Last updated April 25th, 2023
If you have not done so already please review our “Terms of Use” and “Privacy Policy and Notice at Collection.”
1. How We Use Cookies
Cook & Boardman Group, LLC (“CBG,” “we,” “us”) use Cookies (small, often encrypted, text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device) and similar technologies (“Cookies”) to provide the Services and help collect data. This Cookie Policy explains how we use Cookies to collect information about the way you use the Services and how you can control them.
All references to CBG include Cook & Boardman Group, LLC, located at 3064 Salem Industrial Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27127, and our wholly owned subsidiaries, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Cookies are also used to allow product authentication to you based upon your browsing history and previous visits to the Services. Information supplied to us using Cookies helps us to provide a better online experience to our visitors and users and send marketing communications to them, as the case may be.
While this information on its own may not constitute your “personal information”, we may combine the information we collect via Cookies with personal information that we have collected from you to learn more about how you use the Services to improve them. For more information please read our Privacy Policy and Notice at Collection.
2. Types of Cookies
We use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them). To make it easier for you to understand why we need them, the Cookies we use on the Services can be grouped into the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary: These Cookies are necessary for the Services to work properly. They include any essential authentication and authorization Cookies for the Services.
- Functionality: These Cookies enable technical performance and allow us to “remember” the choices you make while browsing the Services, including any preferences you set. They also include sign-in and authentication Cookies and IDs that enable you to return without additional sign-in.
- Performance/Analytics: These Cookies allow us to collect certain information about how you navigate the Services or utilize the Products running on your device. They help us understand which areas you use and what we can do to improve them.
- Marketing and Customer Support: These Cookies are used to deliver relevant information related to the Services to an identified machine or other device (not a named or otherwise identifiable person) which has previously been used to visit the Services. Some of these types of Cookies on the Services are operated by third parties with our permission and are used to identify advertising sources that are effectively driving customers to the Services.
Here is a representative list of the Cookies we use.
Performance/Analytical
| Name | Provided By | Persistent or Session | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Persistent: 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Persistent: 24 hours | Used to keep track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. |
| _gat[_<customname>] | Google Analytics | Persistent: 1 minute | Used to keep track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. |
| _ga_<wpid> | Google Analytics 360 | Persistent: 2 years | Used to keep track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. |
| FPLC | Google Analytics | Persistent: 20 hours | Used for tracking tags between domains. |
| FPID | Google Analytics | Persistent: 2 years | Used for server-side tagging. |
| __utma | Google Analytics | Persistent: 2 years | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| __utmb | Google Analytics | Persistent: 30 minutes | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| __utmc | Google Analytics | Session | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| __utmt | Google Analytics | Persistent: 10 minutes | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | Persistent: 6 months | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| __utmv | Google Analytics | Persistent: 2 years | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| _dc_gtm_<property-id> | Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager | Persistent: 1 minute | Used by Google Analytics to limit the request rate. |
| _gaexp | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: Set by customer (maximum of 93 days) | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _gaexp_rc | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: 10 seconds | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _opt_awcid | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: 24 hours | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _opt_awmid | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: 24 hours | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _opt_awgid | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: 24 hours | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _opt_awkid | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: 24 hours | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _opt_utmc | Google Analytics, Optimize | Persistent: 24 hours | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _opt_expid | Optimize | Persistent: 10 seconds | Used to enhance the visitor experience by determining a visitor’s inclusion in testing. |
| _gcl_gf | Google Flights | Persistent: 90 days | Used to measure ad conversion information. |
| _gcl_ha | Google Hotel Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used to measure ad conversion information. |
| PAIDCONTENT | Google Surveys | Persistent: 30 days | Used to collect information about how visitors use the site in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| FCNEC | Funding Choices | Persistent: 365 days | Used to measure visitor interaction with Google Ads on the website. |
Functionality Cookies
| Name | Provided By | Persistent or Session | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| test_cookie | AdSense, Campaign Manager, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 15 minutes | Used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| pm_sess | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 30 minutes | Used to ensure website requests are made by visitor. |
| pm_sess_NNN | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 30 minutes | Used to ensure website requests are made by visitor. |
| aboutads_sessNNN | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 30 minutes | Used to ensure website requests are made by visitor. |
| FCCDCF | Funding Choices | Persistent: 13 months | Used to enhance the visitor experience to the website. |
| YSC | Google Ads, YouTube | Session | Used to ensure website requests are made by visitor. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Google Ads, YouTube | Persistent: 180 days | Used to personalize recommendations on YouTube. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE__k | Google Ads, YouTube | Persistent: 180 days | Used to personalize recommendations on YouTube. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE__default | Google Ads, YouTube | Persistent: 180 days | Used to personalize recommendations on YouTube. |
| AMP_TOKEN | Google Analytics | Persistent: 30 seconds to 1 year | Used by Google Analytics to retrieve a client ID. |
| GA_OPT_OUT | Google Analytics | Persistent: Until Nov. 10, 2030 | Used to opt out of Google Analytics data tracking. |
Marketing and Customer Support
| Name | Provided By | Persistent or Session | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| __gsas | AdSense for Search | Persistent: 3 months | Used to measure visitor interaction and display personalized ads with Google Ads on the website. |
