Glow Blogs Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The tables below explain the cookies we use and their purpose.

Sites hosted on Glow Blogs also make use of different third party applications and services to enhance the experience of website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook and X (through the use of sharing buttons), or embedded content from YouTube and Vimeo. As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity.

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies are required for the basic operation of the site,

Glow Blogs

The following is a list of necessary cookies used by Glow Blogs

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
CloudFront-Key-Pair-Id	Used to allow access to media relating to Private Glow Blogs	No expiry	No
CloudFront-Policy	Used to allow access to media relating to Private Glow Blogs	No expiry	No
CloudFront-Signature	Used to allow access to media relating to Private Glow Blogs	No expiry	No
glowIndex	Used to track the user logged in session	8 hours	No
wordpress_*	Used to store authentication details when a user logs in.	Session	No
wordpress_logged_in	Used to store authentication details when a user logs in	Session	No
wp-settings	Stores user preferences in the admin area	24 hours	No
wp-settings-time	Records the time when the wp-settings was set	24 hours	No
wordpress_sec	Used to provide protection and ensure secure login	Session	No
wordress_test_cookie	Checks if cookies are enabled on the browser	Session	No
wp-saving-post	Used to track autosave for posts in the editor	8 hours	No
wp-lang	Stores the selected language for the user interface on login and admin pages	8 hours	No
comment_author	Remembers the name of the commenter	347 days	No
comment_author_email	Remembers the email of the commenter	347 days	No
comment_author_url	Remembers the URL (if provided) of the commenter	347 days	No
wp-postpass	Used to authenticate a user to view a password protected post	8 hours	No
vchideactivationmsg_vc11	Theme activation id	Session	No
CookieControl	Stores the user’s cookie consent state	1 year	No

Cloudflare

Cloudflare, Inc. is an American company that provides content delivery network services, cloud cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation, and ICANN-accredited domain registration services.

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
__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.	30 minutes	No
__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	No
__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	Yes
__cfruid	Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.	Session	No
_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	No
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	No
cf_clearance	Whether a CAPTCHA or Javascript challenge has been solved.	1 years	No

Google

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
_GRECAPTCHA	This cookie is set by Google’s reCAPTCHA service to protect forms from spam and automated abuse. It ensures security and does not track users for advertising purposes	6 months	No
S	A session cookie used to maintain secure user authentication and ensure proper function of Google Docs. Required for core service operation	Session	No

Functional

Eventbrite

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
eblang, tcm, session	These cookies are used by Eventbrite to collect analytics and performance data related to embedded event widgets. They help understand user behaviour, track session activity, store preferences (like language), and maintain continuity across visits. This data is used to improve the user experience and evaluate engagement with events, but is not essential for core functionality	Session	No

Google

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
COMPASS	Used by Google Docs to manage feature states, session context, or experimental behavior. May support performance analytics or A/B testing	Session	No

Codepen

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
cp_session	Stores session data for a visitor (e.g., logged-in state, editor preferences, or temporary settings across the site)	90 days	No

Microsoft

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
anonuserid, AuthSess	These cookies support essential features like user login, security verification, and session handling for embedded Microsoft content or authentication services	Session	No

Thinglink

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
AWSALBAPP-0′, ‘AWSALBAPP-1’, ‘AWSALBAPP-2’, ‘AWSALBAPP-3’	These cookies are set by Amazon Web Services to ensure consistent delivery of content by directing requests to the same server during a session. They support the reliable loading of embedded ThingLink content	Session	No

Dailymotion

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
dmvk	Video key used by Dailymotion’s CDN for video delivery. When navigating between different Internet Service Provider networks, the dmvk cookie prevents interruption of the video being watched by the end-user.	Session	No
usprivacy	Consent cookie: Storage of the CCPA consent string (mandatory information about an end-user being or not being a California consumer and exercising or not exercising its statutory right).	6 months	No
ts	Traffic Segment cookie used principally for progressive roll-out (a critical technical functionality aiming at preventing massive service break-down during implementation of new developments or features).	6 months	No
dm-euconsent-v2	Consent cookie: storage of the GDPR consent information in a TCF-compliant format.	1 month	No
Client_token	Anonymous access token used by the Video Player to access the API that stores content metadata when a user is not authenticated. This technology allows proper showing of a video and associated metadata while keeping the latency low and providing the quality of the service expected by an end-user.	12 hours	No
consentUUID	Storing consent information	1 month	No

Scribd

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
_scribd_session, scribd_session	Used to maintain user login and session state. This is a necessary cookie and does not store personal data directly	Session	No

Loom

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
loom_anon_comment	Used to associate anonymous comments with a user session, allowing non-logged-in users to leave comments on Loom videos	Session	No

Shopify

Shopify Inc. is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Shopify is the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems and may set third party cookies.

