Cookie policy
As standard on the Internet, we use different types of cookies, pixels, and other similar technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies”), including third-party cookies on our Website. Cookies are small blocks of data placed on your device when you visit our Website. They help us collect non-personally identifiable information about the use of our Website and provide you with basic functionality.
The cookies we use fall into the following categories:
Necessary (functional) cookies. Necessary (functional) cookies help ensure the proper functioning of the Website. They allow the Website to remember your preferences (e.g., payment currency) so you do not have to set them again.
Analytics cookies. These types of cookies help us analyze aggregated user data to improve our Website.
Marketing. We use marketing cookies to deliver relevant ads and improve their relevancy and performance.
Affiliate. Affiliate cookies help us identify users referred to our Website by partners so we can pay them a commission.
You can check what cookies we use and how we use them in the table below. Please note that this list of cookies is not exhaustive. The duration of third-party cookies is determined by the third parties.
| Cookie name | Provenance | Cookie expiry | Purpose | Cookie Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cfruid | Third-party (CloudFlare) | Session | Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic. | Necessary (functional) |
| __cf_bm | Third-party (Cloudflare) | 30 minutes | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Necessary (functional) |
| _hjFirstSeen | Third-party (Cloudflare) | 30 minutes | The cookie is set so Cloudflare can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information. | Necessary (functional) |
| atlas_coupon | Atlas VPN | 1 month | This cookie stores the coupon which will be used at the checkout. | Necessary (functional) |
| atlas_currency | Atlas VPN | 1 month | This cookie stores the currency which will be used at the checkout. | Necessary (functional) |
| _zendesk_session | Third-party (Zendesk) | Session | Stores account ID, route for internal service calls and the cross-site request forgery token. | Necessary (functional) |
| _zendesk_shared_session | Third-party (Zendesk) | Session | Authentication cookie — set to be anonymous. | Necessary (functional) |
| _gat_UA-* | Third-party (Google) | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking. | Analytics |
| _gid | Third-party (Google) | 1 day | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. | Analytics |
| _gat | Third-party (Google) | 1 minute | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. According to documentation. it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high-traffic sites. | Analytics |
| _ga | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for the site's analytics reports. | Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | Third-party (Google) | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | Analytics |
| _gaexp | Third-party (Google) | 90 days | Google Optimize sets this cookie to determine a user's inclusion in an experiment and the expiration of experiments a user has been included in. | Analytics |
| _ga_* | Third-party (Google) | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | Analytics |
| CLID | Third-party (Clarity) | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited. | Analytics |
| _clck | Third-party (Clarity) | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. | Analytics |
| _clsk | Third-party (Clarity) | 1 day | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. | Analytics |
| SM | Third-party (Clarity) | Session | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | Analytics |
| MR | Third-party (Bing) | 7 days | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. | Analytics |
| IDE | Third-party (Google) | 1 year | This cookie is set by DoubleClick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Marketing |
| _gcl_au | Third-party (Google) | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | Marketing |
| dpr | Third-party (Facebook) | Session | These cookies are used to measure how users move between Facebook pages and our website. | Marketing |
| wd | Third-party (Facebook) | 1 week | These cookies are used to measure how users move between Facebook pages and our website. | Marketing |
| sb | Third-party (Facebook) | 2 years | These cookies are used to measure how users move between Facebook pages and our website. | Marketing |
| datr | Third-party (Facebook) | 2 years | These cookies are used to measure how users move between Facebook pages and our website. | Marketing |
| fr | Third-party (Facebook) | 3 months | These cookies are used to measure how users move between Facebook pages and our website. | Marketing |
| _fbp | Third-party (Facebook) | 3 months | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. | Marketing |
| test_cookie | Third-party (Google) | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. | Marketing |
| _rdt_uuid | Third-party (Reddit) | 3 months | Reddit sets this cookie to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. | Marketing |
| muc_ads | Third-party (Twitter) | 1 year | Twitter sets this cookie to collect user behaviour and interaction data to optimize the website. | Marketing |
| guest_id_marketing | Third-party (Twitter) | 1 year | Twitter sets this cookie to identify and track the website visitor. | Marketing |
| guest_id_ads | Third-party (Twitter) | 1 year | Twitter sets this cookie to identify and track the website visitor. | Marketing |
| personalization_id | Third-party (Twitter) | 1 year | Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting. | Marketing |
| guest_id | Third-party (Twitter) | 1 year | Twitter sets this cookie to identify and track the website visitor. It registers if a user is signed in to the Twitter platform and collects information about ad preferences. | Marketing |
| _uetvid | Third-party (Bing) | 16 days | This cookie stores and tracks visits across websites. | Marketing |
| _uetvid_exp | Third-party (Bing) | Persistent | This cookie stores and tracks visits across websites | Marketing |
| _uetsid | Third-party (Bing) | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. | Marketing |
| MUID | Third-party (Clarity) | 1 year 24 days | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. | Marketing |
| SRM_B | Third-party (Clarity) | 1 year 24 days | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. | Marketing |
| ANONCHK | Third-party (Clarity) | 10 minutes | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. | Marketing |
| offer_id | Atlas VPN | 1 month | This cookie helps to track which user comes from which affiliate. | Affiliate |
| transaction_id | Atlas VPN | 1 month | This cookie helps to track affiliate conversions. | Affiliate |
You can choose whether to accept or block cookies through your browser settings. You can decide to delete cookies as well. All major browsers allow users to choose their cookie settings. Please be aware that if you choose to reject cookies, the Website might not work as intended, and you might lose access to some of its features.
The following links provide information on how to modify the cookies’ settings on some popular browsers: Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera.