CircleCI Cookie Policy
Last Updated: November 30, 2021
This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be applied on the browsers and devices of consumers who visit https://circleci.com and https://discuss.circleci.com/, and any other websites (together the “Site”) owned by Circle Internet Services, Inc. dba CircleCI, a Delaware corporation (“CircleCI”, “we” or “us”) or who use our services, such as our continuous integration software and related technologies (the “Services”).
This Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of third-party websites which may be linked to this Site.
For more information about our data practices generally, see our Privacy Policy.
We may update this Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and similar technologies. The date at the top of this Policy indicates when it was last updated.
If you have questions or concerns about this Policy, please contact us at:
Circle Internet Services, Inc.
201 Spear Street, Ste 1200
San Francisco, CA, 94105
Phone: +1-800-585-7075
Email: privacy@circleci.com
Consent
By continuing to visit our Site or use our Services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and other similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this Policy.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your browser or device when you visit a website. Most web pages contain elements from multiple web domains so when you visit our Site and Services, your browser or device may receive cookies from several sources. This includes third parties that provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics or ad targeting. In relation to the use of cookies by third parties, we do not have access or control over these cookies. We may also use local shared objects on our Site and Services to store your user preferences and settings. You can manage local shared objects by following the instructions here.
Our emails may contain a single, campaign-unique “web beacon pixel” to tell us whether our emails are opened and verify any clicks through to links within the email. We may use this information for purposes including determining which of our emails are more interesting to you and to query whether users who do not open our emails wish to continue receiving them. The pixel will be deleted when you delete the email.
Why do we use Cookies?
Our Site uses both 1st party cookies (which are set directly by us) and 3rd party cookies (which are set by third parties). We use 1st party and 3rd party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for the Site and the Services to operate, and we refer to these as "Strictly Necessary" cookies. Some cookies allow us to measure and improve the performance of our Site and Services, such as by counting visits and traffic sources, and we refer to these as "Performance" cookies. Some cookies enable us to provide enhanced functionality and personalization on the Sites and Services, and we refer to these as “Functional” cookies. Finally, some cookies enable us and our partners to serve targeted advertisements, and we refer to these as “Targeting” cookies. The specific types of 1st and 3rd party cookies served through the Site and the Services and the purposes they perform are described below.
Cookie Preferences and Disabling Cookies
Depending on where you are located, you may see a cookie notice pop up on our Site. You can set your cookie preferences for our Site by either clicking on Customize Settings or the Cookie Consent Manager. If you are not happy with the preferences that you previously set, follow these steps: (1) delete your cookies (see below for information on deleting cookies), (2) refresh the web page, and (3) open the cookie manager when the cookie preference notice pops up and reset your preferences.
If you do not agree to the use of these cookies, please disable or delete them by following the instructions for your browser(s) set out at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html. Please note that the Site and Services will not function well if cookies are disabled. It may also stop you from saving customized settings, like login information.
If you delete your cookies, you will need to opt out again from targeted advertising (see below). You may download a browser extension that will help preserve the opt-out preferences you set by visiting www.aboutads.info/PMC.
Opting out of Targeted Advertising by Third Parties
For cookies that track activity in connection with targeting advertising, you can opt-out of third party targeting cookies on the Digital Advertising Alliance’s consumer choice page (http://optout.aboutads.info) or the Network Advertising Initiative’s consumer choice page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org) or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance consumer choice page (http://youronlinechoices.eu).
Some of our third party targeting providers have their own opt-out mechanisms that are linked from their sites or their online-posted privacy policies. You should review the privacy policies of those companies for these opt-out links if you no longer wish to receive targeted advertising from a particular company, or multiple companies.
Please note that opting out from targeted advertising will not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads.
Other tools offered by third parties can help you see and manage the types of cookies and trackers that you encounter. More information about cookies and cookie management, including links to browser manufacturers’ cookie management pages, can be found on www.allaboutcookies.org and www.aboutcookies.org. For other browsers not included on www.aboutcookies.org, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides. If you access the Site on your mobile device, you may not be able to control tracking technologies through these settings.
After your initial visit to the Site and Services we may change the cookies and other technologies we use.
