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Our cookie usage

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Aarki
Adacado
Adara Media
ADEX
Adform
Adikteev
AdLedge
Adloox
Adludio
AdMaxim
Admedo
Admetrics
Adobe Advertising Cloud
AdTriba
advanced STORE GmbH
Adventori
advolution.control
Akamai
Amazon
Amobee
Analights
AppLovin Corp.
AppNexus (Xandr) Inc
Arrivalist
Ask Locala (F.K.A Fusio by S4M)
AudienceProject
Aunica
Avocet
Bannerflow
Basis Technologies
Batch Media
BDSK Handels GmbH & Co. KG
Beeswax
Betgenius
Blismedia
Bombora
Booking.com
C3 Metrics
Cablato
Celtra
Cint
Clinch
Cloud Technologies
Cloudflare
Commanders Act
comScore
Crimtan
Criteo
CUBED
DataXu
Demandbase
DENTSU
Dentsu Aegis Network
Digiseg
DMA Institute
DoubleVerify
Dstillery
Dynata
EASYmedia
eBay
ebuilders
Effinity
emetriq
Ensighten
Epsilon
Essens
Evidon
Exactag
Exponential
Facebook
Flashtalking by Mediaocean
Fractional Media
Gemius
GfK
Google
GP One
GroupM
gskinner
Haensel AMS
Havas Media France - DBi
hurra.com
IBM
Ignition One
Impact
Improve Digital
Index Exchange
Innovid
Integral Ad Science
intelliAd
IPONWEB
Jivox
Kantar
Kochava
LifeStreet
Liftoff
LiveRamp
Localsensor
LoopMe
Lotame
Macromill group
Magnite
MainADV
Manage.com
Marketing Science Consulting Group, Inc.
MediaMath
MindTake Research
Mobitrans
Mobpro
Moloco Ads
MSI-ACI
Nano Interactive
Navegg
Neodata Group
NEORY GmbH
Netflix
Netquest
Neural.ONE
Neustar
NextRoll, Inc.
Nielsen
numberly
Objective Partners
Omnicom Media Group
On Device Research
OneTag
OpenX Technologies
Optomaton
Oracle Data Cloud
OTTO
PERMODO
Pixalate
Platform161
Primis
Protected Media
Publicis Media
PubMatic
PulsePoint
Quantcast
Rackspace
Rakuten Marketing
Relay42
Remerge
Resolution Media
Resonate
RevJet
Roq.ad
RTB House
Salesforce DMP
Scenestealer
Scoota
Seenthis
Semasio GmbH
SFR
Sift Media
Simpli.fi
Sizmek
Smaato
Smadex
Smart
Smartology
Sojern
Solocal
Sovrn
Spotad
STRÖER SSP GmbH
TabMo
Taboola
TACTIC™ Real-Time Marketing
Teads
TEEMO
The Trade Desk
Tradedoubler AB
travel audience – An Amadeus Company
Travel Data Collective
TreSensa
TripleLift
TruEffect
TrustArc
UnrulyX
usemax (Emego GmbH)
Verve Group
Videology
Vimeo
Virtual Minds
Vodafone GmbH
Waystack
Weborama
White Ops
Widespace
Wizaly
Yahoo
ZMS

Standard cookies we set

Name Purpose
Essential cookies
These cookies are required to enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may not reject these.
xf___crossTab This local storage item is used to store information used to communicate across tabs, such as the current cross-site request forgery token.
xf_cacheKey This local storage item is used to store the cache key used for offline storage items.
xf_consent This cookie is used to store a user's cookie consent preferences.
xf_csrf This cookie is used to store a user's cross-site request forgery token, preventing other applications from making malicious requests on the user's behalf.
xf_dbWriteForced This cookie is used to indicate that the request should be completed using the database write server.
xf_editorDisabled This local storage item is used to store whether or not a user has the rich text editor enabled.
fr-copied-html This local storage item is used to store a user's copied rich text when pasting into the text editor.
fr-copied-text This local storage item is used to store a user's copied plain text when pasting into the text editor.
xf_guestUsername This local storage item is used to store a guest user's username.
xf_inline_mod_* These cookies are used to store a user's currently selected inline moderation items.
xf_language_id This cookie is used to store a user's selected language.
xf_lbSidebarDisabled This local storage item is used to store whether or not a user has toggled the lightbox sidebar.
xf_ls This cookie is used to store a user's local storage contents in the event their browser does not support the native local storage mechanism.
xf_multiQuote* These local storage items are used to store a user's multi-quote selections.
xf_notice_dismiss This cookie is used to store a user's dismissed notices.
xf_push_history_user_ids This local storage item is used to store which users on this device have enabled push notifications.
xf_push_notice_dismiss This cookie is used to determine whether or not a user has dismissed the push notification notice.
xf_push_subscription_updated This cookie is used to determine if a user's push subscription preferences have been updated.
xf_session This cookie is used to store a user's session identifier.
xf_style_id This cookie is used to store a user's selected style.
xf_tfa_trust This cookie is used to determine if a user has previously chosen to trust this device without requiring further two-step verification for a period of time.
xf_toggle This cookie and local storage item are used to store a user's preferences for toggling various controls open or closed.
xf_user This cookie is used to store a user's "remember me" token, allowing their credentials to persist across multiple sessions.
xf_visitorCounts This local storage item is used to store counts of a user's unread conversations and alerts.
Optional cookies
We deliver enhanced functionality for your browsing experience by setting these cookies. If you reject them, enhanced functionality will be unavailable.
xf_emoji_usage This cookie is used to store which emojis a user has recently used when composing a message.
xf_from_search This cookie is used to track when a user has arrived on the site from a search engine.
Third-party cookies
Cookies set by third parties may be required to power functionality in conjunction with various service providers for security, analytics, performance or advertising purposes.
Apple Music These cookies are set by Apple Music, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Dailymotion These cookies are set by Dailymotion, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Facebook These cookies are set by Facebook, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Flickr These cookies are set by Flickr, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Giphy These cookies are set by Giphy, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
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Instagram These cookies are set by Instagram, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Meta These cookies are set by Meta, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
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Reddit These cookies are set by Reddit, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
SoundCloud These cookies are set by SoundCloud, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Spotify These cookies are set by Spotify, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
TikTok These cookies are set by TikTok, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
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Twitter These cookies are set by Twitter, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
Vimeo These cookies are set by Vimeo, and may be used for displaying embedded content.
YouTube These cookies are set by YouTube, and may be used for analytics, verifying legitimate traffic, or other embedded content.

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