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Name Description Duration
__ar* (hotjar.com) AdRoll 'remarketing cookie', used to provide interest-based advertisements to show our ads on other websites. Read more Decided by Google
_ga (hotjar.com) Google Analytics cookie, used to distinguish users. Read more Decided by Google
_gat (hotjar.com) Google Analytics cookie, Used to throttle request rate. Read more Decided by Google
__utm* (hotjar.com) Google Analytics non-personally identifiable information used for website analytics. Read more Decided by Google
_hjUserId (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set as soon as a user loads a page which contains the Hotjar code. The cookie contains a universally unique identifier (UUID) which allows Hotjar to track the same visitor across multiple pages and sessions. 365 days
_hjClosedSurveyInvites (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. 365 days
_hjDonePolls (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. 365 days
_hjMinimizedPolls (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. 365 days
_hjDoneTestersWidgets (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. 365 days
_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. 365 days
_hjIncludedInSample (hotjar.com) Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. Session
JSESSIONID (hotjar.com) New Relic cookie which is used to monitor session counts for an application. Read more Session
NREUM (hotjar.com) New Relic cookie which is only created in browsers that do not support the Navigation Timing API. Read more Session
NRAGENT (hotjar.com) New Relic cookie, created only when a token is handed out to an end user by the New Relic server. Read more Session
optimizely* (hotjar.com) Cookies set by Optimizely to run tests on hotjar.com. Read more Decided by Optimizely
session (hotjar.com) Keeps your website session alive. Session