Cookies Policy
NOTEDFIRST SEEN 2026-08-16 · VERSION 20260816_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20260815_rev01
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Nothing changed except scrambled email-protection codes in the cookie table links. The cookies, providers, purposes, and storage times are all identical.
This change appears to be cosmetic (formatting, typos, or contact details).
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- ± CHANGEDContact link codes for HubSpot and Cloudflare were regenerated
The site hides email addresses behind scrambled codes so bots can't harvest them. Those codes were re-scrambled, so the links look different. They point to the same contacts. No cookie name, provider, category, storage period, or purpose changed.
HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7202001b0413110b321a071001021d065c111d1f)
HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31414358475052487159445342415e451f525e5c)
Full text changes — 20260815_rev01 to 20260816_rev01
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| 35 | 35 | | \_cer.v | Crazy Egg, 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA [Privacy Policy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | Performance and Analytics | Up to 31 Days | Tracks whether a visitor has visited the site before. | |
| 36 | 36 | | \_ce.s | Crazy Egg, 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA [Privacy Policy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | Performance and Analytics | 1 Year | Tracks a recording visitor session unique ID, host, and start time. | |
| 37 | 37 | | \_ce.cch | Crazy Egg, 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA [Privacy Policy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | Performance and Analytics | 1 Second | Used to check if cookies can be added. | |
| 38 | 38 | | \_ce.gtld | Crazy Egg, 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA [Privacy Policy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | Performance and Analytics | 1 Second | Used to identify the top-level domain. | |
| 39 | 39 | | ce\_need\_secure\_cookie | Crazy Egg, 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA [Privacy Policy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | Performance and Analytics | 1 Second | Used to determine cookie security parameters. | |
| 40 | 40 | | ce\_successful\_csp\_check | Crazy Egg, 16220 Ridgeview Ln La Mirada, CA 90638, USA [Privacy Policy](https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy) | Performance and Analytics | 24 Hours | Determines if the page has a Content Security Policy rule that would prevent tracking. | |
| 41 | | \_\_hs\_opt\_out | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7202001b0413110b321a071001021d065c111d1f) | Necessary | 6 month | This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. | | |
| 42 | | \_\_hs\_do\_not\_track | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b3b39223d2a28320b233e29383b243f65282426) | Necessary | 6 month | This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. | | |
| 43 | | \_\_hs\_initial\_opt\_in | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fb8b89928d9a9882bb938e99888b948fd5989496) | Necessary | 7 days | This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode. | | |
| 44 | | \_\_hs\_cookie\_cat\_pref | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f4f4d56495e5c467f574a5d4c4f504b115c5052) | Necessary | 6 months | This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to. | | |
| 45 | | \_\_hs\_gpc\_banner\_dismiss | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bececcd7c8dfddc7fed6cbdccdced1ca90ddd1d3) | Necessary | 180 days | This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed. | | |
| 46 | | \_\_hs\_notify\_banner\_dismiss | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5626243f2037352f163e2334252639227835393b) | Necessary | 180 days | This cookie is used when the website uses a Notify consent banner type. | | |
| 47 | | hs\_ab\_test | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4a4a6bda2b5b7ad94bca1b6a7a4bba0fab7bbb9) | Necessary | End of the session | This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they've seen before. | | |
| 48 | | \_key | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e5e5c47584f4d576e465b4c5d5e415a004d4143) | Necessary | 14 days | When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again. | | |
| 49 | | \_\_hsmem | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA[\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbbbb9a2bdaaa8b28ba3bea9b8bba4bfe5a8a4a6) | Necessary | 7 days | This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site. It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are currently logged in. | | |
| 50 | | hs-membership-csrf | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b1b19021d0a08122b031e09181b041f45080406) | Necessary | End of the session | This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged. | | |
| 41 | | \_\_hs\_opt\_out | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31414358475052487159445342415e451f525e5c) | Necessary | 6 month | This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. | | |
| 42 | | \_\_hs\_do\_not\_track | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcccced5cadddfc5fcd4c9decfccd3c892dfd3d1) | Necessary | 6 month | This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. | | |
| 43 | | \_\_hs\_initial\_opt\_in | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8d8dac1dec9cbd1e8c0ddcadbd8c7dc86cbc7c5) | Necessary | 7 days | This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode. | | |
