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| Name | Vendor / Provider | Description | Duration (Days) | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKA_A2 | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is set by Akamai to improve performance. This cookie is used for DNS Prefetch and HTTP2 Push. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| RT | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for the Akamai cache function. | 7 | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| _abck | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary to distinguish legitimate users from bots. | 365 | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| ak_bmsc | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for Akamai's Bot Manager (to distinguish legitimate users from bots). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| bm_lso | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for Akamai’s Bot Manager (to distinguish legitimate users from bots). | 30 | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| bm_s | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for Akamai’s Bot Manager (to distinguish legitimate users from bots). | 31 | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| bm_so | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for Akamai’s Bot Manager and is used to store the outcome of bot score evaluations or state flags for session decisions (e.g., whether a CAPTCHA should be shown). | 1 | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| bm_ss | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for Akamai’s Bot Manager (includes obfuscated session metadata for replay-resistant validation). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| bm_sz | Akamai Technologies | This cookie is necessary for Akamai’s Bot Manager(to record size and timing characteristics of web page elements for bot/human analysis). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.akamai.com/legal/privacy-statement |
| 45293 | CHEQ Privacy (Ensighten) | This cookie is a necessary session cookie. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | |
| MAYO_CLINIC_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_Advertising | CHEQ Privacy (Ensighten) | This cookie is necessary to remember whether a user accepted advertising cookies, tags, and trackers. | 365 | https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-this-site/privacy-policy |
| MAYO_CLINIC_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_BANNER_VIEWED | CHEQ Privacy (Ensighten) | This cookie is necessary to remember whether the user has seen the cookie banner. | 365 | https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-this-site/privacy-policy |
| MAYO_CLINIC_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_Website_Analytics | CHEQ Privacy (Ensighten) | This cookie is necessary to remember whether the user has accepted functional and analytical cookies, tags, and trackers. | 365 | https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-this-site/privacy-policy |
| api#lang | Mayo Clinic | This cookie is necessary to stores the context language of the current site. Sample value: docsite#en | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/latest/platform-administration-and-architecture/cookies-used-by-sitecore.html |
| patientconsumer#lang | Mayo Clinic | This cookie is necessary to store the context language of the current site. Sample value: docsite#en | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/latest/platform-administration-and-architecture/cookies-used-by-sitecore.html |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Microsoft | This cookie is necessary to maintain an anonymized user session by the server. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement |
| TiPMix | Microsoft Azure | This cookie is necessary to our users to specific deployment slots during Testing in Production | Expires when your web session on our site ends | |
| x-ms-routing-name | Microsoft Azure | This cookie is necessary in Azure to route a user to a deployment slot which is used for load balancing and to route traffic. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | |
| SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | Sitecore | This cookie is necessary to store an ID (issued by Sitecore CMS) that represents the device and a true/false value indicating whether visitor classification was guessed (robot or not robot). Used by the tracker to identify a returning contact. | 400 | https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/latest/platform-administration-and-architecture/cookies-used-by-sitecore.html |
| scWffm_form_{form-id}_anticsrf | Sitecore | This cookie is necessary on some Sitecore pages with forms. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/latest/platform-administration-and-architecture/cookies-used-by-sitecore.html |
| Tealium | Tealium is required to deliver and manage cookie preferences, ensuring that other tags and trackers are enabled or disabled based on user choices. While certain Tealium cookies are set by default, they do not capture data unless the user has opted into Functional and Analytics cookies. | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ | ||
| ckiSvc | Tealium | Part of Mayo utility functions in Tealium | 5 | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| ckiXpry | Tealium | Part of Mayo utility functions in Tealium | 400 | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| TAPID | Tealium | Assigns unique ID for cross-domain user tracking | 365 | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main__pn | Tealium | Stores the number of pages viewed in a session | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main__se | Tealium | Stores session start time (epoch) - helps identify when the session began | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main__sn | Tealium | Stores session number - the number of sessions for the user | 365 | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main__ss | Tealium | Stores session status - indicates whether a session is active (1) or not (0). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main__st | Tealium | Stores session timeout - timestamp for when the session should expire. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main_dc_event | Tealium | Used for Tealium DataCloud event tracking (for real-time decisioning). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main_dc_region | Tealium | Stores region for DataCloud services (geo-targeting or load balancing). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main_dc_visit | Tealium | Stores unique DataCloud visit ID. | 365 | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main_ses_id | Tealium | Stores unique session ID. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
| utag_main_v_id | Tealium | Stores Tealium Visitor ID - a persistent ID to uniquely identify a user/browser. | 365 | https://docs.tealium.com/iq-tag-management/data-layer/cookies/ |
Functional and analytics cookies
These cookies allow us to enhance your experience by remembering your preferences and collecting information about how you interact with our site. This helps us improve usability, content, and overall performance for all users.
