Cookies policy
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
The cookies we use are ‘analytical’ cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Description | Retention Period |
| .ASPXANONYMOUS | Created by ASP.Net. This cookie configures anonymous identification for application authorization. This is required to identify entities that are not authenticated when authorization is required. | 2 months |
| .ASPXAUTH | Created by ASP.Net. .ASPXAUTH is a cookie to identify if the user is authenticated( As user's identity has been verified) | Session |
| __AntiXsrfToken | This cookie is used to prevent Cross-site request forgery (often abbreviated as CSRF) attacks of the website. CSRF attacks exploit the trust that a site has in a user's browser. | Session |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | 1 day |
| __cfduid | The '__cfduid' cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable | 5 years |
| __cflb | When enabling session affinity with Cloudflare Load Balancer, Cloudflare sets a __cflb cookie with a unique value on the first response to the requesting client. Cloudflare routes future requests to the same origin, optimizing network resource usage. In the event of a failover, Cloudflare sets a new __cflb cookie to direct future requests to the failover pool. | 30 minutes |
| __cfruid | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | Session |
| __RequestVerificationToken | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | Session |
| anchor-website#keyvaluepairs | Used to implement audio-content from Spotify on the website. Can also be used to register user interaction and preferences in context with audio-content - This can serve statistics and marketing purposes. | Persistent |
| anchor-website#local-forage-detect-blob-support | Used to implement audio-content from Spotify on the website. Can also be used to register user interaction and preferences in context with audio-content - This can serve statistics and marketing purposes. | Persistent |
| ApplicationGatewayAffinity | This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. | Session |
| ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS | This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. | Session |
| ARRAffinity | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
| ASLBSA | Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server. | Session |
| ASLBSACORS | Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server. | Session |
| ASPSESSIO | Browsing session: the asterisks identify an alphanumerical code that varies from session to session in automatic mode. | Session |
| browserupdateorg | Stores information if user dismissed notification about outdated browser | 7 days |
| buid | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information | 30 Days |
| cf_chl_2 | Used by Cloudflare for the execution of Javascript or Captcha challenges. These cookies are not used for tracking or beyond the scope of the challenge. | Session |
| cf_clearance | Whether a CAPTCHA or Javascript challenge has been solved. | 1 Year |
| com.spotify.single.item.cache:anchor-public-website | podcasters.spotify.com | Persistent |
| CookieConsent | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | Session |
| cookies.js | Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry. | Session |
| ES|s4p-hosted|INSTALLATION_ID | podcasters.spotify.com | Persistent |
| ES|s4p-hosted|STORAGE_ID | podcasters.spotify.com | Persistent |
| esctx | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information | Session |
| fpc | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information | 30 days |
| maps/gen_204 | Used in context with the website's map integration. The cookie stores user interaction with the map in order to optimize its functionality. | Session |
| nSGt- | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information | Session |
| optimizely-vuid | podcasters.spotify.com | Persistent |
| rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent |
| rc::c | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session |
| reduxPersist%3AlocalStorage | sed to implement audio-content from Spotify on the website. Can also be used to register user interaction and preferences in context with audio-content - This can serve statistics and marketing purposes. | 7 days |
| reduxPersist%3Atutorial | podcasters.spotify.com | Persistent |
| reduxPersistIndex | Maintains website settings across multiple visits. | 7 days |
| RpsContextCookie | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information | Session |
| sp_t | podcasters.spotify.com | Persistent |
| stsservicecookie | Cookie for Azure Active Directory B2C-verification | Session |
| VisitorStorageGuid | This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. | Session |
| vuid | Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. | 2 years |
These cookies do not record any personally identifiable information (PII). You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.