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2. List of the main EMBL-EBI cookies
This is a list of the main cookies set by EMBL-EBI’s web pages, and what each is used for.
| Cookie ID | Description |
|---|---|
| __utma | Survey/tracking information |
| __utmb | Tracks length of visit/session |
| __utmc | Tracks session expiration |
| __utmz | Calculates search engine traffic |
| __uvt | UserVoice support site |
| _surechembl-portal-application_session | SureChEMBL site session data |
| admesarfaricookie | ADME SARfari session data cookie |
| AeAppStateData | Application state for ArrayExpress Experiment browser |
| AeLoggedUser | User name for submitter/reviewer logins |
| AeLoginToken | Login token for submitter/reviewer logins |
| AWSELB | AWS load balancer stickiness |
| blast-options | Configure blast as configured by the user |
| CGISESSID | Biomart session tracking |
| chebi_view | Struts |
| ci_session | Sarfari session tracking |
| ClassicView | Persists the user’s choice of website: classic or new. |
| config_matrix_tutorial | Remember if ensembl configuration modal tutorial is enabled or disabled |
| crossreferences | Framework (rails) state (open/closed) – expires with (session) window |
| DBtoolTip | enable/disable db tips |
| DNT | Do Not Track - Stops the four Urchin tracking cookies from being set |
| DokuWiki | Dokuwiki session |
| DYNAMIC_WIDTH | Remembers the best fit value for the ensembl image width |
| EBeyeUserId | Session tracking |
| Maintains email from client if provided | |
| EMBL-WEBIN-ID | WEBIN session tracking |
| ENSEMBL_AJAX | If set allows the asynchronous load of the ensembl web pages |
| ENSEMBL_HINTS | If set allows the display of the hints on the ensembl pages |
| ENSEMBL_IMAGE_WIDTH | User configured width of the ensembl images |
| ENSEMBL_MOBILE | Remember if user wants to view Ensembl mobile site |
| ENSEMBL_PRIVACY_POLICY | User consent for anonymous browsing |
| ENSEMBL_REGION_PAN | Remembers if drag-scrolling is selected in ensembl region image |
| ENSEMBL_SEARCH | The currently selected search type (e.g. human, all species, ensembl genomes, Vega) |
| ENSEMBL_WIDTH | Configures the width of the ensembl images |
| ENSEMBL_WWW_SESSION | Remembers session settings |
| ENSEMBL_WWW_USER | Remembers user if user logged in |
| gene_tree_highlighting | Save highlighting state of ensembl gene tree |
| HIDE_MOBILE_MSG | Remember if user has closed the ensembl banner that displays ‘switched to mobile version’ |
| intact.cols.view | Remember the table display of molecular interactions (columns) |
| intact.icons.show | Remember the display of images |
| jobs | stores the job ids of jobs that the user ran on uniprot.org as configured by the user |
| JSESSIONID | user session management |
| lastSelectedOntology | store the users’s last selected ontology when searching terms - session only |
| limit | the number of result rows on a result of a search page as configured by the user |
| MOBILE_URL | Remember the mobile URL in ensembl |
| Modal | Position of modal window on screen |
| modal | Remember details about the recently displayed ensembl modal |
| mp_super_properties | UserVoice support site |
| MX-SESSION-COOKIE | Miame Express session tracking |
| oam.Flash.REDIRECT | Java server functionality |
| oam.Flash.RENDERMAP.TOKEN | Java server functionality |
| oem.flash* | Flash |
| password | Xwiki |
| PathwayBrowserViews | Stores the user’s preferred pathway browser |
| PHPSESSION | PHPsession tracking |
| preferences | spLock.pl (UniProt) |
| pride_session | PRIDE session tracking |
| quickgo | QuickGo session tracking |
| Redirect | Allows you to visit mirror sites without being automatically redirected back to your nearest mirror |
| redirected_from_url | Used to save the URL of the page that redirects you to the current Ensembl page |
| Rememberme | Maven session tracking |
| sarfariadme | ADME SARfari session cookie |
| sarfari_session | Sarfari session tracking |
| sections-order | stores the order in which sections are shown as configured by the user |
| SESS* | Drupal session state tracking |
| structure | Framework (rails) state (open/closed) – expires with (session) window |
| strudle_session | Strudle session tracking |
| toggle_* | Save the toggle state of a certain feature such as filtering options in ensembl |
| tmp_message_ok | Remember if you have said OK after viewing the temporary message due to ensembl downtime |
| uniparc-columns | Which columns to show on a /uniparc search result page as configured by the user |
| uniparc-view-columns | Which columns to show on a /uniparc entry page as configured by the user |
| Uniprot-columns | Which columns to show on a /uniprot search result page as configured by the user |
| uniprot-longColumns | Stores which columns are shown in expanded mode on the /uniprot result page as configured by the user |
| Uniref-columns | Which columns to show on a /uniref search result page as configured by the user |
| uniref-view-columns | Which columns to show on a /uniref entry page as configured by the user |
| useful | Framework (grails) state (useful)- expires with (session) window |
| User-UUID | Identity of a user, used for the record of a user’s recent activities and collected articles, regardless of whether his/her session times out or not. |
| username | Xwiki |
| uvts | UserVoice support site |
| validation | Xwiki |
| various | Survey/tracking information |
| visitid | Xwiki |
| wicket-modal-window-positions | Used to remember the position of the pop-up windows for a user’s recent activities and collected articles |
| WINDOW_WIDTH | Save the window size of ensembl |
| X-Mapping-* | user session management |
3. Third Party Cookies
EMBL-EBI uses suppliers who set cookies on the EMBL-EBI website on its behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see their individual privacy policies.
| Cookie ID | Description |
|---|---|
| Google analytics | EMBL-EBI uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the EMBL-EBI website and to compile reports for us on activity over all of EMBL-EBI’s web pages. Google has established a comprehensive set of principles, practices and processes governing data privacy and security in respect of Google Analytics. These can be found here: https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html For visitors that do not want their visit data used by Google Analytics, Google developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Browsers that have this add-on installed communicate with the Google Analytics JavaScript to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not prevent information from being sent to the website itself or to other web analytics services. The Add-on can be found here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Sharing tools | EMBL-EBI websites carry embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily share information with their friends through a number of popular social networks. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. EMBL-EBI does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these. |
| YouTube | On the EMBL-EBI websites we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. EMBL-EBI does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these. How to reject or delete this cookie: https://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html |