Retention & Deletion · Context
Session cookies end when the browser closes; persistent cookies stay for a set time and can be recognised on other sites
Cookies can stay on your computer or mobile device for different periods. Session cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically when or shortly after you close it. Persistent cookies stay after you close your browser or app and expire automatically after a set time, which the policy illustrates as a few days or weeks. When you return to the Platform, a third-party site or other sites that use the same cookies, persistent cookies on your device can be recognised. Specific retention periods for named cookies are given in the Types of cookies section.
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Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are “session cookies”. They exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically or shortly after you close your browser.
Other cookies are “persistent cookies”. They stay after you close your browser or app. Persistent cookies expire automatically after a set time, like a few days or weeks. When you return to the Platform, a third-party site or other sites that use the same cookies, persistent cookies on your device can be recognised.
Qualifications & exceptions
- “A few days or weeks” is an illustration; the named cookies later in the policy carry periods from 1 month to 24 months.
Not stated here
- Which sites other than the Platform use the same cookies is not stated.