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
Cart	Used in connection with shopping cart.	14 days	No
Secret	Used in connection with checkout.	14 days	No
Secure_customer_sig	Used in connection with customer login.	2 years	No
_Brochure_session	Used in connection with browsing through site.	2 years	No
_ab	Used in connection with access to admin.	session	No
_cmp_a	Used for managing customer privacy settings.	24 hours	No
_secure_session_id	Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.	session	No
_shopify_u	Used to facilitate updating customer account information.	2 years	No
_tracking_consent	Tracking preferences.	1 year	No
cart_currency	Set after a checkout is completed to ensure that new carts are in the same currency as the last checkout.	14 days	No
cart_sig	Used in connection with shopping cart.	14 days	No
cart_ts	Used in connection with checkout.	14 days	No
cart_ver	Used in connection with shopping cart.	2 weeks	No
checkout_session_lookup	Used in connection with checkout.	3 weeks	No
checkout_session_token	Used in connection with checkout.	3 weeks	No
checkout_token	Used in connection with checkout.	14 days	No
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart	Used in connection with checkout.	30 minutes	No
keep_alive	Used in connection with buyer localisation.	30 minutes	No
locale_bar_accepted	This cookie is provided by app (BEST Currency Converter) and is used to secure currency chosen by the customer.	session	No
localization	Used in connection with checkout.	1 year	No
shopify_pay_redirect	Used in connection with checkout.	60 minutes	No
storefront_digest	Used in connection with customer login.	2 years	No
__Host-_identity_session_same_site	Used in connection with customer login.	Session	No
_identity_session	Merchant authentication: Main session cookie for Identity authentication. This is the underlying Rails session cookie. It contains the SID.	2 years	No
_shopify_test	Used to check cookie capabilities on the client.	1 min	No
checkout	Used by checkout to identify the user.	2 years	No
device_fp_id	Merchant authentication: Used with device fingerprinting for DeviceManager.	1 year	No
device_id	Merchant authentication: Permanent device identifier, local to Identity. Used to track devices.	1 year	No
identity-state-<>	Merchant authentication: Stores a hash of the oauth flow state between redirects..	1 day	No
logged_in	Indicates an active session exists for autologin functionality.	12 w	No
user	Used in connection with Shop login.	1 year	No

Spotify

Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs.

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
sp_landing	Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.	24 hours	No
sp_t	Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.	1 years	No

Issuu

Converting PDFs into flipbooks and more

Screencast app

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
cansetcookie	Used to check whether the client/browser allows cookies to be set	Session	No
incap_ses_*	Identifies a session between a client and server. Helps maintain session integrity and security	180days	Yes
visid_incap_*	Unique visitor ID for tracking visits over time, not for marketing — used to detect malicious activity, rate limits, and to cache sessions efficiently	Session	Yes

Bluesky

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
AWSALB	Helps maintain Load balancer stickiness	Session	Yes
AWSALBCORS	Helps maintain sticky sessions when embedding content in iframes or across domains	Session	Yes

Reverbnation

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
_reverbnation_session	This cookie is used to maintain user login sessions and essential functionality on the ReverbNation website. It does not store personal information directly and is required for the website to function properly.	Session	No

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Microsoft

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
AADNonce	Used by Microsoft Azure Active Directory during the login process to prevent replay attacks and ensure secure authentication. This cookie helps verify that login requests are unique and legitimate, making it essential for securely accessing embedded Microsoft content.	Session	No

Eventbrite

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
mgref, mgrefby	Track referral information to determine where a user came from, supporting Eventbrite’s marketing attribution systems	Session	No
AN, AS, SP, SS, G	These cookies are set by Eventbrite when their event widgets or embedded content are loaded on the site. They are used to track user interactions, assign unique identifiers, and measure traffic sources or engagement for marketing and analytics purposes. These cookies may persist across sessions and are used by Eventbrite to support promotional strategies and user profiling	Session	No
crsftoken	Ensures secure form submissions and protects against cross-site request forgery. This is a strictly necessary cookie	Session	No

Google

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
NID	This cookie stores a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information, such as language, location, and personalized ad settings. It may be used by Google for targeted advertising and analytics	6 months	No

