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Cookies Policy
Xpand Cookies Policy
Introduction
This Cookies Policy (“Policy”) established by Xpand Ukraine LLC (“Xpand”, “we”, “us”, “our", “company”) is to inform the users of the processing we carry out in relation to your personal data with the help of cookies.
We use cookies on our website https://www.xpandsoftware.com (“Website”) for the following purposes:
● To ensure the functionality of the website;
● To recognize your device and save the actions you have previously made;
● To register you as a unique user;
● To analyze the users’ usage of the website to improve our services;
● To prevent fraud;
● Marketing purposes as provided for in the description of the cookies.
Cookies overview
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements that are used to remember your preferences, browser, or device during and across website visits. The information does not always may identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.
Cookies by provider
There are two types of cookies divided in accordance with the category of provide, namely:
● First-party cookies: those cookies that are placed on the website by the host of the domain the user is visiting that is the one we put in.
● Third-party cookies: those that are placed on the website by domains other than the one the user is visiting. As a variety of features that are necessary to ensure the personalized and convenient experience of the user may not be delivered by the website itself, third-party cookies are used.
We use first-party cookies as well as third-party cookies.
The list of the third party’s cookie providers is not exclusive and it might change from time to time in the course with our activity.
Please, bear in mind that this policy DOES NOT cover the cookies provided by third parties when you follow the links to the other websites presented at our website.
Cookies by period of expiry
The cookies also vary in the period of retention, namely:
● Session cookies: these are temporary cookies, which are deleted when you leave the website.
● Persistent cookies: these cookies stay in one of your browser's subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie's file.
We use session cookies as well as persistent cookies.
Types of cookies, purposes and retention
We use four main types of cookies, including those placed by the third parties' services that appear on our website:
● Necessary: enable users to use the website by providing basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
● Preferential: enable our website to remember choices that the user makes, leave comments.
● Statistical: help us understand how users interact with our website (e.g., page visits and page load speed) by collecting information anonymously, so that you may not be identified.
● Marketing: these cookies are set to deliver adverts that are more relevant to the user as they are based on their interests.
We do NOT set any advertisements. However, we provide such cookies to allow you to share our news on your social media.
For these purposes, we use Google Analytics cookie service and Disqus:
● For more information on Google Analytics, please click here.
● For more information on Disqus please here.
Category: Necessary (18)
Necessary Cookies enable users to use the website by providing basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _csrf | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | Session |
| _SessionId | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | The session ID is a unique, randomly generated number that is stored inside the server, it is assigned to a specific user for the duration of that user’s visit (session). | Session |
| viewspages | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Necessary to capture user's review of blog pages. This cookie is essential to prevent cheating on views quantity. | 12 Months |
| CookieConsent | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTML | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 6 Months |
| csrftoken | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Prevents CSRF attacks. | 1 year |
| __Secure-1PSID | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Authentication and security purposes. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PAPISID | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Fraud prevention and security. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PSIDCC | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Additional account security. | 1 year |
| __Secure-1PSIDTS | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Security monitoring for Google accounts. | 1 year |
| SIDCC | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Google account security. | 1 year |
| dsq__s | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Identifies the current Disqus session. | Session |
| dsq__u | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Identifies Disqus users. | 1 year |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Checks if the browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes |
| SM | c.clarity.ms; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Session management in Microsoft Clarity. | Session |
| _adminSessionId | xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Administrator session identifier. | Session |
| _identity | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | User authentication identifier. | Session |
| ar_debug | .doubleclick.net; third-party cookie |
HTML | Used for debugging advertisements. | Session |
| intercom-session-* | .disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Intercom session identifier. | 1 week |
Category: Preferential (22)
Preferential Cookies enable our website to remember choices that the user makes and leave comments.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| disqus_unique | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Necessary to enable the functionality of the website’s comment-system. | 12 months |
| disqusauths | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Necessary to enable the functionality of the website’s comment-system. | 3 months |
| disqusauth | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Necessary to enable the functionality of the website’s comment-system. | 3 months |
| sessionid | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Necessary to enable the functionality of the website's comment-system. | 3 months |
| __jid | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Necessary to enable the functionality of the website's comment-system. | 1 day |
| ruds euds |
disqus.com/live.rezync.com/rfihub.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to deliver targeted advertising across their network sites ensuring users see relevant advertising. | Session |
| rud eud |
disqus.com/live.rezync.com/rfihub.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to deliver targeted advertising across their network sites ensuring users see relevant advertising. | 12 months |
