Important note: Homelog does not resell or transmit any personal data to a third party, our only goal is to collect statistics in order to optimize the functionality experience on our applications.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored by your browser during your first visit. Once installed, they allow us to recognize you at each visit, and therefore to make you enjoy all the features of our sites. Cookies are not active folders, and therefore can not host viruses. For more information, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. This policy is written to explain what these cookies do to us and what they do.
Cookies usually also have an expiration date. For example, some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called session cookies), while others stay on your computer longer, sometimes even until you delete them manually (what we call permanent cookies).
How Homelog uses cookies
You will find below a list of the cookies we use and their function.
| Category | Name | Deadline | Description | Mandatory? | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Features and statistics | PHPSESSID | 12h |
Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. |
Mandatory | session_id |
| __utma | 2 years |
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners. |
Mandatory | token_id | |
| __utmb | 30 minutes |
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor. |
Mandatory | token_id | |
| __utmc | At the end of the browser session |
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In this older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie. |
Mandatory | 1 | |
| __utmt_HomelogTracker | 10 minutes |
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics. It appears to be a variation of the __utmt cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
Mandatory | 1 | |
| __utmv | 2 years |
This is an optional addtional cookie set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie is used when site owners create custom visitor-level variables for customising what can be measured. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. It has a default lifespan of two years, although this can be customised by site owners. |
Mandatory | token_id | |
| __utmz | 6 month |
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Mandatory | token_id | |
| _ga | 2 years |
This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. 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 in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. |
Mandatory | token_id | |
| _gat | 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. It expires after 10 minutes. |
Mandatory | 1 | |
| _gid | 24 hours |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
Mandatory | token_id | |
| hl | At the end of the browser session |
Retains the navigation language of the user. |
Mandatory | fr/nl/en | |
| User preference | isUser | At the end of the browser session | This cookie stores the medium by which the user has connected to the Homelog.be application. | Optional |
|
| smartbanner-closed | 1 year |
Keeps in mind the choice to display the "smartbanner" Homelog. |
Optional | true | |
| Connected Session | REMEMBERME | 100 hours |
When the user successfully logs in with Remember Me checked, a login cookie is issued in addition to the standard session management cookie. |
Optional | token_id |
| isPropertyLandingCookieActive | At the end of the browser session |
Keeps in mind the choice when displaying Homelog's landing page to add a property. |
Optional | 1 |
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