Shopify

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
_shopify_sa_p	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.	30 minutes	No
_shopify_sa_t	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.	30 minutes	No

Dailymotion

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
v1st	Fraud prevention and detectionSecurity of the Dailymotion ServiceCompliance with legal obligations	13 months
damd	to provide ad delivery or retargeting	1 year	No
umeh	These cookie names are associated with Improve Digital and are used in connection with their ad tech platform. This cookie is used to collect errors in the user matching process	89 days	Yes
tuuid	These cookie names are associated with Improve Digital and are used in connection with their ad tech platform. This cookie sets the Improve Digital user ID	89 days	Yes
tuuid_lu	These cookie names are associated with Improve Digital and are used in connection with their ad tech platform. This cookie is used to collect a timestamp of the last UUID sync	89 days	Yes
um	These cookie names are associated with Improve Digital and are used in connection with their ad tech platform. This cookie is used to enable user matching in the bidding process. Stores a map of tuuid with DSP user IDs	89 days	Yes
umeh	These cookie names are associated with Improve Digital and are used in connection with their ad tech platform. This cookie is used to collect errors in the user matching process.	89 days	Yes
uid	These cookie names are associated with AdForm. This data is also used to assess the overall performance of advertising campaigns.	59 days	Yes
partners	These cookies are primarily used for advertising and user tracking.	59 days	Yes
uuid	These cookies are primarily used for advertising and user tracking.	1 month	Yes
CMID	This cookie is used to record browsing activity, to display targeted ads on third party sites or applications.	1 year	Yes
CMPRO	This cookie is used to record browsing activity, to display targeted ads on third party sites or applications.	89 days	Yes
CMPS	This cookie is used to record browsing activity, to display targeted ads on third party sites or applications.	89 days	Yes
dmxId	Used in tracking user behavior across different websites and potentially for personalization purposes, such as remembering user preferences or settings.	6 months	Yes
APC, IDE, ar_debug, receive-cookie-deprecation	Used in store information about user browsing activity, such as the websites visited and ads clicked.	1 month	Yes
data-bs, data-ris, visitor-id	Used in store information about user browsing activity, such as the websites visited and ads clicked.	9 months	Yes
KADUSERCOOKIE	Used in tracking user behavior across different websites and potentially for personalization purposes, such as remembering user preferences or settings.	1 month	Yes
KRTBCOOKIE_290, KRTBCOOKIE_377, KRTBCOOKIE_80, PugT, SPugT, SyncRTB4, chkChromeAb67Sec, pi	Used in tracking user behavior across different websites and potentially for personalization purposes, such as remembering user preferences or settings.	1 to 3 months	Yes
pdid	Used in tracking user behavior across different websites and potentially for personalization purposes, such as remembering user preferences or settings.	1 month	Yes
smart_r, smart_usr	Used in tracking user behavior across different websites and potentially for personalization purposes, such as remembering user preferences or settings.	1 month	Yes
A1, A3, GUC, cmp	Used in tracking user behavior across different websites and potentially for personalization purposes, such as remembering user preferences or settings.	2 months	Yes

Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic and also the mobile app traffic & events, currently as a platform inside the Google Marketing Platform brand.

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
AMP_TOKEN	Contains a token code that is used to read out a Client ID from the AMP Client ID Service. By matching this ID with that of Google Analytics, users can be matched when switching between AMP content and non-AMP content.	1 year	No
FPAU	Assigns a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics.	session	No
FPID	Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.	1 years	No
FPLC	This FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie hashed from the FPID cookie. It’s not HttpOnly, which means it can be read with JavaScript. It has a relatively short lifetime, just 20 hours.	20 hours	No
__utma	ID used to identify users and sessions	2 years	No
__utmb	Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.	30 minutes	No
__utmc	Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.	session	No
__utmt	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests	10 minutes	No
__utmv	Contains custom information set by the web developer through the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated each time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.	2 years	Unknown
__utmx	Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.	18 months	No
__utmxx	Used to determine when the A / B or Multivariate test in which the user participates ends	18 months	No
__utmz	Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server	6 months	No
_dc_gtm_	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests	1 minute	No
_ga	ID used to identify users	1 years	Unknown
_ga_*	Used to identify and track an individual user session.	2 years	No
_gac_	Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.	90 days	No
_gat	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager	58 seconds	No
_gat_*	Used to set and get tracking data	1 hour	No
_gid	ID used to identify users for 24 hours	24 hours	No

