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Necessary

(Authentication, Security, Preferences, features and services)

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set and used in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in to secure areas of our website or filling in forms or making use of e-billing services. Without these cookies services you have asked for (e.g. login) cannot be provided.

Name(s) Provider Purpose Expiry Type
__session   Truecaller   Stores necessary preferences to provide site functionality.   30 days   HTTP  
tc:cookies   Truecaller   Preferences, to store cookie preferences.   1 year   HTTP  
tc:user   Truecaller   Preferences, Authentication, to store necessary preferences and session information.   Persistant   LocalStorage  
tc:ipcountry   Truecaller   Functional, to set default country for search and sign in based on ip.   Session   SessionStorage  
tc:ipregion   Truecaller   Functional, to suggest language based on country and region.   Session   SessionStorage  
tc:searchcountry   Truecaller   Functional, to remember last country used in search.   Persistant   LocalStorage  
tc:comments   Truecaller   Functional, to remember vote status on comments.   Persistant   LocalStorage  
tc:dismisslanguagesuggestion   Truecaller   Preferences, to store locale suggestion preferences.   1 day   HTTP  
__cfduid   CloudFlare   Functional, to identify trusted web traffic.   30 days   HTTP  
__stripe_mid   Stripe   Functional, to provide fraud prevention.   1 year   HTTP  
__stripe_sid   Stripe   Functional, to provide fraud prevention.   30 minutes   HTTP  
tc:dismissexitintentpopup   Truecaller   Preferences, to store exit intent popup dismissal preferences.   3 days   HTTP  
tc:searches   Truecaller   Functional, to count and regulate searches.   < 24 hours   HTTP  
tc:dismisspublicationcertificatenotice   Truecaller   Preferences, to store publication certificate notice dismissal preferences.   7d   HTTP  
tc:selectedlanguage   Truecaller   Preferences, to store selected language preferences.   7d   HTTP  
flutter.current_session_id   ZipZip   To maintain current user session.   Persistant   LocalStorage  
messages#box   ZipZip   To maintain the message history.   Persistant   IndexedDB  
firebase-heartbeat-database#firebase-heartbeat-store   ZipZip   Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security.   Persistent   IndexedDB  
firebaseLocalStorageDb#firebaseLocalStorage   ZipZip   Used by Firebase for secure user authentication.   Persistent   IndexedDB  
tc:webpremiumsubscribed   Truecaller   Preferences, to store web premium promotion dismissal preferences.   7d   HTTP  

Analytics

We partner with Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Name(s) Provider Purpose Expiry Type
_clck   Microsoft   Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID.   1 year   HTTP  
_clsk   Microsoft   Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.   24 hours   HTTP  
_cltk   Microsoft   This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity tool and stores information about how visitors use the website   Session   SessionStorage  
CLID   Microsoft   Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.   1 year   HTTP  
ANONCHK   Microsoft   Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0.   10 minutes   HTTP  
MR   Microsoft   Indicates whether to refresh MUID.   7 days   HTTP  
MUID   Microsoft   Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.   390 days   HTTP  
SM   Microsoft   Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.   Session   HTTP  
SRM_B   Microsoft   This cookie is installed by Microsoft Bing. Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites.   390 days   HTTP  

Marketing

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Name(s) Provider Purpose Expiry Type
CONSENT   youtube.com   Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner.   2 years   HTTP  
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE   youtube.com   Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.   179 days   HTTP  
YSC   youtube.com   Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.   Session   HTTP  
yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-cast-installed, yt-remote-connected-devices, yt-remote-device-id   youtube.com   Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.   Persistant   HTML  
yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app, yt-remote-session-name   youtube.com   Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video   Session   HTML  
OT2 (6-digit ID)   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Advertiser-defined measurement of activity on advertiser website.   90 days   HTTP  
ActivityInfo2   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Conversion, attribution and ROI measurement.   90 days   HTTP  
A6 (6-digit Advertiser ID)   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Conversion and ad view measurement; ad rotation and ad delivery sequence.   90 days   HTTP  
eboptout   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Interest-based advertising opt-out.   5 years   HTTP  
F1, S2   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Measurement of search engine (3rd party) conversions, attribution and ROI.   90 days   HTTP  
TargetingInfo3, G4 (6-digit sID)   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Audience engaging/re-engaging based on visits to advertiser’s website.   90 days   HTTP  
U2   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Pseudonymous advertising ID for browser.   90 days   HTTP  
C6 (6-digit sID), D4 (6-digit DeliveryGroupID), B6 (6-digit sID, GroupID, AudienceSegmentationID)   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Ad view measurement; ad rotation/optimization and ad delivery sequence.   90 days   HTTP  
Um2   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Cookie syncing.   90 days   HTTP  
c_*, s_*,   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Session cookie used to bridge the impression to the clickthrough when the impression was served without any javascript (such as on incompatible devices, etc.).   Session   HTTP  
cisi_*   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Keeps state of the video serving for a given session.   Session   HTTP  
r1, r#   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Session cookie that protects the server and the client from redirect loops.   Session   HTTP  
searchsession_*   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Session cookie that protects the server from redirect loops, used in conjunction with measuring search events.   Session   HTTP  
ccsession   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Session cookie facilitating measurement of search events.   Session   HTTP  
OT_*   Sizmek Ad Suite (SAS)   Session cookie for advertiser-defined measurement of activity on its website.   Session   HTTP  
_ttp   truecaller.com   To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience (including ads) on TikTok   3 months, from the last date it was used   HTTP  
_ttp   .tiktok.com   To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience (including ads) on TikTok   3 months, from the last date it was used   HTTP  
csrftoken   instagram.com   CSRF protection token to prevent cross-site request forgery for embedded Instagram videos.   Removed when the user closes the video.   HTTP  
ig_did   instagram.com   Device identifier for tracking user sessions for embedded Instagram videos.   Removed when the user closes the video.   HTTP  
mid   instagram.com   Unique identifier for user sessions for embedded Instagram videos.   Removed when the user closes the video.   HTTP