Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device. Pixels are small blocks of code on web pages that do things like allow another server to measure viewing of a Web page and are often used in connection with cookies. HTML5 Local Storage is a small database located inside your browser which web pages can use to store data to speed up their processing. We may use all three technologies from time to time, to help improve your browsing experience.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of our Sites/Apps. Cookies make the interaction between you and our Sites/Apps faster and easier. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Sites/Apps and our Services. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the Sites/Apps and also allows us to improve the Sites/Apps and Services. Cookies and other things like local storage also help us authenticate you to deliver personalised content.
We have outlined below the individual cookies we use and why we use them:
| COOKIE NAME | EXPIRY PERIOD | PURPOSE | MORE INFORMATION |
| _ga | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Google Analytics Cookie Usage |
| __gat | 10 minutes | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics Cookie Usage |
| SERVERSPID | session based | Identifies the Zzish server you’re connected to | |
| SERVERSQID | session based | Identifies the Zzish server you’re connected to | |
| __cfduid | Year | Used by Cloudflare (Cloudflare provides caching for our websites so you can load them faster) | |
| _gid | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Google Analytics Cookie Usage |
| _hjIncludedInSample | session based | Used by Zzish for internal metrics | |
| fr | 1 year | Facebook retargeting pixel | |
| guest_id | 2 years | Twitter retargeting pixel | |
| intercom-id-mnacdt52 | 20 years | Used by Intercom to identify user (Intercom allows us to talk to you and provide support in the product) | |
| io | session based | Identify the Zzish server (real time push notifications which powers the game views and our insight dashboards) | |
| personalization_id | 2 years | Twitter retargeting pixel | |
| test_cookie | 10 minutes | Doubleclick (Google ad network cookie) | |
| zzish_session_new | 1 year | Zzish uses this to persist login credentials in the browser (to keep you logged in) | |
| quiz_session | 1 year | Used by Zzish to persist login credentials in the browser (on quizalize.com) (to keep you logged in) | |
| language | 2 years | Used by Zzish to persist language selected (so pages don’t change language as you use the product) | |
| cookiesAllowed | 1 year | Used by Zzish to check if cookies can be saved | |
| zat | 1 year | Used by Zzish to persist user session (to keep you logged in) |
Please refer to your device’s help material to learn what controls you can use to remove or block cookies. Please remember that if you do this, it may affect your ability to use the Sites/Apps and/or the Services. As you use your device, you will encounter third parties that make use of cookies and similar technologies. We are not responsible for those third parties or what they may place on your device or in your browser.
If you’d like to know more about your personal data that we store and why, please read our Privacy Policy.
