Exhaustive list of cookies

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1) NID
Purpose: Set by Google Inc. (a third party cookie) to allow Google to track the number of our visitors using their maps. These cookies will remain on your website up to 2 years after your visit.

2) __ga
Expires: 2 years
Value: GA1.2.2139992631.1542957523
Purpose: This is a Google Analytics cookie. It is used to distinguish users by assigning them a unique ID number generated randomly. It is included in every page request and is used to calculate the number of visitors and visitor sessions to produce analytic reports.

3) _gat
Expires: Session
Value: 1
Purpose: This is a Google Analytics cookie, used to speed up access requests.

4) _gid
Expires: Session
Value: GA1.2.2011308127.1542957523
Purpose: This is a Google Analytics cookie. It is used to distinguish users so as to monitor website usage.

5) PHPSESSID (eg: ccdf798f8522c991fcfbd1acb4f3cb2d)
Expires: Session
Purpose: PHPSESSID is a PHP native cookie which enables websites to save session status data. It is used by this website to create a user session and to transmit status data through a temporary cookie, more commonly known as a session cookie. PHPSESSID does not have an expiry time and is destroyed when the client is closed down.


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