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What are cookies
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How we use cookies
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We use cookies on our website:
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Cookie Name
Provider
Type
Expiry
Description
__RequestVerificationToken
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. Data is sent to United Kingdom
ASP.NET_SessionId
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. Data is sent to United Kingdom
cookie-preferences
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
1 year
This cookie is used to store your decision to close the cookie notification popup so that it is not shown to you on subsequent pages.
recentlyViewedIds
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
7 Days
This cookie is used to provide breadcrumb navigation based on the path you navigated through the website.
openInOtherInstances
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
7 Days
This cookie is used in conjunction with "recentlyViewedIds" to enable breadcrumb navigation based on the path you have navigated through the website
ARRAffinity
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
ARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user.
ARRAffinitySameSite
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
This cookie is set by Windows Azure cloud, and is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
Category: Statistics (3)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Cookie Name
Provider
Type
Expiry
Description
_ga
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
2 years
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Data is sent to United Kingdom
_gat
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate Data is sent to United Kingdom
_gid
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Data is sent to United Kingdom
Category: Marketing (5)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
Cookie Name
Provider
Type
Expiry
Description
uvc
addthis.com
HTTP
13 months
Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. Data is sent to United States
loc
addthis.com
HTTP
13 months
Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level). Data is sent to United States
__atuvc
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
13 months
Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features. Data is sent to Netherlands
__atuvs
lepnetwork.net
HTTP
Session
Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. Data is sent to Netherlands
at-rand
lepnetwork.net
HTML
Persistent
Used by the social sharing platform AddThis Data is sent to United Kingdom
3rd Party cookies
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