.
Statistics cookies are also used to collect general visitor statistics through simple counting.
They usually have no or very little significance for your privacy, as they do not register what is searched for on other websites.
Google Analytics
_ga - Expires after 2 years
This cookie from Google is used to monitor traffic on our site and track the number of visits of each visitor, the time of the first visit, the previous visit and the current visit.
_gid - Expires after browser session has ended
This cookie is used to track how long the visitor spends on a web placement: when a visit starts and when it ends. If you notice cookie changes (such as using a firecookie), you will see regular changes.
_ga_* - 1 year
The functionality is: to store and count pageviews.
_gat_* - Expires after browser session has ended
Used to reduce the amount of queries to Google.
ssm_au - 1 week
Cookie set by Google Analytics. Only set after the user has allowed relevant cookies
@@History/@@scroll|#
@@History/@@scroll|# - At session end
Collects data about the user's visit to the website such as which pages are read.
vuid
vuid - 2 years
Collects data about the user's visit to the website such as which pages are read.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - 179 days
Trying to estimate users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube video
Matomo
_pk_id* - 13 months
Stores a unique user id
_pk_ref* - 6 months
Stores referes IDs
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used commercially to target advertisements to you.
They collect information about your movements on the individual websites, and thus form an overview of interests, habits and activities that can be used to display relevant advertisements.
GPS
GPS - At session end
Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.
YSC
YSC - At session end
Records a unique ID for statistics on which videos from the YouTube user have seen.
Facebook
_fbp - 90 days
Used to distinguish and keep track of your unique users
Personalized cookies
Personalized cookies collect information about your movement on the website, and can help suggest other pages, news or products to you, based on the things you have shown interest.
Personalized cookies are not used for marketing elsewhere on the web.
The website does not use cookies in this category
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