Screencast App

Soundcloud

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
sc_anonymous_id	This cookie is set by SoundCloud to track anonymous users across sessions and embedded audio players. It helps provide usage statistics to track creators and enhance platform functionality. This cookie is used for analytics.	Session	Yes

Scribd

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
__CJ_session_metadata	Stores anonymous metadata about your browsing session for performance monitoring and platform diagnostics.	Session	No
scribd_ubtc	Used to record user interaction data to personalize content and measure engagement. This may be used for analytics and personalization purposes	Session	No

Loom

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
ajs_anonymous_id	This cookie assigns an anonymous identifier to users for usage tracking and product analytics, enabling Loom to improve its services.	Session	No
loom_referral_video	Tracks the original video that referred a user to Loom, supporting marketing attribution and product growth analytics	Session	No

Eventbrite

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
guest, ebEventToTrack, stableId	These cookies are used by Eventbrite to collect analytics and performance data related to embedded event widgets. They help understand user behavior, track session activity, store preferences (like language), and maintain continuity across visits. This data is used to improve the user experience and evaluate engagement with events, but is not essential for core functionality	Session	No

Youtube

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN	This cookie is used by YouTube to manage the rollout of new features and conduct A/B testing to improve the user experience. It helps YouTube decide which version of the interface or functionality to show to a user. This cookie may also be used to evaluate performance and user engagement with experimental features.	6 months	No

Microbit

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
ai_session	Measuring how long users stay on the page, what they do, and performance diagnostics	30 mins	No
ai_user	Identifying returning users anonymously to correlate usage over time	1 year	No

Prezi

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
__putma	May store timestamps and unique visitor IDs to measure repeat visits	Session	No
_ptref	Stores information about where the user came from before landing on Prezi (e.g., for traffic source attribution or embedded tracking)	Session	No

Microsoft

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
CDNFailureCount	Used by Microsoft services to monitor and record content delivery failures. This cookie helps identify issues loading resources from Microsoft’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) and supports service reliability and diagnostics	Session	No

Slideshare

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
browser_id	This cookie is set by SlideShare to assign a unique ID to a visitor’s browser. It is used to track interactions with embedded SlideShare presentations and may support LinkedIn analytics or advertising services.	13 months	No

Shopify

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
_s	Shopify analytics.	2 years	No
_landing_page	Track landing pages.	14 days	No
_orig_referrer	Track landing pages.	14 days	No
_shopify_s	Shopify analytics.	30 minutes	No
_shopify_y	Shopify analytics.	1 year	No
is_shopify_merchant	Used to determine if a user is a Shopify merchant.	1 year	No
_y	Shopify analytics.	2 years	Yes
ki_r	Shopify analytics.	2 years	Yes
ki_t	Shopify analytics.	2 years	Yes
tracked_start_checkout	Shopify analytics relating to checkout.	2 years	Yes
_shopify_visit	Shopify analytics.	2 years	Yes
_shopify_uniq	Shopify analytics.	2 years	Yes
_shopify_fs	Shopify analytics.	2 years	Yes

Marketing Cookies

Youtube

YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States and may set third party cookies.

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
DEVICE_INFO	Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.	180 days	Yes
GPS	Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.	1 day	No
LOGIN_INFO	This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.	2 years	Yes
PREF	This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.	10 years	No
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing	6 months	No
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	Youtube visitor privacy metadata cookie	6 months	No
YSC	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	Session	No

TikTok

Cookie Name	Description	Retention Period	Third Party
MONITOR_WEB_ID	Used by the social networking service, TikTok, for tracking the use of embedded services.	3 months	Yes
_tt_enable_cookie	Tracking cookie used by TikTok to identify a visitor	1 years	No
_ttp	Tracking cookie used by TikTok to identify a visitor	1 years	No
msToken	Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.	9 days	No
ttwid	Used by the social networking service, TikTok, for tracking the use of embedded services.	1 year	No

Embedded Third-Party Content

Our website may include embedded content from third-party services such as YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, or Google Maps. These services may set cookies through their embedded content.

Although we provide tools to manage your cookie preferences, some third-party cookies may be set regardless of your selected preferences. This is due to technical limitations in how embedded content (loaded via iframes) interacts with our cookie consent system.

If you wish to avoid any third-party cookies:

Do not play or interact with embedded media
Consider using browser-level controls or privacy extensions that block third-party cookies

We continue to review options for improving this behaviour and will update our practices as new solutions become available.

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