Cookies
This section provides details of the cookies Medicash uses on its websites. Click on one of the links below for further information:
What is a cookie?
Http Cookies
These cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. The cookie then communicates with the originating website when you visit it again and may communicate with other websites that recognise the cookie.
Local Shared Objects or Flash Cookies
These cookies are referred to as Local Shared Objects or Flash Cookies. They are pieces of data that websites and applications which use Adobe Flash store on your computer or device to collect information on how you navigate those websites and to store preferences you have set.
Why do website developers use cookies?
Cookies make the interaction between users and websites faster and easier, and help to improve websites. Without cookies, a website could not remember a user’s preferences or registration details for a future visit.
Websites use cookies mainly because they save time and make the browsing experience more efficient and enjoyable.
Cookies also enable websites to monitor their users’ web surfing habits and profile them for marketing purposes.
What cookies do Medicash use?
We have classified our cookies according to the categories proposed by the International Chamber of Commerce.
None of the cookies used on our websites gathers personal information about you.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Below are the details of the strictly necessary cookies used by Medicash.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Description |
| __cf_bm | vimeo.com | HTTP | 1 day | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| CONSENT | google.com | HTTP | 2 years | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDP compliance of the website. |
| CONSENT | youtube.com | HTTP | 2 years | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDP compliance of the website. |
| CookieConsent | medicash.org | HTTP | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| li_gc | linkedin.com | HTTP | 2 years | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
Performance Cookies
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Below are the details of the performance cookies used by Medicash:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Description |
| lang | ads.linkedin.com | HTTP | Session | Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website |
| lang | linkedin.com | HTTP | Session | Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded “Follow us” panel |
Statistics Cookies
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Below are the details of the statistics cookies used by Medicash:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Description |
| _ga | medicash.org | HTTP | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _ga_# | medicash.org | HTTP | 2 years | 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. |
| _gat | medicash.org | HTTP | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
| _gid | medicash.org | HTTP | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| collect | google-analytics.com | Pixel | Session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| domain_tracker/bdo/# | view.ceros.com | HTML | Persistent | Collects data on 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 generating reports for optimising the website content. |
| experience_tracker/bdo/# | view.ceros.com | HTML | Persistent | Collects data on 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 generating reports for optimising the website content. |
| vuid | vimeo.com | HTTP | 2 years | Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. |
Marketing Cookies
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.
Below are the details of the marketing cookies used by Medicash:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Description |
| _fbp | medicash.org | HTTP | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| _gcl_au | medicash.org | HTTP | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | linkedin.com | HTTP | 29 days | Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. |
| bcookie | linkedin.com | HTTP | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services |
| bscookie | linkedin.com | HTTP | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| IDE | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 year | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| lidc | linkedin.com | HTTP | 1 day | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | google.com | Pixel | Session | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. |
| pagead/landing | doubleclick.net | Pixel | Session | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. |
| pagead/landing | google.com | Pixel | Session | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 day | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| tr | facebook.com | Pixel | Session | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| UserMatchHistory | linkedin.com | HTTP | 29 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | HTTP | 179 days | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| YSC | youtube.com | HTTP | Session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |