Cookie Policy
Last updated: 29/03/2019
This document outlines how we use cookies on the www.pontoonproject.eu site.
A cookie is a small file which may be stored on your web browsing device (your computer, mobile phone, tablet etc) when you visit a website.
A cookie could contain information which records any preferences you set on a particular web page. If you ever visit the website again, the cookie information is retrieved and any preferences you have set are remembered. Cookies could also be used to collect data about which pages you have visited.
Below you can find a list of cookies present on this site. They are presented in the following format:
Cookie Name (Cookie Origin; length of time) – description of what the cookie does.
Regarding the length of time, "Session" means whilst you are viewing the site through your browser, and "Persistent" means a cookie that is stored on a user's hard drive until it expires (persistent cookies are set with expiration dates) or until the user deletes the cookie.
List of cookies
Has_js (pontoonproject.eu; session) – Registers whether or not the user has activated JavaScript in their browser.
Local_storage_support_test ( twitter.com; persistent) – allows the website to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures.
Lang ( cdn.syndication.twimg.org; session) - remembers the user's selected language version of a website.
Personalization_id (twitter.com; 2 Years) – Set by twitter, this cookie allows visitors to share content from the website onto their Twitter profile.
_widgetsettings (twitter.com; persistent) - purpose is pending but may relate to the use of the Twitter widget in the footer of our website.
CacheStorageVersion (facebook.com; persistent) – used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisements based on the visitor's preferences.
FR (facebook.com; 3 months) – Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
GPS (youtube.com; 1 day) – Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.
i/jot/syndication (twitter.com; session) – purpose pending.
IDE (doubleclick.net; 2 years) – used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads, with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and present targeted ads to the user.
Test_cookie (doubleclick.net; 1 day) – used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.
Tr (facebook.com; Session) - Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (youtube.com; 179 days) – Tries to estimate the user's bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
YSC (youtube.com; Session) – Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Yt-remote-cast-installed (youtube.com; Persistent) – stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Yt-remote-connected-devices (youtube.com; Persistent) – stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Yt-remote-device-id (youtube.com; Persistent) – stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Yt-remote-fast-check-period (youtube.com; Session) – stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Yt-remote-session-app (youtube.com; Session) – stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Yt-remote-session-name (youtube.com; Session) – stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
You can find out more about cookies here.