What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites you visit.
They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently for visitors, and to provide information to the owners of
the site. Some of the cookies we use are essential in order for parts of the website to operate. In the table below
we have given a description and purpose for each cookie we use.
How do we use cookies on the website
We use cookies on the website for our own internal purposes and to enhance the user experience.
We use information derived from cookies in order to:
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compile statistics on how our website is being used (Google Analytics), which can help us to improve our website
and online services.
- facilitate users' ability to navigate through the website.
- ascertain whether the website is operating effectively.
Managing cookies
In your web browser you can control which types of cookies you allow. You can turn cookies on or off using your
browser's settings. You can also delete cookies and clear your browser's cache (history).
You may refer to your web browser's "Help" section about how to manage cookies.
Our cookies
Cookie name |
Description |
_travellersmatch_session |
Used for logs and maintenance. Closes when you exit the browser. |
auth_token |
An authentication cookie. It is used to support the login system. A Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). It is used
for security purposes.
|
cookies-accepted |
A simple cookie to record whether the user has acknowledged the use of cookies on the web site.
|
zilla-slab-loaded |
A simple cookie to record the loading of our web font.
|
_ga |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. |
_gat |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rates to their analytics servers from this website. |
aff_tag, aff_from, aff_time |
These cookies help us determine if you were referred to Trippli by an existing user. |
optimizelyBuckets, optimizelyEndUserId, optimizelyPendingLogEvents |
Used by the Optimizely.com service to help us provide a better customer experience. |