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Our website (www.theopen.com) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. You can find out more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to The One Club.
  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. 
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Name

Cookie Type

Purpose

ASP.NET_SessionId

Strictly necessary

A general platform session cookie used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.

 

website#lang

 

Strictly necessary

Application cookie set by the website to ensure the proper functioning of language versions.

 

_gat_UA-109774186-1

_gat_UA-25967024-1

_ga_LFWMMB3DG0

Performance

These are pattern type cookies set by Google Analytics used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

 

mc

 

Performance

Anonymously tracks how users interact with the website.

 

_ga

_gid

 

Analytics

 

Set by Google Analytics. These cookies show us how many people have visited the website and when, but cannot be used to identify you. This helps us to improve our website’s usability. You can find out more about Google Analytics cookies here.

 

_stid

 

Analytics

Used for site analytics to determine things such as pages visited and the amount of time spent on the website.

 

cookie-warning_is-site-visited

 

Functionality

Used to display/hide the cookie notification bar.

uuid

 

Targeting

To optimise relevance of adverts by collecting visitor data from multiple websites, including the pages that have been loaded.

 

_fbp

 

Targeting

Set by Facebook to deliver adverts when the user is on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.

 

fr

 

Targeting

Set by Facebook to show relevant adverts to users and measure and improve the adverts. The cookie also tracks the behaviour of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

 

personalization_id

 

Targeting

Set by Twitter used integrate the sharing features of Twitter. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting.

 

IDE

Targeting

Set by Google DoubleClick, this cookie stores information about how you use the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present you with adverts that are relevant to you.

 

EE

ud

 

Targeting

These cookies are used to store information about users’ visits to the website, including the number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the pages that have been loaded. This data is used for targeted advertising.

 

dpm

 

Targeting

Assigns a unique ID to each user that allows third-party advertisers to target that user with relevant adverts.

 

_clck

Analytics

Used to serve relevant adverts to the user and also measures the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

_clsk

Analytics

Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.

CLID

Analytics

Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.

ANONCHK

Analytics

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.

MR

Analytics

Indicates whether to refresh MUID.

MUID

Analytics

Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.

SM

Analytics

Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.

__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmt
__utmz 

Analytics

These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a returning visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session. They are set only after you have given us consent to use cookies.

 

__RequestVerificationToken

Functionality

The website is using ASP.NET's anti-forgery mechanism to prevent CSRF attacks. 

 

AkamaiAnalytics_BrowserSessionId

AKA_A2

Functionality

This cookie is used to route subsequent requests from the same client to the same Akamai edge server, which can help optimize caching and delivery of content. 

 

CookieControl 

Functionality

This cookie is set to remember the user's preferences about cookies. 

 

cookie-warning-settings_agreed 

Functionality 

Used to display/hide the cookie notification bar. 

 

userData

Functionality 

Get authenticated user info like name and membership.  

 

ballotOrdersFileNumber 

Strictly necessary 

Custom cookie used to track the user orders. 

 

COGNITO_ACCESS_TOKEN 

Strictly necessary 

This cookie allows the web application to maintain the user's authentication state and provide access to protected resources or functionalities within the application without requiring the user to reauthenticate for every request. 

 

CustomAntiForgery 

Strictly necessary 

Custom Cookie to prevent data forgery. 

 

HTML_BitRateBucketCsv
HTML_isPlayingCount
HTML_VisitCountCookie
HTML_VisitIntervalStartTime
HTML_VisitValueCookie 

Strictly necessary 

Custom cookies for measuring user engagement with media content. 

 

maxIdleTimeInSeconds

Strictly necessary 

Custom cookie to track the maximum idle time duration for user sessions. 

 

stx_rememberMe 

Strictly necessary 

This cookie is used to maintain the user's authentication state, cross-domain. 

 

volumeControl_volumeValue 

Strictly necessary 

The website utilizes a third-party audio and video player plugin and the cookie stores volume settings and preferences chosen by the user. 

 

_gcl_au 

Targeting 

This cookie is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 

 

_rdt_uuid 

Targeting 

This cookie is set by Reddit to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. 

 

_tt_enable_cookie
_ttp 

Targeting 

This tracking is used to evaluate and measure how different campaigns and marketing strategies perform on TikTok. Used to identify a visitor. 

 

 

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This cookies policy may be amended by us at any time. Please check this page periodically so that you are aware of any changes. This policy was last updated in March 2024.