At Expat Info Desk we take your privacy seriously and never share any personal data you submit to us when purchasing a guide from us or using any of our other services with any other companies.
In order to run our website as efficiently as possible and track usage across our content we set several cookies on your computer when you visit our website. Below you can find details of all the cookies that may be set on your computer when you visit our website.
You can find out more about cookies at AboutCookies.org and also read our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use of Expat Info Desk Website and Terms of Service.
Our server sets certain session cookies to enable our shop to work and to make our site run as fast as possible. If you block these cookies you will not be able to use our shop or sign in to your account.
| Cookie name | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eidChunk | www.expatinfodesk.com | Account session | Alphanumeric string | Session | Session |
| PHPSESSID | www.expatinfodesk.com | Site sessions | Alphanumeric string | Session | Session |
| psCookie | www.expatinfodesk.com | Shop basket | Alphanumeric string | Session | Session |
| X-Mapping-"RANDOM" | www.expatinfodesk.com | Site performance | Alphanumeric string | Session | Session |
| X-Mapping-"RANDOM" | images.expatinfodesk.com | Site performance | Alphanumeric string | Session | Session |
| __jid | www.expatinfodesk.com | Site performance | Numeric string | Session | Session |
Across certain pages of our website we use the AddThis widget to help our visitors share our content better.
| Cookie names | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uid, uvc | .addthis.com | Not known | Alphanumeric string | Permanent | 2 years |
In our Blog, News and Expat's Manual sections we use Disqus to manage our comments.
| Cookie name(s) | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __qca | .disqus.com | Statistics | Alphanumeric string | Permanent | 5 years |
| __utma | .disqus.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Permanent | 2 years |
| __utmb | .disqus.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Permanent | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | .disqus.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Session | Session |
| disqus_unique | .disqus.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Permanent | 1 year |
| testCookie | .disqus.com | Statistics | 1 | Session | Session |
We use Google Analytics as our primary statistics platform to track how our website is being used and where our visitors are coming from. This helps us find out which content is currently popular and plan future guides and articles.
| Cookie name | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __utma | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Permanent | 2 years |
| __utmb | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Permanent | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Numeric string | Session | Session |
| __utmz | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Alphanumeric string | Permanent | 6 months |
When we display adverts on our website we use Google DoubleClick for Small Business to serve these adverts.
| Cookie name | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __gads | .expatinfodesk.com | Reporting | Alphanumeric string | Permanent | 2 years |
Quantcast provides certified traffic reports for our website that we use to help prove to our advertisers our statistics.
| Cookie name | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __qca | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Alphanumeric string | Permanent | 5 years |
Mint is our local statistics platform that provides us with real-time traffic usage so we can check that everything is working properly. All statistical data are stored on our server and not shared with anybody.
| Cookie name | Cookie domain | Cookie purpose | Value | Persistence | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MintAcceptsCookies | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | 1 | Session | Session |
| MintUnique | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | 1 | Permanent | 3650 days |
| MintUniqueDay | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Timestamp | Permanent | 1 day |
| MintUniqueHour | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Timestamp | Permanent | 1 hour |
| MintUniqueLocation | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | 1 | Permanent | 3650 days |
| MintUniqueMonth | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Timestamp | Permanent | 1 month |
| MintUniqueWeek | .expatinfodesk.com | Statistics | Timestamp | Permanent | 1 week |
