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Visitor Statistics Cookies
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You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Domain | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| londonmark.masonic.events | cookieconsent_status | Used to store the user’s cookie acceptance for this website. |
| .masonic.events | _ga _gid _gat |
Part of Google Analytics and allow us to measure information about how visitors use our site. This includes identifying each unique user to our site and details of each page visited. |
| .wonderful.org | __cfduid | Set by CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable information. |
| .youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. |
| .youtube.com | YSC | Set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video |
| .youtube.com | PREF | Stores your preferences and other information. |
| .youtube.com | GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographic GPS location. |
| .doubleclick.net | test_cookie | Tests for cookie setting permissions for Google Analytics |
| .doubleclick.net | IDE | Set by DoubleClick and used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to you across the web. |
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