| __gpi | AdSense, Google Ad Manager | Persistent: 13 months | Used to measure visitor interaction and display personalized ads with Google Ads on the website. |
| __gpi_optout | AdSense, Google Ad Manager | Persistent: 13 months | Used to measure visitor interaction and display personalized ads with Google Ads on the website. |
| NID | AdSense for Search, Google Ads | Persistent: 6 months | Used to measure visitor interaction and display personalized ads with Google Ads on the website. |
| DSID | AdSense, Campaign Manager, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 2 weeks | Used to measure visitor interaction and display personalized ads with Google Ads on the website. |
| id | AdSense, Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: Opt-out until Nov. 9, 2030; Non-opt-out for 13 months in EEA/UK, 24 months elsewhere | Used by Google Ads to collect information about a visitor and how the visitor uses the website. |
| __gads | AdSense, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Google Ads | Persistent: 13 months | Used to measure visitor interaction and display personalized ads with Google Ads on the website. |
| GED_PLAYLIST_ACTIVITY | AdSense, Google Ad Manager, YouTube | Session | Used by Google Ad Manager to enhance advertising on the website. |
| ACLK_DATA | AdSense, Google Ad Manager, YouTube | Persistent: 5 minutes | Used by Google Ad Manager to enhance advertising on the website. |
| ANID | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 13 months in EEA/UK, 24 months elsewhere | Used to display Google Ads on the website. |
| IDE | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 13 months EEA/UK, 540 days elsewhere | Used to measure visitor interaction with Google Ads on the website. |
| FLC | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 10 seconds | Used by Google Ads to enhance advertising on the website. |
| RUL | Display & Video 360, Google Ads | Persistent: 12 months | Used by Google Ads to enhance advertising on the website. |
| 1P_JAR | Google Ads | Persistent: 30 days | Used by Google Ads to deliver ads on the website. |
| Conversion | Google Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used by Google Ads to measure ad conversion information. |
| FPAU | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 90 days | Used by Google Ads to collect information about a visitor and how the visitor uses the website. |
| AID | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 13 months EEA/UK, 24 months elsewhere | Used by Google Ads to link activity from multiple devices logged into the same Google account to coordinate ads displayed to a visitor. |
| TAID | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 14 days | Used by Google Ads to link activity from multiple devices logged into the same Google account to coordinate ads displayed to a visitor. |
| FPGCLDC | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 90 days | Used to write Google Ads click IDs. |
| _gcl_dc | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 90 days | Used by Campaign Manager and Display & Video 360 to monitor visitor activity with the website and advertising. |
| _gcl_au | Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | Persistent: 90 days | Used to measure visitor interaction with Google Ads on the website. |
| FPGCLAW | Google Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used to write Google Ads click IDs. |
| FPGCLGB | Google Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used to write Google Ads click IDs. |
| _gcl_gb | Google Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used by Google Ads to store ad campaign information. |
| _gac_gb_<wpid> | Google Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used by Google Ads to store ad campaign information. |
| _gac_<wpid> | Google Analytics | Persistent: 90 days | Used by Google Ads to store ad campaign information. |
| _gcl_aw | Google Ads | Persistent: 90 days | Used to measure ad conversion information. |
3.Cookies Set by Third Party Sites
To enhance our content and to deliver a better online experience for our users, we sometimes embed images and videos from other websites on the Services. We currently use, and may in future use content from websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. You may be presented with Cookies from these third-party websites. Please note that we do not control these Cookies. The privacy practices of these third parties will be governed by the third parties’ own privacy statements or policies. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by these third parties, using Cookies or other means. You should consult and review the relevant third-party privacy statement or policy for information on how these Cookies are used and how you can control them.
We also use Google, a third-party analytics provider, to collect information about Services usage and the users of the Services, including demographic and interest-level information. Google uses Cookies in order to collect demographic and interest-level information and usage information from users that visit the Services, including information about the pages where users enter and exit the Services and what pages users view on the Services, time spent, browser, operating system, and IP address. Cookies allow Google to recognize a user when a user visits the Services and when the user visits other websites. Google uses the information it collects from the Services and other websites to share with us and other website operators’ information about users including age range, gender, geographic regions, general interests, and details about devices used to visit websites and purchase items. We do not link information we receive from Google with any of your personally identifiable information. For more information regarding Google’s use of Cookies, and collection and use of information, see the Google Privacy Policy (available at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en). If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
4. Other Similar Technologies
CBG web pages may use other technologies such as web beacons to help deliver Cookies on the Services and count users who have visited those websites. We also may include web beacons in our promotional email messages or newsletters to determine whether you open and act on them as well as for statistical purposes.
In addition to standard Cookies and web beacons, the Services can also use other similar technologies to store and read data files on your computer. This is typically done to maintain your preferences or to improve speed and performance by storing certain files locally.
5. How to Control and Delete Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences and choose to opt out of those Cookies by clicking, Cookies Settings.
Cookies can also be controlled, blocked or restricted through our your web browser settings. Information on how to do this can be found within the Help section of your browser. All Cookies are browser specific. Therefore, if you use multiple browsers or devices to access websites, you will need to manage your cookie preferences across these environments.
If you are using a mobile device to access the Services, you will need to refer to your instruction manual or other help/settings resource to find out how you can control Cookies on your device.
Please note: If you restrict, disable or block any or all Cookies from your web browser or mobile or other device, the Services may not operate properly, and you may not have access to the Services available through the Services. CBG shall not be liable for any impossibility to use the Services or degraded functioning thereof, where such are caused by your settings and choices regarding Cookies.
To learn more about Cookies and web beacons, visit www.allaboutCookies.org.