FlowJo LLC Cookies Policy

Last updated: 5/18/18

FlowJo LLC ("us", "we", or "our") uses cookies on .flowjo.com (the "Service"). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.

Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties that we partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.


What are cookies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.


How FlowJo LLC uses cookies

Http cookies (also known as browser cookies) provide a mechanism by which the server and client can persist and limit the exchange of certain information on every http request.  This data is created and used by FlowJo for purposes of authorization in the form a token.  The token is stored and processed in the United States only. The information within the token is encoded and not human readable. The only personal data is the user’s randomly generated id which by itself is not traceable.  


Cookie Uses at FlowJo LLC

Security
Example is the use of the authorization cookie to identify the user by the web service
Performance Analytics
Google Analytics cookies are used in our web sites



Third-party cookies

FlowJo receives information from third parties such a Google Analytics to help us analyze how our websites are used through third party cookies.  
FlowJo LLC partners with ReCAPTCHA which collects personal information from users to make this determination of whether they’re human and not a bot.


Table of Cookies

Cookie key
Purpose
Content
Expiry
authToken *
Allows the user to make authenticated requests for their data without having to login every time they reload their browser tab or open up multiple browser tabs to the same application.
FlowJo cookie containing:
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24 hours
_ga
Used to distinguish users.
Google Analytics Cookie
2 years
_gid
Used to distinguish users.

24 hours
_gat
Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_

1 minute
AMP_TOKEN
Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.

30 seconds to 1 year
_gac_
Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.

90 days
__utma
Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

2 years from set/update
__utmt
Used to throttle request rate.

10 minutes
__utmb
Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

30 mins from set/update
__utmc
Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.

End of browser session
__utmz
Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

6 months from set/update
__utmv
Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

2 years from set/update


Cookies at FlowJo: What are your choices regarding cookies

Google Chrome is the only supported web browser for FlowJo Portal and web-based products. Other browsers are not currently supported. 

If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, and some of our pages might not display properly.


Where can you find more information about cookies

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites: