Why are we using cookies?
Cookies are small files stored on your computer’s hard disc. Cookies let the web applications respond to you as an individual. These web applications remember your latest preferences and shape their operations according to your needs and choices.
In short, cookies track the web sites you like and you don’t like in order to help us offer a better website. We cannot access your computer or information with the cookies.
Many browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can block all cookies from the settings menu of your browser. In this case, you may not fully benefit from the application advantages indicated in the Cookies List during your visit on our website.
Cookie List
The cookies collected and the information they contain are listed on the following table:
| Cookies | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| _ga | This cookie is used by Google Analytics. It is used to identify users. |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | This cookie is used to help people to stay on an instance of an Azure web application or web site. This means that the user should stay on the specific instance unless they close the page and everything will be stored at that moment. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_123618270_1 | This cookie is used by Google Analytics. |
| dnn_IsMobile | This cookie is used to determine whether the user connects through a mobile device or not. |
| .ASPXANONYMOUS | This cookie is used by the websites using “.Net” technology. It ensures the website to keep an anonymous user identity to track the unique users in a session before the visitors log in or define themselves in any other way. |
| ARRAffinity | This cookie is used to help people to stay on an instance of an Azure web application or web site. This means that the user should stay on the specific instance unless they close the page and everything will be stored at that moment. |
| __RequestVerificationToken | This cookie is created in the application using “ASP.NET MVC” technology. It is designed to stop the unauthorized content transfer to a website. It does not store information about the user and is deleted when the browser is closed. |
| _gid | This cookie is used by Google Analytics. It is used to identify users. |
| language | This cookie is used to keep the current language information. Normally default language is used by the browser. But for the websites with more than one language option, the language information preferred by the user is stored. |
| cookie-status | This cookie indicates the duration of the cookie notification displayed as a pop-up. |
How can I manage cookies?
Cookies are the files created by the websites you visited and together with browser cache, which helps to download the pages faster, they ensure that you browse the websites easily.
Clearing the browser cache and deleting the cookies (such as user names and passwords) mean that all website settings are deleted. Some websites may seem to operate slowly since all pictures need to be downloaded again.
If you don’t want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that it can notify you if cookies are received or you can reject cookies completely. Also, you can delete the cookies you have already received.
If you prefer to block or limit the browser cookies in your device, you can do it from your web browser’s settings. “Help” option of your browser provides information about blocking or limiting the browser cookies.
For the computer, Android or iOS activation or blocking applications of the frequently used browsers, the methods in the following links can be used.
You can access the information required to do these actions on different desktop computer browsers from www.aboutcookies.org
