Last Updated December 11, 2020
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Use of cookies on our website
When you visit our site, we may use one or more cookies to make our site
easier for you to use and to personalize your online experience. Through the
use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your
online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the links you
click, and the amount of time you spend on the website. You can remove or
block cookies using your settings in most browsers, but if you choose to
decline cookies, you may not be able to use some of the features offered on
our site.
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developer's website.
The table below explains the cookies we may use and why.
Cookie Name
|
Expiration Time
|
What is it used for?
|
JSESSIONID
|
N/A Session Cookie
|
Authentication/session management - for the BNIC web-app itself
|
PHPSESSID
|
N/A Session Cookie
|
Authentication/session management - for CMS V1, V2 and V3
|
__cfduid
|
1 Year
|
CDN - Cloud flare client UID
|
__utma
|
1 Year + 364 Days
|
Traffic analytics
|
__utmb
|
30 Minutes
|
Traffic analytics
|
__utmc
|
N/A Session Cookie
|
Traffic analytics
|
__utmt
|
10 Minutes
|
Traffic analytics
|
__utmz
|
6 Months
|
Traffic analytics
|
cmsv3sessionid
|
N/A Session Cookie
|
Authentication/session management
|
lastSelectedLandingMenuId
|
1 Day
|
Usability - To help retain the last landing menu item (My
Network/HQ/Country/Chapter/Region) accessed by the user
|