Date: 13th of June, 2022
General statement on Cookies
The Website uses cookies and/or other similar technologies to collect and store certain information. This typically involves pieces of information or code transferred to or accessed from your computer hard drive or mobile device to store and sometimes track information about you, and to distinguish you from other users of the Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse (e.g. storing searches and presenting personalised content) and also allows us to improve the Website. This document should be read in conjunction with Gitpod’s Privacy Policy.
A number of cookies and similar technologies last only for the duration of your web or app session and expire when you close your browser or exit the Website. Others are used to remembering you when you return to the Website and will last for longer.
We use strictly necessary cookies if they are necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or because using them is in our legitimate interests (where we have considered that these are not overridden by your rights). We use all other cookies with your consent.
We use the following types of cookies, the specific details of which are set out in the table further below:
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Site and under our terms with you. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Site or (on other sites) use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Functionality cookies
These may be used to recognise you when you return to our Site. This enables us, subject to your choices and preferences, to personalise our content, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, choice of language or region).
Analytical / Performance cookies
These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Stie when they are using it. This helps us improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Targeting/Advertising 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 subject to your choices and preferences 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.
Disabling cookies
The effect of disabling cookies depends on which cookies you disable but, in general, the Site may not operate properly if all cookies are switched off. If you want to disable cookies on our Website, you can click on “Cookie Preferences” in the footer.
You can also change your browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use and you can find more information here: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Specific details on Cookies
Product/Website | Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Cookie Duration | Third-Party Cookie | More Information |
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Product, Website | gitpod-user | Strictly Necessary | Recognises if a user visited the Gitpod product | 1 year | No | |
Product | gitpod_io | Strictly Necessary | Session sign-in cookie to recognise user login status | 1 week | No | |
Website | GCLB | Strictly Necessary | Load balancing to quickly provide our website and services | Session | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Product | gitpod-ui-experiments | Strictly Necessary | Describes if a Gitpod user enabled UI beta | Persistent | No | |
Product | open-in-gitpod-search data | Strictly Necessary | Provides latest search results in Gitpod to enable better loading times | Persistent | No | |
Product | team-selection | Strictly Necessary | Describes if a Gitpod user selected a team to be working with | Persistent | No | |
Website | algoliasearch-client-js | Strictly Necessary | Necessary in order to optimize the website’s search -bar function . The cookie ensures accurate and fast search results. | Persistent | No | |
Website | CONSENT | Strictly Necessary | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted cookies on our website. This is necessary for privacy compliance. | 2 years | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | ajs_anonymous_id | Strictly Necessary | Cookie used to identify reoccurring website visitors and contact form submissions | 1 year | Yes | https://segment.com/legal/privacy/ |
Website | ajs_anonymous_id | Strictly Necessary | Local Browser Storage used to identify reoccurring website visitors and contact form submissions | Persistent | Yes | https://segment.com/legal/privacy/ |
Product | rc::a | Strictly Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is necessary for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Product, Website | gp-analytical | Strictly Necessary | Stores and indicates cookie consent preferences of an user for a certain category | 1 year | No | |
Product, Website | gp-necessary | Strictly Necessary | Stores and indicates cookie consent preferences of an user for a certain category | 1 year | No | |
Product, Website | gp-targeting | Strictly Necessary | Stores and indicates cookie consent preferences of an user for a certain category | 1 year | No | |
Website | _gcl_au | Targeting/Marketing | Used by Google Ad sense to store and track conversions and advertising efficiency | 3 months | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | tld | Targeting/Marketing | Used to track users across multiple website in order to present relevant advertisement | Session | No | |
Website | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Targeting/Marketing | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos | 6 months | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | YSC | Targeting/Marketing | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from You Tube the user has seen | Session | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt.innertube::nextId | Targeting/Marketing | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from You Tube the user has seen | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt.innertube::requests | Targeting/Marketing | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from You Tube the user has seen | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-cast-available | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-cast-installed | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-connected-devices | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-device-id | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-fast-check-period | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-session-app | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | yt-remote-session-name | Targeting/Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | Persistent | Yes | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Website | ajs_user_id | Analytics/Performance | Generates a userID to identify reoccurring website visitors | Persistent | Yes | https://segment.com/legal/privacy/ |
Website | gitpod-marketing-website-visited | Analytics/Performance | Recognises if a user visited http://gitpod.io | 1 year | No |