This information supplements the Privacy Policy for Gays.com (
available here).
In the following we provide you with a list of all cookies and other web tracking tools on Gays.com, which are provided either by us or by third parties.
1. Our own cookies (so-called "first-party cookies")
We use these cookies to analyze web traffic, tailor services, content and ads to your needs and interests, measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and promote confidence in and security of the service. In addition, we use first-party cookies to distinguish the various users from each other and, in conjunction with the log files of our web server, to calculate the total number of people who visit the service. The web usage data collected in this way helps us to receive the necessary feedback to continuously improve the service.
Users can prevent the acceptance of first-party cookies by configuring their browser settings so that they do not accept cookies at all. However, if this setting is made, you may not be able to use certain current or future elements of our website.
2. Cookies, tools and plug-ins provided by third parties (so-called "Third Party Cookies")
In addition to first-party cookies, we also use the following third-party cookies and plug-ins provided by the following vendors on our service:
Name |
Domain |
Purpose |
Function |
Lifespan |
Party |
Service provider |
session_id | gays.com | Session | Stores the unique session ID | Until end of session | 1st party | |
invitation | gays.com | Check where the user come from for first visit | Stores the unique session ID | Until end of session | 1st party | |
user_data | gays.com | Local storage | Stores some basic user info | Until end of session | 1st party | |
musers | gays.com | Local storage | user track hash | 1.5 years | 1st party | |
visible | gays.com | Local storage | user visiblilty mask | Until end of session | 1st party | |
WIO_LAST_ONLINE_STATUS | gays.com | Local storage | user's online reason | Until end of session | 1st party | |
experiment | gays.com | Local storage | experiment test mask | Until end of session | 1st party | |
ips4_device_key | gays.com | Local storage | forum related | Until end of session | 1st party | |
ips4_IPSSessionFront | gays.com | Local storage | forum related | Until end of session | 1st party | |
ips4_login_key | gays.com | Local storage | forum related | Until end of session | 1st party | |
ips4_member_id | gays.com | Local storage | forum related | Until end of session | 1st party | |
remember_me | gays.com | Local storage | user remember login token | Until end of session | 1st party | |
roundcube_sessid | gays.com | Session | webmail session id | Until end of session | 1st party | |
roundcube_sessauth | gays.com | Session | webmail session auth | Until end of session | 1st party | |
_ga | gays.com | Local storage | Distinguish unique users | 20 years | 3rd party | google analytics deactivate |
_gid | gays.com | performance | Distinguish unique users | | 3rd party | google analytics deactivate |
_gat_a | gays.com | a/b testing | a/b testing | Until end of session | 3rd party | google analytics deactivate |
_gat_b | gays.com | a/b testing | a/b testing | Until end of session | 3rd party | google analytics deactivate |
ABTestingFlag | gays.com | a/b testing | a/b testing | 365 days | 1st party | |
campaign_data | gays.com | campaign track data | campaign system | set by campaign system , default 1 day | 1st party | |
no_owner_club | gays.com | club owner mask | club owner token | until end of session | 1st party | |
cms_location_geo | gays.com | guest user search criteria | guest user search location | until end of session | 1st party | |
cms_geo | gays.com | guest user search criteria | guest user search events | until end of session | 1st party | |
HO_campaign | gays.com | hasoffers campaign track data | hasoffers | 30 days | 1st party | |
guester | gays.com | guest user referer domain | registration | 1 hour | 1st party | |
user_show_smilies_settings | gays.com | smilies mask | smilies | until end of session | 1st party | |
view_style | gays.com | guest personal view style | personal | 360 days | 1st party | |
_utma | gays.com | Lokaler Speicher | google tracking | 2 years | 3rd party | Google Analytics |
_utmz | gays.com | local storage | google tracking | 3 month | 3rd party | Google Analytics |
_gat | gays.com | local storage | google tracking | One minute | 3rd party | Google Analytics |
ips4_forum_view | gays.com | local storage | forum related | 6 months | 1st party | |
ips4_hasJS | gays.com | Lokaler Speicher | forum related | One day | 1st party | |
ips4_ipsTimezone | gays.com | local storage | forum related | end of session | 1st | |
STVID | gays.com | local storage | shop data | 4 months | 1st | |
STUID | gays.com | local storage | shop data | One hour | 1st | |
form_key | gays.com | local storage | shop data | One hour | 1st | |
mage-cache-sessid | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
mage-cache-storage | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
mage-translation-file-version | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
mage-translation-storage | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
mage-messages | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
section-data-ids | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation | gays.com | local storage | shop data | end of session | 1st | |
cookies | gays.com | Session | Show/hide cookie notice | end of session | | |
awin_campaign | gays.com | Awin campaign track data | Awin | 30 days | 1st party | |
_aw_sn_* | gays.com | local storage | Awin Tracking | 1 year | 3rd party | Awin |
guest_cms | gays.com | local storage | Saves the text input | Until end of session | 1st party | |
Csrf | gays.com | Session | Stores the unique session ID | Until end of session | 1st party | |
guest_profile | gays.com | Local storage | Saves the UserID | Until end of session | 1st party | |