Cookie policy
We use necessary cookies to make our website work. We'd also like to use optional cookies to understand how you use it, and to help us improve it.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored in your browser when you access our website.
Necessary cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | Used to distinguish between users and bots | 180 days |
| cookies_allow | Used to register your acceptance or rejection of optional cookies | 90 days |
| hide_*_banner | Used to register your closure of our website feedback request | 90 days |
| __RequestVerificationToken | Used to stop unauthorised posting of content to our website | On browser close |
Optional cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Used to persist session state | 1 year |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users | 1 day |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
| _clck | Used by Microsoft Clarity to distinguish users. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Microsoft Clarity session. | 24 hours |
| CLID | Identifies the first-time Microsoft Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | 1 year |
| ANONCHK | Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. | 1 year |
| MR | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. | 1 year |
| MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| SM | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | 1 year |
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