About Cookies
We use cookies to help authenticate and personalise your use of our site, however, if you wish to restrict the cookies set by Citywire or any third party sites, you can disable cookies in your internet browser. Your browser help function should let you know how, but keep in mind that restricting cookies may impact your experience and the functionality on the Citywire website.
Citywire uses a number of third party suppliers for functionality including tracking information, advertising (including based on geo-location) and media which may also set cookies from the Citywire website. More information about all these cookies and those set by Citywire are described below.
Citywire cookies
Cookie Type |
Cookie Name |
Description |
Membership |
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CWAuth04 |
This encrypted cookie is used to determine whether a user has signed into Citywire and has been authenticated. |
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CWS02 |
This encrypted cookie stores user preference information, based on the user’s registration and account settings data provided. |
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Idsrvauth & Idsrvauth1 |
This encrypted cookie is used to determine whether a user has signed into Citywire Accounts network and has been authenticated. |
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CWMigrateAttempted, CWMigrateFailed & SsoActioned |
These cookies lets citywire know the status of a user being signed into the citywire account network. |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
This cookie holds forum specific session key which is used to remember a user’s forum session while the browser is not closed. |
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.ASPXANONYMOUS |
This cookie provides authentication for users who are not yet logged in or registered with Citywire. |
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Content Personalisation |
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cwsflags |
This cookie is used to determine whether the user has already been presented with the video guide on the Absolute Return Funds page and whether it should be hidden on the next visit. |
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marketsIntraDayChartCookie |
This cookie holds the last selected market chart, which will then be presented the next time a user views the site. |
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referrer_section |
This cookie is used to personalise an anonymous users experience when cominb from a search engine like google. The edition is preserved for future browsing from google. |
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MobileRedirect |
This cookie contains your preference of whether to use the mobile site when on a mobile device. |
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sr |
This cookie holds your screen resolution, such that Citywire may be presented in the best size for your screen. |
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enhanced |
This cookie contains a value which determines the type of interface your browser supports. |
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Traffic Analytics |
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cws |
This cookie stores session information to help us track which pages a user visits and how frequently. |
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Marketing |
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CWMarketingCampaignCookie-day |
We occasionally survey our readers to gather information that can help us improve our products and services. This cookie is used to limit the number of times we will ask you to participate in such surveys. |
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Advertising |
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OAX |
Unique identifier for 24/7 Open AdStream. Identifies unique users across the network. For reporting purposes, include reach & frequency or for conversion tracking. |
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RMF with extensions S, D, L, M |
Controls user's exposure to an ad. It can limit the amount of times the ad is served, exclude the user from seeing the ad or retarget an user who already has seen a particular ad. |
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RMFS |
Limit the number of times a particular ad is served to a specific user per session. This cookie has a lifetime of a session. |
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RMFH |
Limit the number of times a particular ad is served to a specific user per hour. This cookie has a lifetime of a hour. |
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RMFD |
Limit the number of times a particular ad is served to a specific user per day. This cookie has a lifetime of a day. |
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RMFW |
Limit the number of times a particular ad is served to a specific user per week. This cookie has a lifetime of a week. |
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RMFM |
Limit the number of times a particular ad is served to a specific user per month. This cookie has a lifetime of a month. |
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RMFL |
Limit the number of times a particular ad is served to a specific user per lifetime of the campaign. This cookie's lifetime is the duration of the campaign. |
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Obsolete and Depreciated |
These cookies were previously used on the Citywire website, but have since been replaced or have become obsolete. These cookies will be removed from the website over time. |
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cwnmaothersites |
This cookie used to store edition selection on the NMA home page which would redirect the user to the correct edition after a number of selections. |
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InstrumentCookieID |
This cookie used to hold FTSE chart tab selection. |
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rmt |
This cookie was used to target advertising at specific user profiles. |
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ftseChartCookie |
This cookiewas used to hold the last selected tab on the FTSE chart, which will then be presented the next time a user views the site. |
Third party cookies
Cookie Type |
Cookie Name |
Description |
Google Traffic analytics |
Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the Citywire and compile reports for us on activity on the site. Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the Citywire, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Information about these cookies can be found at: |
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__utma |
This cookie tracks each user's amount of visits, and the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit (presumably partly for double checking of this information) |
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__utmb |
This cookie is used to track approximately how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts, and approximately ends |
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__utmc |
This cookie is used to track approximately how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts, and approximately ends |
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__utmz |
This cookie tracks where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link) |
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__utmmobile |
This cookie is used to track users on mobile devices. |
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Advertising |
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There are a number of third party advertising cookies used to deliver advertising to the correct people. Information about these cookies can be found here: |
uuid2 |
Controlling interest based advertising and other third party cookies Sometimes, to improve the effective of online advertising campaigns Citywire may extend the number of times that you see same ad by purchasing advertising space on other sites that are deemed relevant by the advertiser. There are several ways to opt out of the process. This can be achieved by clicking on the following icon on the ad itself. • Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) "Your Online Choices" page. This allows you to control interest based advertising from each of the ad networks represented by the IAB. (http://www.youronlinechoices.com) |
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Social Media |
original_referer, _twitter_sess, guest_id, k, pid |
These cookies are used by Twitter to provide our micro-blogging feed and referrer. Information about these cookies can be found at: |
Content Personalisation |
Khcookie, NID, PREF |
These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them. Information about these cookies can be found at: |
Media |
JSESSIONID |
This cookie stores session information for use in our video streaming software. |
Obsolete and Depreciated |
These cookies were previously used on the Citywire website, but have since been replaced or have become obsolete. These cookies will be removed from the website over time. | |
wooMeta, wooTracker |
Woopra is a web analytics service offered by iFusion Labs LLC that generates live detailed statistics about the visitors to a website Information about these cookies can be found at: |
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