| Name | Vendor / Provider | Description | Duration (Days) | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| invoca_session | Invoca | Stores Invoca attribution window. The attribution window refers to the window of time Invoca will capture and update attribution values for each unique site visitor. | 400 | https://www.invoca.com/privacy-policy |
| da_intState | Medallia DXA (Decibel Insight) | This cookie is used to monitor and review user journeys on the site/platform, providing insights on how to improve the on-site experience. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.decibeltechnology.com/privacy-policy/ |
| da_lid | Medallia DXA (Decibel Insight) | This cookie is used to contain the unique ID of the visitor and to remember choices the user makes, providing enhanced and more personal features. It is also used for analytics purposes to track user behavior on the website. | 365 | https://www.decibeltechnology.com/privacy-policy/ |
| da_sid | Medallia DXA (Decibel Insight) | This cookie is used to collect information about how people use the website, to ensure the website is meeting user needs, and to help understand what could be improved. It contains the unique ID of the session (or visit). | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://www.decibeltechnology.com/privacy-policy/ |
| AMCV_[Adobe IMS Org ID] | Adobe | Commonly referred to as the Adobe ECID, Experience Cloud ID. It is the cookie identifier which Adobe traditionally uses for web analytics. For Mayo Clinic, we are only using this to display personalized content to visitors. | 365 | https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/core-services/interface/data-collection/cookies/web-sdk |
| kndctr_[Adobe IMS Org ID]_AdobeOrg_identity | Adobe | A helper cookie which is set and sent to Adobe Edge network to support setting the AMCV (ECID) identity. | 365 | https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/core-services/interface/data-collection/cookies/web-sdk |
| kndctr_[Adobe IMS Org ID]_AdobeOrg_cluster | Adobe | A helper cookie which defines the nearest Adobe Edge network server to the site visitor. | 365 | https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/core-services/interface/data-collection/cookies/web-sdk |
| kameleoonVisitorCode | Kameleoon | This cookie is set by the provider Kameleoon. It is used for storing a visitor code which helps in full stack experiments and ensures that a visitor always sees the same variant of an experiment. It also synchronizes data back to Kameleoon and checks if the current LocalStorage is empty. | 365 | https://www.kameleoon.com/privacy-policy |
| kampyle_userid | Medallia | This cookie is set by the provider Medallia. This cookie is used for storing a user ID. | 365 | https://www.medallia.com/legal/privacy-policy/ |
| kampyleSessionPageCounter | Medallia | This cookie is used for counting the number of pages a user views within a single session. | 365 | https://www.medallia.com/legal/privacy-policy/ |
| kampyleUserSession | Medallia | This cookie is used for setting a unique ID for the specific session. | 365 | https://www.medallia.com/legal/privacy-policy/ |
| kampyleUserSessionsCount | Medallia | This cookie is used for counting the number of sessions per user. | 365 | https://www.medallia.com/legal/privacy-policy/ |
Advertising cookies
These cookies allow us to show you more relevant ads based on your interests. They help limit repeat ads and make sure ads display properly. Advertising is limited to Mayo Clinic and our third-party partners and affiliates. Mayo Clinic will never sell any data that we collect through advertising cookies.
| Name | Vendor / Provider | Description | Duration (Days) | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDIUSER | DeepIntent | It is a third-party cookie used by DeepIntent platform to track user activity and personalize advertising. Specifically, it's used to identify users who have visited DeepIntent's platform and other partner websites for targeted advertising purposes. | 400 | https://www.deepintent.com/platform-privacy-policy/ |
| dmd-sid4 | DMD Marketing Corp / IQVIA | This cookie is used for targeting purposes across various websites | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://hcn.health/privacy-policy/ |
| dmd-tag | DMD Marketing Corp / IQVIA | This cookie, often used alongside dmd-sid4, is a performance cookie used for website monitoring and optimization. It collects anonymous information about user behavior, like which pages are visited most often, to improve the website's functionality. | 400 | https://hcn.health/privacy-policy/ |
| s-DMDSESSID | DMD Marketing Corp / IQVIA | Maintains session state for user tracking and targeted advertising. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://hcn.health/privacy-policy/ |
| __eoi | Used for security purposes by AdSense, AdSense for Search, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Google Ads | 180 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US | |
| __gads | Used for advertising purposes by AdSense, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Google Ads | 390 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US | |
| __gpi | Used for advertising purposes by AdSense, Google Ad Manager | 390 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US | |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 90 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US | |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 90 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US | |
| IDE | Used by Google's DoubleClick to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. These cookies measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. | 400 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US | |
| TDCPM | TradeDesk | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning visitor's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 365 | https://www.thetradedesk.com/legal/website-privacy-policy |
| TDID | TradeDesk | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning visitor's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 365 | https://www.thetradedesk.com/legal/website-privacy-policy |
| uuid2 | Xandr | This cookie contains a unique randomly generated value that enables Xandr to distinguish browsers and devices. This information is used by clients to select advertisements for delivery by the Platform, and to measure the performance of, and attribute payment for, those advertisements. | 90 | https://appnexustech.com/privacy-policy/ |
| XANDR_PANID | Xandr | Used by Xandr to store a unique randomly generated value that enables the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. | 90 | https://appnexustech.com/privacy-policy/ |
Video player cookies
Some pages of our site include videos hosted on Kaltura and YouTube. Cookies set by these video players allow you to view videos on this website, and enable those platforms and Mayo Clinic to collect information about your viewing behavior for analytics and advertising purposes. If you choose not to allow these cookies, Mayo Clinic will not collect your information and videos will be replaced with external links to the hosting sites.
| Name | Vendor / Provider | Description | Duration (Days) | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Google YouTube | Analyzes/measures which videos have been already been played by a user. | 180 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Google YouTube | Measures bandwidth to determine whether the user gets the new or old YouTube player UI. Also used to track user preferences and interactions with YouTube videos. | 180 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Google YouTube | Stores user privacy and consent settings regarding embedded YouTube content. | 180 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US |
| YSC | Google YouTube | Analyzes/measures views of embedded YouTube videos and user interaction during a session. | Expires when your web session on our site ends | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US |
| AEC APISID CONSISTENCY GPS HSID LOGIN_INFO PREF SAPISID SID* SSID ST* SOCS _Secure* |
Google YouTube | If you visit a page containing a YouTube video and are logged in to a YouTube or Google account, Google may use these cookies for security purposes, remember your preferences, and receive information about the videos you watch for analytics and advertising purposes cookies and collect data linked to your Google account. | Between 180 and 400 days | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US |