| 44 | | \_\_hs\_cookie\_cat\_pref | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9b9bba0bfa8aab089a1bcabbab9a6bde7aaa6a4) | Necessary | 6 months | This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to. | | |
| 45 | | \_\_hs\_gpc\_banner\_dismiss | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f484869d8295978db49c819687849b80da979b99) | Necessary | 180 days | This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed. | | |
| 46 | | \_\_hs\_notify\_banner\_dismiss | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#10606279667173695078657263607f643e737f7d) | Necessary | 180 days | This cookie is used when the website uses a Notify consent banner type. | | |
| 47 | | hs\_ab\_test | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbbbb9a2bdaaa8b28ba3bea9b8bba4bfe5a8a4a6) | Necessary | End of the session | This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they've seen before. | | |
| 48 | | \_key | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bacac8d3ccdbd9c3fad2cfd8c9cad5ce94d9d5d7) | Necessary | 14 days | When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again. | | |
| 49 | | \_\_hsmem | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA[\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d3d3f243b2c2e340d25382f3e3d2239632e2220) | Necessary | 7 days | This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site. It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are currently logged in. | | |
| 50 | | hs-membership-csrf | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08787a617e696b7148607d6a7b78677c266b6765) | Necessary | End of the session | This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged. | | |
| 51 | 51 | | \_\_cfruid | |
| 52 | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3646445f4057554f765e4354454659421855595b) | |
| 52 | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2555574c5344465c654d504756554a510b464a48) | |
| 53 | 53 | |
| 54 | 54 | Cloudflare, Inc. 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 |
| 55 | [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#781c0817381b14170d1c1e14190a1d561b1715) | |
| 55 | [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a0e1a052a0906051f0e0c060b180f44090507) | |
| 56 | 56 | |
| 57 | 57 | | Necessay | End of the session | This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. | |
| 58 | 58 | | \_\_cfuvid | |
| 59 | 59 | |
| 60 | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afdfddc6d9ceccd6efc7dacddcdfc0db81ccc0c2) | |
| 60 | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82f2f0ebf4e3e1fbc2eaf7e0f1f2edf6ace1edef) | |
| 61 | 61 | |
| 62 | 62 | Cloudflare, Inc. 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 |
| 63 | [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afcbdfc0efccc3c0dacbc9c3ceddca81ccc0c2) | |
| 63 | [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4a0b4ab84a7a8abb1a0a2a8a5b6a1eaa7aba9) | |
| 64 | 64 | |
| 65 | 65 | | Necessay | End of the session | This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. | |
| 66 | 66 | | \_\_cf\_bm | |
| 67 | 67 | |
| 68 | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97e7e5fee1f6f4eed7ffe2f5e4e7f8e3b9f4f8fa) | |
| 68 | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1767657e6176746e577f6275646778633974787a) | |
| 69 | 69 | |
| 70 | 70 | Cloudflare, Inc. 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 |
| 71 | [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0d4c0dff0d3dcdfc5d4d6dcd1c2d59ed3dfdd) | |
| 71 | [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e084908fa0838c8f9584868c819285ce838f8d) | |
| 72 | 72 | |
| 73 | 73 | | Necessary | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. | |
| 74 | | \_\_hstc | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcccced5cadddfc5fcd4c9decfccd3c892dfd3d1) | Performance and analytics | 6 months | The main cookie for tracking visitors. | | |
| 75 | | hubspotutk | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84f4f6edf2e5e7fdc4ecf1e6f7f4ebf0aae7ebe9) | Performance and analytics | 6 months | This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | | |
| 76 | | \_\_hssc | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2353514a5542405a634b564150534c570d404c4e) | Performance and analytics | 6 months | This cookie keeps track of sessions. | | |
| 77 | | \_\_hssrc | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deaeacb7a8bfbda79eb6abbcadaeb1aaf0bdb1b3) | Performance and analytics | End of the session | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser | | |
| 74 | | \_\_hstc | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4535372c3324263c052d302736352a316b262a28) | Performance and analytics | 6 months | The main cookie for tracking visitors. | | |
| 75 | | hubspotutk | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fefedf6e9fefce6dff7eafdeceff0ebb1fcf0f2) | Performance and analytics | 6 months | This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | | |
| 76 | | \_\_hssc | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfcfcdd6c9dedcc6ffd7caddcccfd0cb91dcd0d2) | Performance and analytics | 6 months | This cookie keeps track of sessions. | | |
| 77 | | \_\_hssrc | HubSpot, Inc. Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA [\[email protected\]](https://plos.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1262607b6473716b527a677061627d663c717d7f) | Performance and analytics | End of the session | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser | |