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**reduxPersist%3AlocalStorage** Stores application state locally to ensure the proper functioning of embedded Spotify podcast playback.

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**reduxPersist%3Atutorial** Stores user interface state related to tutorial or guidance features for embedded Spotify podcast content.

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**anchor-website#keyvaluepairs** Stores configuration and state information to enable and manage embedded Spotify podcast playback.

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**com.spotify.single.item.cache:anchor-public-website** Caches podcast content data to enable reliable loading and playback of embedded Spotify episodes.

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**hubspot-modern-theme** Stores the user's HubSpot interface theme preference to provide a consistent visual experience across sessions.

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**number(#)** Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

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**analyze** This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site.

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**l.gif** This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site.

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**rl\_anonymous\_id** Registers a unique ID for the visitor in order for the website to recognize the visitor upon re-entry.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**rl\_page\_init\_referring\_domain** Stores the domain of the website that originally referred the visitor. Used for analytics and attribution to understand how visitors arrive at the site and measure traffic sources.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**rl\_session** Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

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**nv\_uid** Assigns a pseudonymous identifier to measure engagement with interactive product walkthroughs via Navattic.

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**\_\_q\_domainTest** Used in context with Account-Based-Marketing (ABM). The cookie registers data such as IP-addresses, time spent on the website and page requests for the visit. This is used for retargeting of multiple users rooting from the same IP-addresses. ABM usually facilitates B2B marketing purposes.

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**tracker/tc\_imp.gif** Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: Pixel Tracker

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**ziwsSession** Collects statistics on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**ziwsSessionId** Collects statistics on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: HTML Local Storage

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Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

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**lastExternalReferrer** Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**lastExternalReferrerTime** Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_fbp** Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 3 months**Type**: HTTP Cookie

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**6suuid** Registers user behaviour and navigation on the website, and any interaction with active campaigns. This is used for optimizing advertisement and for efficient retargeting.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 400 days**Type**: HTTP Cookie

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**sp\_tr** Tracks user interactions across Spotify services to support advertising measurement and campaign attribution.

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Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness.

**IDE** Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 400 days**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**test\_cookie** Pending

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 day**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**pagead/1p-conversion/#/** Tracks the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website - This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: Pixel Tracker

**pagead/1p-user-list/#** Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: Pixel Tracker

**\_gcl\_au** Used to measure the efficiency of the website’s advertisement efforts, by collecting data on the conversion rate of the website’s ads across multiple websites.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 3 months**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_gcl\_ls** Tracks the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website - This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

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**\_\_hmpl** Collects information on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content - This is used on CRM-campaign-platform used by website owners for promoting events or products.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_\_ptq.gif** Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: Pixel Tracker

**HUBLYTICS\_EVENTS\_53 \[x2\]** Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: HTML Local Storage

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**\_uetsid** Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_uetsid\_exp** Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_uetvid** Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_uetvid\_exp** Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**MR** Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 7 days**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**MUID** Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_uetsid** Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 day**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_uetvid** Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

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**rp.gif** Necessary for the implementation of the Reddit.com's share-button function.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: Pixel Tracker

**\_rdt\_uuid \[x2\]** Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 3 months**Type**: HTTP Cookie

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**\_vis\_opt\_s** Used by Visual Website Optimizer to determine if the visitor is participating in a design experiment.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 100 days**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_vis\_opt\_test\_cookie** Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Session**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_vwo\_ds** Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 2 months**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_vwo\_sn** Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 day**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_vwo\_uuid** Used by Visual Website Optimizer to ensure that the same user interface variant is displayed for each visit, if the user is participating in a design experiment.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_vwo\_uuid\_v2** This cookie is set to make split-tests on the website, which optimizes the website's relevance towards the visitor – the cookie can also be set to improve the visitor's experience on a website.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: 1 year**Type**: HTTP Cookie

**\_vwo\_584728\_config** Stores configuration settings for VWO to support website analytics and optimization testing.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_vwo\_eventHist** Stores visitor event history data used by VWO for analytics, A/B testing, and website optimization.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_vwo\_eventHistLastSession** Used by VWO to retain event interaction history from the user’s last browsing session to support analytics and experiment continuity.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_vwo\_eventHistSession** Used by VWO to track visitor interactions and experiment events within a browsing session.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

**\_vwo\_nls\_q\_#** Collects data on user interactions to support website analytics and optimization testing through VWO.

**Maximum Storage Duration**: Persistent**Type**: HTML Local Storage

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# Setting Boundaries: How Procurement Relates to Security (Part 1)

**August 24, 2022**
By Michael Griffin

4 minute read time

Companies are made up of what they build, borrow, and buy. On the software development front, Sonatype's tools help with two major issues: what you build (software) and borrow (open source code). But what about the things you buy? It's part of a wide umbrella in organizations known as "procurement," an area with an all-too-common lack of understanding and oversight.

