| Name |
Title |
Purpose |
Activated |
Duration |
| Initiated by Google Doubleclick |
| id |
Doubleclick ID |
Google uses the DoubleClick cookie on DFP sites, AdSense sites, partner sites and certain Google services to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times a given ad is shown to you. You should read more here. |
On visit |
2 Years |
| Initiated by Google Analytics |
| __utma / __utmb / __utmc / __utmz |
Google Analytics |
Google Analytics uses cookies to define user sessions, and to provide a number of reporting features. These cookies are set or updated only to collect the data required for such reports, and are first-party. You can opt out here. |
On visit |
Up to 2 Years |
| Initiated by Cloudflare |
| __cfduid |
Cloudflare |
Used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not correspond to any userid in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable information.This cookie is strictly necessary for site security operations and can't be turned off. |
On visit |
Up to 6 Years |
| Initiated by The Register |
| sc |
Session Count |
Used for counting how many page impressions a user sees in the session - we use it to limit the effect of advertising on our readers. |
On visit |
Browser Session |
| c |
Visited Channels |
This tells us which sections of the site a user has visited and allows us to target them with an advert. e.g. read the Servers section, target with a Servers advert. |
On visit |
1 Month |
| show_popup |
Account has not been updated for a year or more |
On clicking on an article from the Daily or Weekly newsletters. |
On visit |
1 Month |
| bucket |
Bucket |
Used for testing new/beta features on the site. |
On visit |
Variable, up to 6 months |
| soc |
Social |
Tailoring content to users from social websites such as Twitter and Facebook. |
On visit |
Browser Session |
| Initiated by you |
| s |
Account Login |
Required so we can enable account functions. |
At login |
1 Year |
| EUck |
EU Cookie Consent |
Prevents display of the cookie notification message. |
On clicking the button to acknowledge that you no longer wish to be reminded about our cookie policy. |
10 Years |
| voted polls |
Voted Polls |
Required to manage the deployment of polls |
On poll vote |
1 Week |
| v |
Version |
Captures the fact that a user has rated the article, so they can't rate it again. |
On rating |
1 Year |
| td |
Traffic Driver |
Tell us which promotional activities users have clicked on - e.g. if they clicked on an event promotion, or a podcast promotion we would know the promotion had driven X responses. |
On click of promotion |
1 Year |
| sa |
Seen Ads |
Selectively records the ID of the ads you've seen and the surveys you've filled in, so that we can avoid bombarding you with the same message too frequently. |
On visit |
1 Year |
| forum_sort |
Per topic user sort order preference |
For recording logged in users' forum preferences. |
On Forum Sort |
Browser Session |
| font_class |
Font size user preference on mobile |
Allows font size preferences to be remembered across visits. |
Changing font size on mobile |
1 Year |
| sl |
Lite account login |
Required to enable account identification from mailshots. |
On clicking on a link in one of our mailshots |
Browser Session |
| ml |
Mailing list login |
Required to enable account functions from mailshots. |
On clicking on a link in one of our mailshots |
Browser Session |
| sl |
Lite Account login |
Required to enable one-click registrations from mailshots. |
On clicking on a link in one of our mailshots |
Browser Session |
| mGA |
Google Analytics |
Site monitoring and usage patterns |
On log in/out |
Browser Session. Cleared on page after login if JavaScript is enabled |
