Cookies

Use of cookies on medidata.com, and its subdomains.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on the user’s computer when visiting websites. They are widely used to serve websites or to ensure their more efficient operation, as well as to provide information to the owners of these websites. The definitions below explain the cookies we use and why.

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies are essential and are used to provide you with services available through Medidata.com. For instance, these cookies allow Medidata to remember your choices about cookies preferences, to record your interface customization trackers e.g. for the choice of language used by the website. You have no choice on whether or not to accept these cookies when you visit one of our websites.

Cookie Name Domain Functionality Retention
cli_user_preference Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertising Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Advertising’. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytical Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Analytical’. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Functional’. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Non Necessary”. 1 year
CookieLawInfoConsent Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. 1 year
viewed_cookie_policy Medidata Site – GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin Used to store whether or not user has viewed the cookie policy dialog. It does not store any personal data. 1 year

 

Functional Cookies

We use a range of tools to understand how users interact with our website, including Google Analytics, Optimizely, and Funnel Fuel. These tools also allow us to display content matching the users’ needs, and help us run tests to improve the performance of our website. We also may use a tool called Qualified to display a chat prompt to website users. This chat experience may be customized based on user characteristics and how they have previously interacted with Medidata marketing content.

To learn more about how your data is processed by Google, please visit Google Privacy Policy.

Cookie Name Domain Functionality Retention
_dc_gtm_UA-8810949-7 Google Analytics To store number of service requests. 1 minute
_ga Google Analytics To store and count pageviews. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 13 months
_ga_TRZ8B2ZDLH Google Analytics To store and count pageviews. Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. 13 months
_gid Google Analytics To store and count pageviews. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 1 day
optimizelyEndUserId Optimizely Stores a visitor’s unique Optimizely Experimentation identifier. It is a combination of a timestamp and a random number. No other information about you or your visitors is stored inside. 6 months from last page visit, or a period of your choice
optimizelyRedirectData Optimizely After Optimizely Experimentation has executed a redirect experiment, it stores various data from the original page so that Optimizely Experimentation still has access to it on the new page. Expiration: 5 seconds
optimizelyDomainTestCookie Optimizely When Optimizely Experimentation loads a URL, the snippet places the cookie to get the current domain for determining whether cross-domain syncing is possible. If successful, the cookie is immediately removed. 6 months, but the cookie is removed by Optimizely Experimentation immediately after the set action is successful.
optimizelyOptOut Optimizely Stores a boolean indicating whether the visitor has opted out of participating in Optimizely Experimentation powered experimentation. A visitor can opt out by using the opt-out tool. See Data Subject Rights – Third Party End Users for more information 10 years from the use of the opt-out tool or snippet’s optOut API.
AWSELB Optimizely For a small percentage of visitors (less than 10%), Optimizely Web Experimentation and Optimizely Performance Edge will attempt to collect performance and product usage telemetry; Optimizely collects no personal data. This process is called Real User Monitoring, or RUM. Enables sticky sessions. RUM requires sticky sessions. N/A; it is a session cookie.
optimizelyRumLB Optimizely For a small percentage of visitors (less than 10%), Optimizely Web Experimentation and Optimizely Performance Edge will attempt to collect performance and product usage telemetry; Optimizely collects no personal data. This process is called Real User Monitoring, or RUM. Controls the AWSELB cookie’s attributes (for example, SameSite and Secure). N/A; it is a session cookie.
lo-domain-check Lucky Orange Created temporarily to determine the top-level domain for the website and then immediately deleted. Instantly
lo-opt-out Lucky Orange Indicates that the visitor has opted out of tracking and will prevent the browser library from running. 2 Years
lo-uid Lucky Orange Identifies the visitor using a unique ID. Related sessions, events, and conversations are linked to a single visitor using this ID. 2 Years
lo-visits Lucky Orange Keeps a count of the number of unique sessions for a visitor. This is represented as the “Visit #” in the app. 2 Years
_pk_id.* Medidata Site Stores details about the user including the unique visitor ID 13 months
_pk_ref.* Medidata Site Stores the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website 6 months
_pk_cvar.*, _pk_ses.*, _pk_hsr.* Medidata Site Short-lived cookies used to temporarily store data related to the visit 30 minutes
_pk_testcookie.* Medidata Site These cookies remember that consent to track was given (or removed) by the user 30 years
mtm_cookie_consent Medidata Site This cookie remembers that consent to store and use cookies was given by the user 30 years
matomo_ignore Funnel Fuel The cookie value is the same for all visitors; this cookie does not contain personal information 30 years
matomo_ignore Funnel Fuel The cookie value is the same for all visitors; this cookie does not contain personal information 30 years
matomo_sessid Medidata Site Checks whether the user has opted out of cookie tracking. Does not contain identifiable information 14 days
_q_state_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Qualified.com Contains a number of attributes identifying the website visitor and their interaction with the Qualified Chat Messenger. This identifier is stored in the website visitor’s browser as well as the Qualified Service. 10 years
__q_domainTest Qualified.com This is a cookie used in rare cases if Qualified is unable to detect the domain where Qualified is being instantiated. It is set and immediately unset. Expired
qualified_session Qualified.com Identifies a user of the Qualified Application’s (this is a Qualified user using the Qualified application) login to the Qualified Application. This cookie isn’t set on website visitors. This cookie is only used to ensure users using the Qualified application can log into the service. Session

 

Targeted and Advertising Cookies

Advertising cookies are used to enable 3DS and its 3DS business partners to serve ads that are relevant to your interests. The intention is to display ads that are relevant to you. 

Cookie Name Domain Functionality Retention
_clck Microsoft Clarity To store a unique user ID. 1 year
_clsk Microsoft Clarity To store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording. 1 day
_fbp Facebook To store and track visits across websites. 90 days
_gcl_au Google Adsense To store and track conversions. 3 months
_uetsid Bing Ads To store and track visits across websites. 1 day
_uetvid Bing Ads To store and track visits across websites. 13 months
ELOQUA Oracle / Eloqua To be used to improve the site, service, product, or market. Your information may be used to personalize the content or design of the site. It has a value pair of guid = randomly generated string of characters and numbers 13 months
_an_uid 6sense – j.6sc.co Registers user behaviour and navigation on the website, and any interaction with active campaigns. This is used for optimizing advertisement and for efficient retargeting. 6 days
_gd_session Autodesk Collects visitor data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. 1 day
_gd_svisitor Autodesk Collects visitor data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. 13 months
_gd_visitor Autodesk Collects visitor data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. 13 months
sa-user-id StackAdapt Record information about the website activity, such as the pages you’ve visited and the locations you’ve viewed to enable us to provide you with interest based content and personalised. Random Identifier for user identification (newer version of ID). 1 year
sa-user-id-v2 StackAdapt Record information about the website activity, such as the pages you’ve visited and the locations you’ve viewed to enable us to provide you. Random Identifier for user identification. 1 year

How do I change my cookie settings?

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Last modification: 9/6/2024