Cookie policy declaration

Effective: [8 July 2025]

We value your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website.

When you visit our site, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or manage cookies. If you decline non-essential cookies, certain features of the site may not work fully or as intended.

This cookie policy should be read together with our privacy policy.


What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser when you visit our site. They help us:

  • Remember your preferences
  • Improve site performance
  • Understand how visitors use our site
  • Deliver relevant advertising
Cookies do not usually contain personally identifiable information, but any personal data collected through cookies is handled in accordance with our privacy policy.

We use both first-party cookies (set by us) and third-party cookies (set by external services)


Why we use cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Ensure the site works properly (essential cookies)
  • Remember your choices, like language and region (preference cookies)
  • Understand how visitors use our site (analytics cookies)
  • Deliver ads and measure their effectiveness (marketing cookies)

Some cookies are still under review and not yet categorised (unclassified cookies).


Types of cookies we use

Category Purpose
Essential Enable core functionality of the website, such as security, network management, and accessibility. These cookies are always active as the website cannot function properly without them.
Preference Remember your choices and settings, such as language or region, to provide a more personalised experience.
Analytics Collect aggregated, anonymous data to help us understand how visitors use our site and improve its performance and content.
Marketing Track visitor behaviour and interests across pages and sessions to deliver relevant advertising, measure campaign performance, and tailor content recommendations.
Unclassified Cookies identified on the site that have not yet been assigned to a specific category. We are in the process of reviewing and categorising these.


Our current use of cookies

We currently use the following third-party tools on our site:


Analytics tools

  • Google Analytics
  • Matomo
  • Open Web Analytics
  • Microsoft Clarity

Analytics cookies table

Name of cookie First/third party Default expiration Purpose
_ga Third (Google) 2 years Maintain session state
_ga_(container-id) Third (Google) 2 years Maintain session state
_pk_id Third (Matomo) 13 months Visitor ID
_pk_ses Third (Matomo) 30 minutes Session ID
owa_session First (OWA) Session Session ID
owa_persistent First (OWA) 1 year Persistent visitor ID
_clck Third (Clarity) 1 year Persist Clarity user ID
_clsk Third (Clarity) 1 day Group pageviews
CLID Third (Clarity) 1 year First-time visitor ID


Marketing tools

  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • Quora
  • Twitter

Marketing cookies table

Name of cookie First/third party Default expiration Purpose
MUID Third (Microsoft) 1 year Unique browser ID
ANONCHK Third (Microsoft) 10 minutes Manage MUID transfer
_linkedin_oauth_xxx Third (LinkedIn) Session OAuth session
_li_fat_id Third (LinkedIn) 1 month Conversion tracking
ANID Third (Google Ads) 6 months Personalised ads
_reddit_session Third (Reddit) Session Session ID
loid Third (Reddit) 2 years Logged-out visitor ID
muc_ads Third (Twitter) 2 years Advertising
ct0 Third (Twitter) Session Auth token
guest_id Third (Twitter) 2 years Unique visitor ID
_quora_session Third (Quora) Session Session ID
m-b Third (Quora) 1 year Personalisation


Internal cookies

We also use internally set cookies that belong to the essential and preference categories to support core site functionality and remember your settings.


Third-party cookies

Some cookies on our site are placed by third-party services. These third parties may use their cookies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. Please refer to their respective privacy and cookie policies for more details.


Managing your preferences

You can manage or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies anytime via the cookie settings on our site.

You can also control cookies in your browser settings — but note that disabling some cookies may affect your experience..


Policy review

We regularly review this cookie policy and update it when needed.
Last reviewed: 16 July 2025.

If you have questions about this policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at info@audrasecurity.com