Cookies Policy
ARCHIVED 2022-06-03, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20220603_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20211208_rev01
Full text changes — 20211208_rev01 to 20220603_rev01
COLOUR MARKS THE SEVERITY OF A FLAGGED CLAUSE · + AND − MARK ADDED AND REMOVED
| 1 | <table><colgroup><col span="1"> <col span="1"> <col span="1"> <col span="1"> <col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><strong>Cookie</strong></td><td><strong>Provider Information</strong></td><td><strong>Type</strong></td><td><strong>Storage Period</strong></td><td><strong>Purpose</strong></td></tr><tr><td>JSESSIONID</td><td>PLOS, USA</td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>Session</td><td>Manages a user's authentication and session</td></tr><tr><td>plos-device-detected</td><td>PLOS, USA</td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>2 Hours</td><td>Manages display of desktop and mobile interfaces</td></tr><tr><td>CASTGC</td><td>Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>Session</td><td>Ticket-granting cookie to support authentication and single sign-on.</td></tr><tr><td>CSRF-TOKEN</td><td>PLOS, USA</td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>Session</td><td>Cross Site Request Forgery Token for site security.</td></tr><tr><td>flanders_session</td><td>PLOS, USA</td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>Session</td><td>Reduces database calls by remembering data about the user as they click between pages on the PLOS website.</td></tr></tbody></table> | |
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| 3 | <table><colgroup><col span="1"> <col span="1"> <col span="1"> <col span="1"> <col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><strong>Cookie</strong></td><td><strong>Provider Information</strong></td><td><strong>Type</strong></td><td><strong>Storage Period</strong></td><td><strong>Purpose</strong></td></tr><tr><td>IDE</td><td>Google Ads (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Marketing</td><td>2 Years</td><td>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 to present targeted ads to the user</td></tr><tr><td>NID</td><td>Google Ads (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Marketing</td><td>6 Months</td><td>Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads</td></tr><tr><td>1P_JAR</td><td>Google Ads (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Marketing</td><td>30 Days</td><td>Remembers preferences</td></tr><tr><td>gid</td><td>Google Ads (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Performance and analytics</td><td>2 Years</td><td>Collects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website</td></tr><tr><td>ga</td><td>Google Ads (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Performance and analytics</td><td>2 Years</td><td>Collects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website</td></tr><tr><td>gads</td><td>Google Ads (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Marketing</td><td>1 Year</td><td>Collects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website</td></tr><tr><td>GCLB</td><td>Google Cloud (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>Session</td><td>Maintains continuity of session when IP addresses may change</td></tr><tr><td>dc_gtm</td><td>Google Analytics (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Performance and analytics</td><td>1 Minute</td><td>Collects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website</td></tr><tr><td>gat_master</td><td>Google Analytics (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Performance and analytics</td><td>1 Minute</td><td>Collects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website</td></tr><tr><td>personalization_id</td><td>Twitter (Twitter, Inc.) 1355 Market St #900, San Francisco, CA 94103 <a href="https://twitter.com/en/privacy">https://twitter.com/en/privacy</a></td><td>Functional</td><td>2 Years</td><td>Enables Twitter integration and social media sharing</td></tr><tr><td>atuvs</td><td>AddThis (Oracle, Corp.) Oracle Corporation Attn: Global Data Protection Officer Willis Tower 233 South Wacker Drive 45th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 USA <a href="https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html">https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html</a></td><td>Functional</td><td>30 Minutes</td><td>Enables sharing of website content to social media and other platforms</td></tr><tr><td>atuvc</td><td>AddThis (Oracle, Corp.) Oracle Corporation Attn: Global Data Protection Officer Willis Tower 233 South Wacker Drive 45th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 USA <a href="https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html">https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html</a></td><td>Functional</td><td>13 Months</td><td>Enables sharing of website content to social media and other platforms</td></tr><tr><td>wordpress_test_cookie</td><td>WordPress (Automattic, Inc.) 60 29th Street #343 San Francisco, CA 94110 USA <a href="https://automattic.com/privacy/">https://automattic.com/privacy/</a></td><td>Strictly necessary</td><td>Session</td><td>This cookie is a test to determine if WordPress can place cookies. It does not identify the user</td></tr><tr><td>gat_journalsMaster</td><td>Google Analytics (Google LLC) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US">https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US</a></td><td>Performance and analytics</td><td>1 Minute</td><td>Collects information about how visitors use our website</td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 3 | Google Ads (Google LLC) | |
| 4 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Marketing2 YearsUsed 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 to present targeted ads to the userNID | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | Google Ads (Google LLC) | |
| 11 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | Marketing6 MonthsRegisters a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads1P\_JAR | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | Google Ads (Google LLC) | |
| 18 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | Marketing30 DaysRemembers preferencesgid | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | Google Ads (Google LLC) | |
| 25 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | Performance and analytics2 YearsCollects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the websitega | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | Google Ads (Google LLC) | |
