The Condé Nast Publications Ltd.
Condé Nast communities and forums, a service provided by Vision Critical requires a number of cookies to support the application and for authentication.
A cookie is a small piece of information that a website stores in a user's web browser. The website can then retrieve this information and recall the user's previous interactions with the website.
| Name | Purpose | Persistence | 1st Party/3rd Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| .VCPanelistEmail | Remembers the member email for login. | 3 months | 1st |
| .VCPPAuth | Forms authentication cookie that contains the authentication ticket. The ticket is used within each request for forms authentication, to identify an authenticated user. | 1 year | 1st |
| .VCQuickPoll_[QuickPollId] | Determines if the user has already answered the specific quick poll survey. | 3 months | 1st |
| __utma (Google Analytics) | Used to distinguish users and sessions. | 2 years | 3rd |
| __utmb (Google Analytics) | Used to determine new sessions/visits. | 30 mins | 3rd |
| __utmc (Google Analytics) | Used to determine whether the user is in a new session/visit. | Session | 3rd |
| __utmz (Google Analytics) | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site. | 6 months | 3rd |
| _ga (Google Analytics) | Measures how users interact with website content and keeps track of what they did on previous pages.
To distinguish between users, this cookie stores an anonymous identifier, which is a randomly
generated number.
Note: Google Analytics does not store any personal informationabout website users. For more information, see Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites. |
1 year | 3rd |
| _gat (Google Analytics) | Used to throttle request rate | Session | 3rd |
| AuthTicket | The current forum user's authentication ticket, which is set during sign-in and persists until sign-off. | Session | 1st |
| ClientTimezoneOffset | Displays UTC times as localized times. | 1 year | 1st |
| dtCookie (Dynatrace) | Tracks how users interact with the website for performance and quality assurance. | Session | 1st |
| dtLatC (Dynatrace) | Tracks how users interact with the website for performance and quality assurance. | Session | 1st |
| dtPC (Dynatrace) | Tracks how users interact with the website for performance and quality assurance. | Session | 1st |
| The current forum user's email address, which is set during sign-in and persists until sign-off. | Session | 1st | |
| ForumsAuth | Authenticates users who access a forum. | 1 year | 1st |
| KeepMeLoggedIn | Persists the forum session by keeping users signed in. | 1 year | 1st |
| surveySelectedThemeId | Remembers the last viewed theme. | Session | 1st |
| TenantInfo | The current forum user's tenant, which is set during sign-in and persists until sign-off. | Session | 1st |
| VisionCritical.GmtTimezoneOffset | Timezone offset, used to set session. | Session | 1st |
| VisionCritical.Portal.MobileAppBanner | State of mobile app banner display. | 1 year | 1st |
| VisionCritical.Portal.Web.Email | Remembers the member's email for login when the 'Remember Me' option is selected. | 1 year | 1st |
| VisionCritical.Portal.Web.MemberId | Encrypted Member ID. | 1 year | 1st |
| VisionCritical.Portal.Web.SessionId | Encrypted ID associated with member session. | 30 mins | 1st |
| VisionCritical.PreviewPreference | Remembers last preview preference, desktop or mobile. | 1 year | 1st |