This is a list of the cookies we currently use, along with a short description of their respective functions. Most Network Creators will have little use for such a list, but if you are located in the U.K. or Europe, you may be interested in having this information at hand, in accordance with the EU Cookie Directive. Please note that if you have installed third-party widgets or code not made by Ning, the providers of that code may use additional cookies, which won’t be included in this list. It would be your responsibility to add those to this list if you wish to display this list on your network.
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| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Share This cookie | __unam | This cookie is set by the third-party Share This service, which makes it easy to share content. The cookie tracks click-stream activity. This cookie expires after 6 months. |
| Google Analytics cookies | _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmv, _utmz, _gid, _gat_*, _ga, NID, IDE, 1P_JAR | These cookies, from Google Analytics, gather data about how visitors use the network. This information is used to improve the network. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Authentication-type cookie | auth-type 1 | This cookie remembers the name of the third-party provider that the user used to sign in, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google. The next time they sign in, this provider is presented to them as their initial choice. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Authentication-username cookie | auth-user-name 1 | This cookie remembers the username for the third-party provider that the user used to sign in. The sign-in page will greet them using this name. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Performance logger cookie | bzplcm | This cookie records the current time. It is used to measure page-load speed, for performance analysis. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Chat local-storage update cookie | chatWriteTimestamp | This cookie stores the time of the last write to browser local storage. It is used to keep browser tabs in sync, when chat is open in multiple browser tabs. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Active invite form | invite_form | This cookie remembers the last form the user selected for sending invites or shares. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Last visit cookie | lastVisit 1 | This cookie stores the time of the user’s last visit to the site. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Like cookie | like 2 | This cookie is temporary storage for data that identifies what the user is liking. It is stored in the cookie temporarily if the user is signed out and needs to go to the sign-in page. After the user signs in, we read the cookie and complete the like action. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Ning session cookie | ning_session | This cookie identifies page views belonging to the same session. This “session ID” is logged and is used for debugging purposes. This cookie expires after 1 hour. |
| Accept privacy flag | skipPrivacyReminder | Defines that user has been accept GDPR policy, and we should not show it again. |
| Chat sound lock cookie | soundLockTimestamp | This cookie stores the current time every couple of seconds. It is used to ensure that, when chat is open in multiple tabs, only one of the tabs will make a sound when a new chat message comes in. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Twitter identifier | tfw_exp, lang | Twitter identifier for current user. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| Chat volume cookie | volumeSetting | This cookie stores the user’s preference for the volume level for chat. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Cookies-enabled test cookie | xg_cookie_check | This cookie is used to test whether the browser accepts cookies. It is used on the sign-in and sign-up pages. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| External profile cookie | xg_ep | This cookie stores data from a sign-up provider (e.g., Facebook) which is then used to prepopulate some fields on our sign-up form. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| External profile initialization vector cookie | xg_ep_iv | This cookie contains data that is used to decrypt the external profile cookie. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| Combined persistent cookie | xg_pc | This cookie is a combination of other cookie values that need to remain after the user’s browser is closed. The values are documented in this table. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Sign-in-problem email sent cookie | xg_psi | This cookie indicates that the user just sent an email reporting that they had a problem signing in. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Combined session cookie | xg_sc | This cookie is a combination of other cookie values that are automatically cleared after the user’s browser is closed. The values are documented in this table. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Profile attribute cookie | xg_sip | This cookie is a temporary storage for data from the sign-up form. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| Profile attribute initialization vector cookie | xg_sip_iv | This cookie contains data that is used to decrypt the profile attribute cookie. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| Sign-up cookie | xg_su | This cookie indicates that the user successfully completed the sign-up form. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| Sign-up initialization vector cookie | xg_su_iv | This cookie contains data that is used to decrypt the sign-up cookie. This cookie expires after 1 day. |
| User info cookie | xgdi | This cookie contains basic user demographic information. This cookie expires after 1 year. |
| Page-size cookie | xn_approval_page_size | This cookie stores the number of items per page on the content-approval pages This cookie expires after 1 hour. |
| Ning ID cookie | xn_id_* | This cookie is set during sign-in, and serves as your identity on the network, and indicates that you are signed in. This cookie expires after 30 days. |
| Event tracker | xn_track | This cookie uses for generate “smart” page event to inform user about operation results (save, delete, error…) This cookie expires after 30 minutes. |
| Ning visitor cookie | xn_visitor | This cookie identifies page views belonging to the same web browser. This “visitor cookie” is logged and is used for debugging purposes. |
1 Part of the Combined Persistent Cookie (xg_pc).
2 Part of the Combined Session Cookie (xg_sc).
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