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ASHE and Cookies
We use cookies to help improve your experience. A necessary cookie is a type of cookie that is used by the website to function correctly. You may disable these at any time, but the website may not work properly.
We also use analytical cookies to measure engagement and site statistics to understand how our website is used.
None of the cookies we use collect any information that will directly identify you.
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and are used specifically to collect user data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _uetsid | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| _uetvid | 1 year 24 days | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| AWSALB | 7 days | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| CONSENT | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| uid | 1 year 24 days | This is a Google UserID cookie that tracks users across various website segments. |
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| na_id | 1 year 24 days | The na_id is set by AddThis to enable sharing of links on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. |
| ouid | 1 year 24 days | Associated with the AddThis widget, this cookie helps users to share content across various networking and sharing forums. |
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customised ads.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __ss | 1 day | This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions. |
| __ss_referrer | 1 hour | This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions. |
| __ss_tk | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions. |
| anj | 3 months | AppNexus sets the anj cookie that contains data stating whether a cookie ID is synced with partners. |
| fr | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites with Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| guest_id | 1 year 1 month 4 days | 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. |
| guest_id_ads | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Twitter sets this cookie to identify and track the website visitor. |
| guest_id_marketing | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Twitter sets this cookie to identify and track the website visitor. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
| koitk | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions. |
| muc_ads | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Twitter sets this cookie to collect user behaviour and interaction data to optimize the website. |
| MUID | 1 year 24 days | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| NID | 6 months | Google sets the cookie for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to unwanted mute ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. |
| pa_crosswise_ts | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog. |
| pa_google_ts | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information about how visitors use the website. |
| pa_openx_ts | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog. |
| pa_rubicon_ts | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information about how visitors use the website. |
| pa_twitter_ts | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information about how visitors use the website. |
| pa_uid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie for advertising purposes based on user behaviour data. |
| pa_yahoo_ts | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog. |
| personalization_id | 1 year 1 month 4 days | 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. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| uuid2 | 3 months | The uuid2 cookie is set by AppNexus and records information that helps differentiate between devices and browsers. This information is used to pick out ads delivered by the platform and assess the ad performance and its attribute payment. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| YSC | session | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bookly-session-277ce60d0398f395595051a40921a34b | session | Description is currently not available. |
| nitroCachedPage | session | Description is currently not available. |
| ps_l | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Description is currently not available. |
| ps_n | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Description is currently not available. |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Description is currently not available. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | Description is currently not available. |
| XANDR_PANID | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |