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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