Cookies Used On Brilliant Directories Websites
Some countries have regulations in place that require website owners to notify users of their website that they use cookies, what those cookies area, and what they are used for. For Brilliant Directories website owners that need to provide these disclosures, here is a list of the cookies set by Brilliant Directories and what they do.
__lc.visitor_id.nnnnnnnn
This cookie is associated with software provided by LiveChat Inc, which allows website owners to talk to visitors on their site through a Live Chat interface. The root of the cookie name is __lc.visitor_id. followed by a unique seven digit number which is a visitor identifier. The cookie will allow the application to recognize a returning visitor to the website. This is 3rd party software supported by Brilliant Directories.
_ga
This cookie is added by Google Analytics, website visitor analytics software provided by Google, which is widely used and supported by Brilliant Directories. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
loggedin
This cookie is used by Brilliant Directories to distinguished a user who is logged in to a member account on the website from a user who is not logged in to a member account on the website. If the user is logged in, this will have a value of 1.
__Secure-sessionID5
This is the custom name of the user session employed by Brilliant Directories to distinguish it from other potential unique user sessions. Whenever a session is given a unique name, that unique name is saved as a cookie, along with a unique identifier of that session ID.
token
When a user is logged in to a member account on a Brilliant Directories website, this is a unique identifier used to verify the member if they take certain actions while using the website such as adding a post or member to their "Favorites".
subscription_id
When a user creates a member account on a Brilliant Directories website, they are associated with a certain "Membership Level" or "Product". This cookie stores the unique ID number associated with this "Membership Level" or "Product".
useractive
When a user is logged in to a member account on a Brilliant Directories website, this cookie will identify the "Status" of the member's account - whether it is active, not active, or deleted.
userid
When a user creates a member account on a Brilliant Directories website, their account is assigned a unique ID number. This number is stored in this cookie as another identification method when the user takes certain actions on the website such as adding a post or member to their "Favorites".
profession_id
When a user is logged in to a member account on a Brilliant Directories website, the profession_id is the unique identifier of the Main Category associated with that member's account. For example, if a member registered themselves as a Doctor, which has an associated ID of 25 on the website, this cookie will store the number 25 to identify this member as being associated with this Main Category.
mobile_preloader
This tracks whether it is the first time the visitor has loaded a page on the site. If the visitor has loaded a page on the site, this cookie will be set to 1 and the "Mobile Preloader" functionality will not longer be initiated for subsequent page loads. This cookie is only set when the "Front-End Optimization: Mobile Preloader" Advanced Setting is enabled.
