Cookie Policy

Last Updated and Effective Date: June 14, 2023

Aras Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Aras” “us” or “we”) understand your privacy is important to you and are committed to being transparent about the technologies it uses. This Cookie Policy explains how and why cookies and other similar tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies and Tracking Technologies”) may be used when you use or visit any Aras website (“Website”). For example, Aras uses cookies for analytics and advertising purposes, such as tracking the effectiveness of its marketing, to show you more relevant content, and for customer site functionality. This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our Website Terms of Use.

What are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Cookies and Tracking Technologies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our Website. They are processed and stored by your web browser. This technology allows us to enhance the effectiveness of our Website, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your user experience. Some examples of cookies: (i) analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use websites to allow companies to measure site performance and the effectiveness of their marketing efforts; and (ii) advertising cookies recognize a user’s device and help to provide the user with more relevant content and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies generally follow the following types of classifications:

Classification by Provider

  • First Party Cookies. First party cookies are cookies that belong to Aras and that you receive directly from Aras when using our Website.
  • Third-Party Cookies. Third-party cookies are cookies that you receive from another party when visiting our Website, for example, by an advertiser or an analytic system. Aras may contract with third-party service providers to send e-mails to users who have provided us with their contact information, to help measure and improve the effectiveness of our e-mail communications, and/or to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked on.

Classification by Duration of Cookies

  • Persistent Cookies. A persistent cookie is a cookie that is stored by the web browser on your device and remains until you erase them, or your web browser does, depending upon the cookie’s expiration date. We use persistent cookies to improve your experience of using our Website. This includes recording your acceptance of our Cookie Policy to remove the cookie message which first appears when you use our Website.
  • Session Cookies. Session cookies are temporary and expire when your web browser closes (or once your session ends). We use session cookies to help us track internet usage as described above.

Classification by Purpose

  • Necessary Cookies. These are cookies that are required and are essential for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.
  • Preference (or Functional) Cookies. These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize your content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Statistics (or Analytical/Performance) Cookies. These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to seek how visitors move around our Website. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Marketing Cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

How does Aras use Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Aras uses Cookies and Tracking Technologies to identify you and your interests, to remember your preferences, and to track your use of our Website. We also use Cookies and Tracking Technologies to control access to certain content on our Website, protect the Website, and to process any requests that you may make.

To administer our Website and for research purposes, Aras also has contracted with third-party service providers to track and analyze statistical usage and volume information from our Website users. These third-party service providers use persistent cookies to help us to improve the user experience, manage our Website content, and analyze how users navigate and utilize the Website.

When you use our Website, the information we may collect by automated means includes, for example:

  • Usage Details. Details about your interaction with our Website (such as the date, time and length of visits, and specific pages or content accessed during the visits, search terms, frequency of the visits, referring website addresses);
  • Device Information. Information including the IP address and other details of a device that you use to connect with our websites (such as device type and unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, mobile network information and the device’s telephone number);
  • Location Information. Information when you choose to provide the Website with access to real-time information about your device’s location.

See the Table below at the end of this Cookie Policy for more details about the Cookies and Tracking Technologies that we use.

How do I Manage My Cookie Preferences?

You can learn more about Cookies by visiting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie; and opt-out of certain cookies by visiting your browser or device settings, including in some cases to prevent their installation altogether. Although rejecting certain cookies will not interfere with your ability to interact with most of our Website, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. You can clear cookies from your browser at any time.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Do Not Track

Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. There is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, we do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser, except as specifically required by law. To find out more about “Do Not Track” please visit www.allaboutdnt.com.

How We Keep this Policy Up to Date

We will review and update this Policy from time to time. The easiest way to check for updates is by looking for the latest version of this policy on our Website or you can contact us to ask us to request that we send to you the latest version of our Cookie Policy ([email protected]).

Cookies and Tracking Technologies Used on this Website

In effect as of the date of this Cookie Policy

Name Provider Purpose Function Tracker Type
CookieConsent Cookiebot Required Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain HTTP
rc::a Google Required 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. HTML
rc::c Google Required 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. HTML
li_gc LinkedIn Required Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain HTTP
bscookie LinkedIn Required Used for remembering that a logged in user is verified by two factor authentication. HTTP
__cf_bm TechTarget Required 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. HTTP
CONSENT YouTube Required Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. HTTP
__RequestVerificationToken www.aras.com Required Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. HTTP
ASP.NET_SessionId www.aras.com Required Preserves the visitor’s session state across page requests. HTTP
SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE www.aras.com Required Used by Sitecore Engagement Analytics to identify the visitor on repeat visits to the website. HTTP
lidc LinkedIn Preferences Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. HTTP
_ga Google Statistics Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. HTTP
_ga_# Google Statistics 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. HTTP
_gat Google Statistics Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
_gid Google Statistics Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. HTTP
collect Google Statistics Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Pixel
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress Hotjar Statistics This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors – this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. HTTP
_hjFirstSeen Hotjar Statistics This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website. HTTP
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_# Hotjar Statistics Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. HTTP
_hjSession_# Hotjar Statistics Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. HTTP
_hjSessionUser_# Hotjar Statistics Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. HTTP
_hjTLDTest Hotjar Statistics Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. HTTP
_hjRecordingEnabled Hotjar Statistics Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. HTML
_hjRecordingLastActivity Hotjar Statistics Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. HTML
hjViewportId Hotjar Statistics Saves the user’s screen size in order to adjust the size of images on the website. HTML
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample Hotjar Statistics Used to detect whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics. HTTP
AnalyticsSyncHistory LinkedIn Statistics Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. HTTP
ln_or LinkedIn Statistics Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. HTTP
visitorId Vidyard Statistics Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. HTML
_gcl_au Google Marketing Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. HTTP
ads/ga-audiences[x2] Google Marketing Used to detect whether the user intends to leave the page via cursor movements. This allows the website to trigger certain pop-ups to keep the user on the website or convert them to customer. Pixel
bcookie LinkedIn Marketing Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. HTTP
UserMatchHistory LinkedIn Marketing Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. HTTP
LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY YouTube Marketing Saves the user settings when retrieving aYoutubevideo integrated on other web pages.
HTTP
LogsDatabaseV2:V16a38e60||#LogsRequestsStore YouTube Marketing Used for YouTube video-content on the website. IDB
nextId YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. HTTP
remote_sid YouTube Marketing Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. HTTP
requests YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. HTTP
TESTCOOKIESENABLED YouTube Marketing Used for YouTube video-content on the website. Session. HTTP
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE YouTube Marketing Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. HTTP
YSC YouTube Marketing Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. HTTP
YtIdbMeta#databases YouTube Marketing Pending IDB
yt-remote-cast-available YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
yt-remote-cast-installed YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
yt-remote-connected-devices YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
yt-remote-device-id YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
yt-remote-fast-check-period YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
yt-remote-session-app YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
yt-remote-session-name YouTube Marketing Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video HTML
td Google Unclassified Pending Pixel
a/gif.gif TechTarget Unclassified Pending Pixel
{“words”:[#,#,#,#,#],”sigBytes”:20} Vidyard Unclassified Pending HTML
vidyardSettings Vidyard Unclassified Pending HTML
__acuuid beacon.cdnma.com Unclassified Pending HTTP
__mauuid beacon.cdnma.com Unclassified Pending HTTP
arascorp www.aras.com Necessary Applies an anonymous unique ID to visitor for different functions. HTTP
corporate#lang www.aras.com Necessary Keeps track of language session. HTTP