A multi-part interview with Sonatype VP of Security Mike Griffin about this issue, starting with an introduction to the topic.

## How Are Security and Procurement Connected?

Mike: First, think about partners or vendors and a technology or service. It's not much different than bringing on an employee or contractor. We've got to do background checks to ensure they don't have a shady history. After all, you're not going to bring on a new CFO or someone in finance with a history of fraud. Similarly, we want to avoid vendors with poor security hygiene.

You want to ensure that the partners you bring are healthy and have a track record of delivering on their promises.

Second, is what you're purchasing either a highly integrated technology or a service that hands over sensitive information? If so, it's important that the partner and solution together have been reviewed to ensure that we get the quality we expect. That they're doing the right things with our data.

Just like a new hire, you're looking at abilities, experience, and knowledge. After all, if we hand them crucial customer data, we want to be sure that they're going to protect it equal to or better than we can.

Third, we also want to think about culture. Think about bringing on an employee that doesn't fit with our culture and values. The same goes with vendors. There are certain vendors out there that you may not want to have a relationship with, because they:

- Have unclear or risky practices

- Are difficult to work with

- Have contracts that put you at risk

After all, signing up with vendors who say "we’re not liable for anything" with critical customer information puts your organization at risk.

Whether you buy it or build it, it's important to ensure that you have a process that allows you to analyze the fit, form, and function.

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Considerations like this also give you the opportunity when something new is proposed to pause and ask: "do we already have a service or piece of technology that does this?"

## What Are the Dangers?

When you have low-maturity procurement discipline, you may end up with a no-technology-left-behind situation, without any filter. Dangers here include orphaned systems, lack of sunsetting, overt complexity, and licensing problems.

_Orphaned systems_

Let's say an employee bought something, they use it once or for one specific thing. Yet it's still running and we're still paying for it. Who owns it? Orphaned tools and services like these lead to cybersecurity problems, unnecessary expense, and other types of risk.

_Lack of sunsetting_

Unused or outdated services without a system to take them offline can leave important information beyond your company's borders. Important data left in the hands of that technology, vendor, or service leads to still more risk.

_Overt complexity_

One form of technical debt is a tangled, unmanaged, and overlapping environment, or sprawl. This is because the more moving parts you have, the more you have to manage those vendors and solutions. All those mean more chances for issues to get lost in confusion, more chances for error.

_License problems_

This last issue happens everywhere, but especially in places where there's either no procurement system or the steps in place are too laborious. Developers, for example, will often go and grab an open source program and start using it without looking at legal obligations. Nothing against open source, but some have limits. Some free for use, but not in a commercial environment.

You could have lawsuits due to inappropriate licensing.

## How Does Bad Procurement Create Technical Debt or Rework?

Mike: There are many different tech debt types out there, and bad procurement can certainly contribute to the problem.

Sometimes staff will buy things that are used as a one-off or temporary fix, which ends up getting hard-wired into your process. Then, when you start trying to untangle these tools and services, you have to start asking hard questions like:

- Who owns this?

- What is this running?

- Is this even necessary?

One direct example I've seen is finding a strange device in your server room or a networking device held up by a cable that no one uses anymore. If you don't have a process that assigns ownership, you wind up orphaned equipment and services.

If there's no ownership, no monitoring.

Then one day, maybe two years down the line, you see that someone bought this appliance, software, toolset, and no one knew. Even worse, sometimes it's running something that's now critical to the organization.

Another issue is outdated software. As you dig into the tools and processes, it's common to find a service that hasn’t seen important upgrades. So rather than doing gradual, incremental, and regular updates to your devices and services, suddenly there are major updates?

Now the difficulty is compounded, and multiple major updates can take serious downtime and rework. It can happen if no one is tasked with handling the service.

Consolidation is also tech debt. I've seen cases where there's no understanding of available tools, so you wind up buying five, six, or seven technologies that all do the same thing, where I only need one.

In our [next segment](/content/blog/cybersecurity-and-beyond-why-secure-procurement-is-a-must-for-your-organization/index.html), we'll talk about how companies can tackle bad procurement.

Written by **Michael Griffin**

Michael serves as Sonatype's Vice President, Information Security and brings over 22 years experience building and leading Information Security programs for organizations. Michael is active in professional organizations, such as ISACA and ISSA where he enjoys helping organizations improve their programs and mentoring others.
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