Last updated January 19, 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how Webnames.ca Inc. ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at webnames.ca ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Webnames.ca Inc.) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specificcookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
| Name: |
rc::a |
| Purpose: |
Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. |
| Provider: |
www.google.com |
| Service: |
reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
_wnpsk |
| Purpose: |
Webnames long-lived ("public") session cookie |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
9 years 11 months 28 days |
| Name: |
wsID |
| Purpose: |
Webnames short-lived session cookie |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
| Purpose: |
Used by Microsoft .NET-based sites to maintain an anonymized user session by the server. This cookie expires at the end of a browsing session which is determined by the application configuration. |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
.NET platform View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
mc-suspend-data-undefined |
| Purpose: |
Probably Madcap (static help content) related. |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_session_storage |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
__RequestVerificationToken |
| Purpose: |
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Microsoft View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
session |
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
| Name: |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
| Purpose: |
Stores the last result entry key used by YouTube |
| Provider: |
www.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
intercom.intercom-state# |
| Purpose: |
Stores the user's state data for the Intercom messenger |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Intercom Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
yt.innertube::requests |
| Purpose: |
Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user |
| Provider: |
www.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
intercom-session-# |
| Purpose: |
Tracks the user's session data for the Intercom messenger |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Intercom Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
7 days |
| Name: |
intercom-id-jtl276dm |
| Purpose: |
__________ |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Intercom Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
8 months 26 days |
| Name: |
intercom-device-id-# |
| Purpose: |
Stores the user's device ID for the Intercom messenger |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Intercom Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
8 months 26 days |
| Name: |
yt-remote-connected-devices |
| Purpose: |
Stores a list of connected devices for YouTube |
| Provider: |
www.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
yt.innertube::nextId |
| Purpose: |
Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user |
| Provider: |
www.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
yt-remote-device-id |
| Purpose: |
Stores a unique ID for the user's device for YouTube |
| Provider: |
www.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
intercom.played-notifications |
| Purpose: |
__________ |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Intercom Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_session_storage |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
gtm_id |
| Purpose: |
Tracks how to interact with Intercom websites and ensures you are seeing page states that are relevant to your experience |
| Provider: |
.intercom.com |
| Service: |
Intercom Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
1 year |
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
| Name: |
_gat |
| Purpose: |
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
less than 1 minute |
| Name: |
counters.gif |
| Purpose: |
__________ |
| Provider: |
forms.hsforms.com |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
pixel_tracker |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
lastExternalReferrer |
| Purpose: |
Facebook related. |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
pa-l |
| Purpose: |
Pinterest social sharing |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Pinterest |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
NID |
| Purpose: |
Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days |
| Provider: |
.google.com |
| Service: |
Google View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
6 months |
| Name: |
_gid |
| Purpose: |
Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session. |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
23 hours 59 minutes |
| Name: |
_ga |
| Purpose: |
Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Name: |
_ga_# |
| Purpose: |
Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Name: |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
| Purpose: |
__________ |
| Provider: |
.youtube.com |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
5 months 27 days |
| Name: |
#collect |
| Purpose: |
Sends data such as visitor’s behavior and device to Google Analytics. It is able to keep track of the visitor across marketing channels and devices. It is a pixel tracker type cookie whose activity lasts within the browsing session. |
| Provider: |
www.google-analytics.com |
| Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
pixel_tracker |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
pa-l_enabled |
| Purpose: |
Pinterest social sharing |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Pinterest |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
__cf_bm |
| Purpose: |
Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. |
| Provider: |
.hubspot.com |
| Service: |
CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
29 minutes |
| Name: |
lastExternalReferrerTime |
| Purpose: |
Seems to be Facebook related. |
| Provider: |
www.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
__________ |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
html_local_storage |
| Expires in: |
persistent |
| Name: |
_hjSessionUser_{site_id} |
| Purpose: |
Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Hotjar does not track users across different sites. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. 365 days duration. JSON data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjid |
| Purpose: |
This is an old cookie that we do not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser, we will reuse its value and migrate to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}. Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. 365 days duration. UUID data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
__________ |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjFirstSeen |
| Purpose: |
Identifies a new user’s first session. Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjHasCachedUserAttributes |
| Purpose: |
Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not. Session duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjUserAttributesHash |
| Purpose: |
Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated. 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds. Content hash data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
__________ |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjUserAttributes |
| Purpose: |
Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API. No explicit expiration. Base64 encoded JSON data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
hjViewportId |
| Purpose: |
Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions. Session duration. UUID data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
hjActiveViewportIds |
| Purpose: |
Stores user active viewports IDs. Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization. JSON data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjSession_{site_id} |
| Purpose: |
Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity. JSON data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjSessionTooLarge |
| Purpose: |
Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large or if the site has been rate limited temporarily. Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit. 4h duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjSessionResumed |
| Purpose: |
Set when a session/recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection. Session duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjCookieTest |
| Purpose: |
Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Deleted almost immediately after it is created. Under 100ms duration, cookie expiration time set to session duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjLocalStorageTest |
| Purpose: |
Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. Under 100ms duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjSessionStorageTest |
| Purpose: |
Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjSessionStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. Under 100ms duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id} |
| Purpose: |
Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress |
| Purpose: |
Used to detect the first pageview session of a user. 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
| Name: |
_hjTLDTest |
| Purpose: |
We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname. It means that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). After this check, the cookie is removed. Session duration. Boolean true/false data type. |
| Provider: |
Hotjar Ltd. |
| Service: |
__________ View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
__________ |
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
| Name: |
ga-audiences |
| Purpose: |
Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites |
| Provider: |
www.google.com |
| Service: |
AdWords View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
pixel_tracker |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
_fbp |
| Purpose: |
Facebook tracking pixel used to identify visitors for personalized advertising. |
| Provider: |
.webnames.ca |
| Service: |
Facebook View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Type: |
http_cookie |
| Expires in: |
2 months 29 days |
| Name: |
YSC |
| Purpose: |
YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
| Provider: |
.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
session |
| Name: |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
| Purpose: |
YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
| Provider: |
.youtube.com |
| Service: |
YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
5 months 27 days |
| Name: |
lidc |
| Purpose: |
To facilitate data center selection |
| Provider: |
.linkedin.com |
| Service: |
LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
24 hours |
| Name: |
bcookie |
| Purpose: |
Browser Identifier cookie used for diagnostic purposes. |
| Provider: |
.linkedin.com |
| Service: |
LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
1 year |
| Name: |
li_sugr |
| Purpose: |
Used to make a probabilistic match of a user's identity outside the Designated Countries |
| Provider: |
.linkedin.com |
| Service: |
LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy |
| Country: |
United States |
| Type: |
server_cookie |
| Expires in: |
90 days |
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only wayto recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitorthe traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may updatethis Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at support@webnames.ca or by post to:
Webnames.ca Inc.
3020 Lincoln Ave.
#260
Coquitlam, British Columbia V3B 6B4
Canada
Phone: (+1)604-633-3097
Fax: (+1)206-456-2714