Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation is firmly committed to protecting your privacy. We’ve created this Cookie Policy so that you can understand what cookies we use on our site and why we use them. By continuing to use our site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A “cookie” is a small piece of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system. All cookies have expiry dates in them that determine how long they stay in your browser. Cookies can be removed in two ways: automatically, when they expire or by manually deleting them. We’ve included information below on how you can manage and delete cookies.
We use Google Analytics cookies on our site to enable us to track visitor behavior and measure site performance. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that visitors can find what they are looking for easily. We also use cookies from Facebook, LinkedIn and Vimeo to help us understand how our services are being used (i.e., analytics) and for advertisements.
All the data contained in our cookies is completely anonymous and does not contain any personally identifiable information. More information about cookies can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/policy/cookies/ , https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en , https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table and https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy .
We do not use flash cookies (sometimes known as local shared objects).
Cookie |
Name |
Description |
Lifespan |
_fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. | 2 months | |
fr | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | 2 months | |
Google Analytics |
__utma |
This cookie distinguishes between site visitors and sessions and is used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
2 years from set/update |
Google Analytics |
__utmb |
This cookie determines new sessions and visits to our site. It is used to track page views and visitors behavior on our site, e.g., how long visitors stay on our site and the amount of time spent on each page. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
30 minutes from set/update |
Google Analytics |
__utmc |
This cookie is used to monitor how long visitors stay on our site. |
Expires at end of browser session |
Google Analytics |
__utmz |
This cookie collects information about how and when a visitor hits our site for the first time. It helps us to understand information such as the search engine used, the links clicked on, the keywords used and from where our site was accessed. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
6 months from set/update |
Google Analytics |
__utmv |
This cookie helps us to create custom variables to segment different groups of visitors and track their behavior on our site; for example the time spent on our site, how many times videos are played, paused or replayed, how many search queries are performed and how many PDF documents are downloaded. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
2 years from set/update |
Google Analytics |
_ga |
This cookie helps us to distinguish users. |
2 years |
Google Analytics |
_gat |
This cookie helps us to throttle request rate. |
10 minutes |
Google Analytics | _gid | This cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. |
1 day |
Google Analytics | _gat_UA- 70820096-1 |
This cookie contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 1 minute |
UserMatchHistory | LinkedIn Ads ID syncing | 30 days | |
li_sugr | Browser Identifier | 3 months | |
BizographicsOptOut | Determine opt-out status for 3rd party tracking | 10 years | |
_guid | Browser Identifier for Google Ads | 3 months | |
li-oatml | Member indirect indentifier for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics | 1 month | |
Various, first party domain | li_fat_id | Member indirect indentifier for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics | 1 month |
.adsymptotic.com | U | Browser Identifier | 3 months |
bcookie | Browser ID cookie | 2 years | |
bscookie | Secure Browser Cookie | 2 years | |
lang | Sets default locale/language | Session | |
lidc | Used for routing | 1 day | |
lissc | This Cookie is used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature | 1 year | |
Pardot |
visitor_id |
This cookie is set for visitors by the Pardot tracking code. |
180 days |
Pardot |
pi_opt_in |
This cookie is set for visitors by the Pardot tracking code. |
180 days |
Vimeo | player | This cookie is used to remember user’s player mode preferences. | 2 years |
Vimeo | vuid | This cookie is used to assign a Vimeo Analytics unique id. | 2 years |
Cookies are easy to manage or delete. You can either manually manage your cookies or use third party tools such as Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on to do this. Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on can be downloaded at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
To manually delete cookies: On the Start screen, tap or click Internet Explorer to open Internet Explorer. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and then tap Settings. (If you’re using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up and then click Settings.) Tap or click Options and then, under History, tap or click select. Select the Cookies check box and then tap or click Delete. To block cookies: Open the desktop and then tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar. Tap or click the Tools button and then tap or click Internet options. Tap or click the Privacy tab and under Settings, move the slider to the top to block all cookies and then tap or click OK.
To customize cookie settings: Open the desktop and then tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar. Tap or click the Tools button and then tap or click Internet options. On the Privacy tab, do one or more of the following: To set what types of cookies are blocked or allowed, move the slider. To block or allow specific websites, tap or click Sites. To import a privacy preferences file, tap or click Import. To override your privacy settings for certain types of cookies, tap or click Advanced. To reset privacy settings to their original level, tap or click Default. When you’re done making changes, tap or click OK. If you choose to block or delete our cookies, you will still be able to browse our site. For further information on how to manage or delete cookies, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.