Cookies

Studybugs puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer. These are to enable the website to function – and with your consent, to help us understand how you use the site.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are used to:

  • track when you’re signed in.
  • manage network traffic.

These cookies are only used where strictly necessary. See below for details of each specific cookie.

Tracking when you’re signed in

If you register for an account on Studybugs, we use a cookie to track when you’re signed in. This enables the Studybugs web application to function.

Name Purpose Expires
session Keeps track of your signed-in session on Studybugs 14 days, or immediately when you sign out

Tracking consent preferences

When you make choices about analytics cookies, we use your browser’s local storage to keep track of your choice so we don’t have to keep asking you.

Name Purpose Expires
sb_cookie_preferences Keeps track of your cookie preferences on Studybugs Until cleared, invalidated after 90 days
sb_cookie_preferences_date Keeps track of when you last indicated a preference about cookies on Studybugs Until cleared, invalidated after 90 days

Cloudflare Cookies

Our CDN provider (Cloudflare) uses cookies to manage network traffic. Their cookie policy has further details on what these are used for.

Name Purpose Expires
__cfruid Used to support rate limiting At the end of your browser session.
_cfuvid Used to support rate limiting At the end of your browser session.
__cf_bm Used to prevent and mitigate automated (bot) traffic 30 minutes

Analytics Cookies

These cookies let us measure how our site is used so we can improve our services.

While signed in, these cookies are set automatically. Sign out to manage consent.

These cookies are only used with your consent.

You can manage your consent to these at any time.

Google Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics uses cookies to help us understand how you use our site. Their cookie policy has further details on what these are used for.

Name Purpose Expires
_ga Used to distinguish users. 2 years
_ga_<container-id> Used to persist session state. 2 years