| 32 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | Performance and analytics2 YearsCollects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the websitegads | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | Google Ads (Google LLC) | |
| 39 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | Marketing1 YearCollects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the websiteGCLB | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | Google Cloud (Google LLC) | |
| 46 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | Strictly necessarySessionMaintains continuity of session when IP addresses may changedc\_gtm | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | Google Analytics (Google LLC) | |
| 53 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | Performance and analytics1 MinuteCollects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the websitegat\_master | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | Google Analytics (Google LLC) | |
| 60 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | Performance and analytics1 MinuteCollects information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the websitepersonalization\_id | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | Twitter (Twitter, Inc.) | |
| 67 | 1355 Market St #900, San Francisco, CA 94103 | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 | [https://twitter.com/en/privacy](https://twitter.com/en/privacy) | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | Functional2 YearsEnables Twitter integration and social media sharingatuvs | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | AddThis (Oracle, Corp.) | |
| 74 | ||
| 75 | Oracle Corporation | |
| 76 | Attn: Global Data Protection Officer | |
| 77 | Willis Tower | |
| 78 | 233 South Wacker Drive | |
| 79 | 45th Floor | |
| 80 | Chicago, IL 60606 USA | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | [https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html](https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html) | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | Functional30 MinutesEnables sharing of website content to social media and other platformsatuvc | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | AddThis (Oracle, Corp.) | |
| 87 | ||
| 88 | Oracle Corporation | |
| 89 | Attn: Global Data Protection Officer | |
| 90 | Willis Tower | |
| 91 | 233 South Wacker Drive | |
| 92 | 45th Floor | |
| 93 | Chicago, IL 60606 USA | |
| 94 | ||
| 95 | [https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html](https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html) | |
| 96 | ||
| 97 | Functional13 MonthsEnables sharing of website content to social media and other platformswordpress\_test\_cookie | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | WordPress (Automattic, Inc.) | |
| 100 | 60 29th Street #343 | |
| 101 | San Francisco, CA 94110 USA | |
| 102 | ||
| 103 | [https://automattic.com/privacy/](https://automattic.com/privacy/) | |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | Strictly necessarySessionThis cookie is a test to determine if WordPress can place cookies. It does not identify the user | |
| 106 | ||
| 107 | gat\_journalsMaster | |
| 108 | ||
| 109 | Google Analytics (Google LLC) | |
| 110 | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA | |
| 111 | ||
| 112 | [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US](https://policies.google.com/privacy) | |
| 113 | ||
| 114 | Performance and analytics1 Minute | |
| 115 | ||
| 116 | Collects information about how visitors use our website | |
| 117 | ||
| 118 | \_ceir, is\_returning | |
| 119 | ||
| 120 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 121 | ||
| 122 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 123 | ||
| 124 | Performance and analytics | |
| 125 | ||
| 126 | 1 year | |
| 127 | ||
| 128 | Track whether a visitor has visited the site before | |
| 129 | ||
| 130 | \_CEFT | |
| 131 | ||
| 132 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 133 | ||
| 134 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 135 | ||
| 136 | Performance and analytics | |
| 137 | ||
| 138 | 1 year | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | Store page variants assigned to visitors for A/B performance testing | |
| 141 | ||
| 142 | \_cer.s | |
| 143 | ||
| 144 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 145 | ||
| 146 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 147 | ||
| 148 | Performance and analytics | |
| 149 | ||
| 150 | Recording session (expires when the browser is shut down) | |
| 151 | ||
| 152 | Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | |
| 153 | ||
| 154 | \_cer.v | |
| 155 | ||
| 156 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 157 | ||
| 158 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 159 | ||
| 160 | Performance and analytics | |
| 161 | ||
| 162 | Up to 31 days (expires on the first of the month) | |
| 163 | ||
| 164 | Track whether a visitor has visited the site before | |
| 165 | ||
| 166 | \_ce.s | |
| 167 | ||
| 168 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 169 | ||
| 170 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 171 | ||
| 172 | Performance and analytics | |
| 173 | ||
| 174 | 1 year | |
| 175 | ||
| 176 | Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | |
| 177 | ||
| 178 | \_ce.cch | |
| 179 | ||
| 180 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 181 | ||
| 182 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 183 | ||
| 184 | Performance and analytics | |
| 185 | ||
| 186 | 1 second | |
| 187 | ||
| 188 | Used to check if cookies can be added. | |
| 189 | ||
| 190 | \_ce.gtld | |
| 191 | ||
| 192 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 193 | ||
| 194 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 195 | ||
| 196 | Performance and analytics | |
| 197 | ||
| 198 | 1 second | |
| 199 | ||
| 200 | Used to identity the top level domain. | |
| 201 | ||
| 202 | ce\_need\_secure\_cookie | |
| 203 | ||
| 204 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 205 | ||
| 206 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 207 | ||
| 208 | Performance and analytics | |
| 209 | ||
| 210 | 1 second | |
| 211 | ||
| 212 | Used to determine cookie security parameters. | |
| 213 | ||
| 214 | ce\_successful\_csp\_check | |
| 215 | ||
| 216 | Crazy Egg 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA | |
| 217 | ||
| 218 | [https://www.crazyegg.com/priva](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | |
| 219 | ||
| 220 | Performance and analytics | |
| 221 | ||
| 222 | 24 hours | |
| 223 | ||
| 224 | Used to determine if the page has a Content Security Policy rule that would prevent tracking. |