Cookies
Read our privacy policy for more information about how we process personal data.
On our sites, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These small files are known as 'cookies'.
They improve the performance of our sites by:
- remembering information about you, so you don’t have to keep re-entering it whenever you visit a new page
- recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
- remembering IP addresses relating to your computer or device to improve navigation of our sites and to control access to particular content or materials reserved to subscribers
- measuring how you use the site so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org.
You can choose to disable cookies on the Academy’s main website, rasnz.org, by selecting your preferences from the Cookie Control menu, selectable from the bottom-right corner of the website window.
rasnz.org
This following section provides particular information about cookies on the following websites:
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Preserves the user’s session state across page requests | Session |
| _RequestVerificationToken | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks | Session |
| local_storage_support_test | The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the website to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures | Persistent |
| rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots | Persistent |
| rc::c | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots | Session |
| lang | This cookie is used to remember a user’s selected language version of the website | 1 day |
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our sites. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This information cannot be used to identify you and we do not allow Google to use our analytics data.
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website | 2 years |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit | 2 years |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website | 1 day |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice | 1 day |
| _hjFirstSee | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website | 1 day |
| _hjid | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes | 1 day |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder | 1 day |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization | 1 day |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels | Session |
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The Royal Academy of Sciences New Zealand uses these types of cookies to gauge its effectiveness in promoting its activities online. This category of cookie is also used by third-parties with the intention of displaying ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| _widgetsettings | This cookie is set by Twitter - The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website onto their Twitter profile | Persistent |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 3 months |
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites | Session |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user | 1 year |
| NID | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads | 6 months |
| pagead/landing | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement | Session |
| test_cookie | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies | 1 day |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos | 179 days |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen | Session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| yt-remote-session-app | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| yt-remote-session-name | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| _fbp: Facebook |
To store and track visits across websites |
3 months |
| _fbc: Facebook |
To store last visit |
2 years |
| fr: Facebook |
To enable ad delivery or re-targeting |
3 months |
Publication Page
https://rasnz.org/publication uses cookies to provide enhanced functionality and improve the end users' experience.
The following types of cookies are used:
- Session cookies that are set when the end user enters the website and deleted when the user closes the browser.
- Persistent cookies that are set when the end user enters the website and last for up to one year.
Necessary cookies
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Cookie set by OneTrust. It is set after visitors have actively interacted with the cookie information notice. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. | Persistent |
| OptanonConsent | Cookie set by OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. | Persistent |
| JSESSIONID | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | Session |
| MACHINE_LAST_SEEN | Used to store the last login date of the end user or the specific machine. | Persistent |
| I2KBRCK | Used to check if the end user's browser supports cookies. | Persistent |
| SERVER | Used to optimize the website’s performance for the end user. They are also used to collect information about how end users use the website. | Session |
| __cf_bm | Cookie set by Cloudflare to support Cloudflare Bot Management. This cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | Persistent |
| cf_use_ob | Cookie set by CloudFlare to improve page load times and to override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. It does not contain any user identification information. | Persistent |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Preserves the user’s session state across page requests. | Session |
Performance cookies
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Cookie set by Google Analytics. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Persistent |
| _gat_UA- | Cookie set by Google Analytics. The pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | Persistent |
| _gid | Cookie set by Google Analytics. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Persistent |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Cookie set by HotJar. This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | Persistent |
| _hjFirstSeen | Cookie set by HotJar. Identifies a new user's first session, indicating whether or not Hotjar is seeing this user for the first time. | Persistent |
| _hjid | Cookie set by Hotjar. Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | Persistent |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Cookie set by HotjJar. Determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. | Persistent |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Cookie set by HotJar. Registers data on visitors' website behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. | Persistent |
| _hjSessionRejected | Cookie set by Hotjar to provide load balancing functionality. | Session |
| PU_LAST_LOGIN | Used to store the last login date of the end user or the specific machine for analytics. | Persistent |
| __utmz | Cookie set by Google to monitor where a visitor arrived from. It also registers, what keyword generated the visit plus geolocation data. | Persistent |
| __utma | Cookie set by Google. 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. | Persistent |
Functional cookies
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| __atuvc | Cookie set by AddThis to store an updated page share count. | Persistent |
| __atuvs | Cookie set by the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. | Persistent |
| __atssc | Cookie set by the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. | Persistent |
| SSO_IDP | Used to store the end user's preferred Shibboleth identity provider. | Persistent |
| MobileUI | Used to record the visitor’s preference for using the mobile-optimized version of the website. | Session |
| SFFID | Cookie to store encrypted device UUID. | Persistent |
| AUTO_SIGNIN | Cookie set when the end user explicitly selects the 'Remember me' option in the sign in page of the website. | Persistent |
| timezone | It is used to store the end user's device time zone information. | Persistent |
| cf_ob_info | Cookie set by CloudFlare to improve page load times and to override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. | Persistent |
| fig_tracker_client | Cookie set by figshare. | Persistent |
| vglnk.PartnerRfsh.p | Cookie set by Disqus. | Persistent |
| vglnk.Agent.p | Cookie set by Disqus. Used to collect visitor behaviour in order to present more relevant advertisements. | Persistent |
Targeting cookies
| Name | Description | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| MAID | Used to target more relevant content and services to the end user. | Persistent |
| PLUID | Used to target more relevant content and services to the end user. | Persistent |
| MAID_SYNC | Enables server to sync the device ID to a previously-stored device ID. | Persistent |
| MAID_DISC | Stores the device ID for flash widget for more relevant content and services to the end user. | Persistent |
| tid | Cookie set by rasnz.org and TrendMD. | Persistent |
| G_ENABLED_IDPS | This cookie is used to securely log in to the website with a Google account. | Persistent |
| disqus_unique | Cookie set by Disqus so that users can comment on the website/platform. | Persistent |
| __jid | Cookie set by the third-party commenting platform Disqus. | Persistent |
| s_xxxx | Cookie set by the third-party commenting platform Disqus. | Persistent |
| NID | Cookie set by Google. Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | Persistent |
| __atrfs | Cookie set by the AddThis social sharing widget. Enables visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. | Persistent |
| uvc | Cookie set by the AddThis social sharing widget and tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis. | Persistent |
| xtc | Cookie set by the AddThis social sharing widget. Enables visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. | Persistent |
| trendmd-disable-gdpr-ga-popup | Cookie set by the TrendMD widget. | Persistent |
| trendmd-nongdpr | Cookie set by the TrendMD widget. Used to target more relevant content to the end user. | Persistent |
| s-DMDSESSID | Cookie set by the TrendMD widget. | Session |
| t4 | Cookie set by the TrendMD widget. Used to target more relevant content to the end user. | Persistent |
| f3 | Cookie set by the TrendMD widget. Used to target more relevant content to the end user. | Persistent |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Cookie set by Youtube. To keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites. It can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. | Persistent |
| YSC | Cookie set by YouTube. To store and track interaction. | Session |
| CONSENT | Cookie set by YouTube. 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 website. | Persistent |