| TapAd_TS TapAd_DID TapAd_3WA Y_SYNCS |
disqus.com/live.rezync.com/ tapad.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to determine the type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, etc.) used by a user. | 2 months |
| zync-uuid sd-session-id |
disqus.com/live.rezync.com / live.rezync.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to anonymously collect demographic information. | 6 months |
| bku bkdc bkpa |
disqus.com/live.rezync.com / bluekai.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to register anonymized user as well as aggregate anonymous activities to enable marketers to provide more targeted online advertising. | 6 months |
| uuid2 | disqus.com/live.rezync.com / adnxs.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Cookie records what adverbs web browser has seen, what page it was on, when the browser saw the ad, whether the ad was clicked on and what type of pages the browser visited along with the IP address. | 3 months |
| pxrc nnls | disqus.com/pippio.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | This cookie is used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. It is also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. | 2 months |
| pxrc | disqus.com/pippio.com / rldcn.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance. | 2 months |
| did didts |
disqus.com/pippio.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | This cookie is used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. It is also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. | 12 months |
| rlas3 | disqus.com/pippio.com / rlcdn.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. | 12 months |
| rmuid icts |
disqus.com/live.rezync.com / linksynergy.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to present the visitors with relevant content the advertisement - The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | 12 months |
| IDE | disqus.com/live.rezync.com / doubleclick.net; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. | 13 months |
| disqus.onboarding | disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Tracks whether the user has completed Disqus onboarding. | 1 month |
| _lc2_fpi_js | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTML | Used by LiveChat to identify users. | 2 years |
| _lc2_fp | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | LiveChat user identifier. | 2 years |
| intercom-device-id-* | .disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Identifies device in Intercom. | 9 months |
| intercom-id-* | .disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Unique Intercom user identifier. | 9 months |
Category: Statistical (9)
Statistical Cookies help us understand how users interact with our website (e.g., page visits and page load speed) by collecting information anonymously.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 13 Months |
| _gat | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 1 Minute |
| _gid | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 Day |
| _ga_<container-id> | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Used by Google Analytics to track visits. | 2 years |
| _clck | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTML | Tracks user sessions for Microsoft Clarity. | 1 year |
| _clsk | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Links multiple page views into a single session for Clarity. | 1 day |
| _li_dcdm_c | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTML | Collects user interaction data. | 30 days |
| ANONCHK | c.clarity.ms; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used by Microsoft Clarity for anonymous tracking. | Session |
| CLID | clarity.ms; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Identifies users in Microsoft Clarity. | 1 year |
Category: Marketing (17)
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.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ads/ga-audiences | google.com; third-party cookie |
Pixel | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor 's online behavior across websites. | Session |
| 1P_JAR | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Stores info about how the end user uses the website and past advertising seen. | 1 month |
| SEARCH_SAME SITE | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Used for the correct sending of data to Google. | 5 months |
| AEC | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. | 6 months |
| NID | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used by Google to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language. | 6 months |
| APISID HSID SID SAPSID SSID |
google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing pages with Google Maps on them. | 13 months |
| __Secure- APISID/HSID/SSID |
google.com; third-party cookie |
HTML | Used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 13 months |
| __Secure-3PSID | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used by Google for personalized advertising. | 2 years |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Analyzes user behavior for advertising purposes. | 2 years |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used for Google advertising targeting. | 1 year |
| __Secure-3PSIDTS | google.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Analyzes user interaction with Google ads. | 1 year |
| lidid | .xpandsoftware.com; first-party cookie |
HTTP | Used for advertising tracking. | 2 years |
| MR | c.bing.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used by Microsoft for advertising tracking. | 7 days |
| MUID | bing.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Unique Microsoft user identifier for tracking. | 13 months |
| SRM_B | bing.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Analyzes user interaction with ads. | 1 year |
| DSID | doubleclick.net; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used for Google ad personalization. | 2 weeks |
| zeta-ssp-user-id | .disqus.com; third-party cookie |
HTTP | Used for ad targeting. | 1 year |
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However, please mind that if you choose to ‘Deny’ cookies through our Cookies Consent Form, only cookies strictly necessary for the operation of this website will be enabled.
Contact us
If you have any specific data protection concerns, please read Xpand Privacy Statement .
If you have any additional questions regarding the usage of the cookies as set in this policy, do not hesitate to contact us directly at e-mail address: compliance@xpandsoftware.com
An information in answer to such requests must be provided by the company without undue delay within at most 30 days from the date the appropriate request is received.
Xpand is devoted to resolve all the issues and answer all the questions you may have.
Last update: February 28, 2025