Current Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies enable you to navigate the Sites and to use their services and features. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, authenticating users, or logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description of Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | circleci.com | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
| _gh_sess [x2] | gist.github.com GitHub.com |
This cookie is used for temporary application and framework state between pages like what step the user is on in a multiple step form. | Session |
| __cfduid | Licensebuttons.net (Cloudflare) | The __cfduid cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. | 1 year |
| JSESSIONID | nr-data.net | The JSESSIONID cookie is used to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. The cookie value is generated by Jetty. | Session |
Performance Cookies - Site features and services
These cookies and other technologies improve your experience by enabling personalization (like remembering if you’ve logged into our service before), as well as enabling certain features like chat support. They can help you fill out forms on our Site more easily.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description of Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cci-customer | circleci.com | Used to determine if we should have a link for customers in the header linking to the CircleCI dashboard. | 2 years |
| closed-customer-banner | circleci.com | Used to determine if notification banner on the homepage has been dismissed by the customer, and hiding this banner if so. | 1 year |
| __widgetsettings [x4] | circleci.ideas.aha.io twitter.com vimeo.com YouTube.com |
Pending | Persistent |
| aha_app_2 | circleci.ideas.aha.io | Aha provides functionality for our circleci.com/ideas page. This page allows CircleCI to crowdsource new feature ideas and allow visitors to vote for which features they want implemented. yz | Session |
| _aha_t | aha.io | Aha provides functionality for our circleci.com/ideas page. This page allows CircleCI to crowdsource new feature ideas and allow visitors to vote for which features they want implemented. | 20 years |
| has_recent_activity [x2] | gist.github.com GitHub.com |
Used to signal to the code repository GitHub if the user has browsed other GitHub resources during the current session. | Session |
| ignored_unsupported_browser_notice | github.com | This cookie lets GitHub know if you ignored their unsupported browser notice. | Session |
| logged_in | github.com | This cookie is used to signal to GitHub that the user is already logged in. | 20 years |
| tz | GitHub.com | This cookie allows your browser to tell GitHub what time zone you're in. | Session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
| Yt-remote-connected-devices Yt-remote-fast-check-period Yt-remote-session-app yt-remote-session-name |
youtube.com | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session |
Functional Cookies - Analytics and Website Optimization
These cookies and other technologies help us learn how well our Site and Services are performing. We use these cookies to understand, improve, and research our Site and Services.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description of Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| amplitude_cookie_test | Amplitude | To test if cookies are enabled. | Session |
| amplitude_id_645bd081fbbf8d3dadf6ac674cc29e67circleci.com | Amplitude | Holds data such as device id, user id, session id, and last_event_id to analyze effectiveness of CCI services. | 10 years |
| amplitude_idundefinedcircleci.com | Amplitude | Pending | Session |
| amplitude_testcircleci.com | Amplitude | To test if cookies can be written with the specified cookie domain. | Session |
| amplitude-session-id | Amplitude | To track the amplitude-session-id. | Session |
| BIGipServer# | www2.circleci.com | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimize response times. | Session |
| _ga [x2] | circleci.com GitHub.com |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gat [x2] | circleci.com GitHub.com |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | Session |
| _gid | circleci.com | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Session |
| hjIncludedInSample | HotJar | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. | Session |
| ajs_anonymous_id | circleci.com | This cookie is used to identify a specific visitor - this information is used to identify the number of specific visitors on a website. | 1 year |
| _octo | github.com | This cookie is used by Octolytics, GitHub’s internal analytics service, to distinguish unique users and clients. | 2 years |
| optimizelyEndUserId | optimizely.com | Used to measure how selected users react to targeted changes to the website's content and functionality, in order to determine what variation is most efficacious in terms of converting users to customers. | 179 days |
| optimizely_data$pending_events [x3] | circleci.com optimizely.com youtube.com |
Pending | Persistent |
| optimizelyDomainTestCookie | optimizely.com | Pending | 179 days |
| AWSELB | optimizely.com | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. | Session |
| collect | google-analytics.com | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
| _mkto_trk | Marketo | This cookie is set by Marketo. This allows a website to track visitor behavior on the sites on which the cookie is installed and to link a visitor to the recipient of an email marketing campaign, to measure campaign effectiveness. Tracking is performed anonymously until a user identifies himself by submitting a form. | 2 years |
| vuid | vimeo.com | Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. | 2 years |
| initial_referrer | circleci.com | Collect data on what site the visitor was on before coming to our Site before their first visit. | 2 years |
| current_referrer | circleci.com | Collect data on what site the visitor was on before coming to our Site most recently. | 2 years |
| PREF | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. | 8 months |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days |
| YSC | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| Utm_campaign Utm_content Utm_medium utm_source |
circleci.com | Used to track elements of the Google AdWord campaign used to generate traffic to the Site. | 3 months |
| ajs%3Acookies | circleci.com | This cookie supports use, service performance, and functionality of websites | 1 year |
| connect.sid | cloudup.com | File sharing software | 6 days |
| ajs%3Atest | circleci.com | This performance cookie counts visits and tracks other website traffic-related metrics. | 1 year |
| ring-session | circleci.com | Provides idle and absolute timeouts for sessions | 13 days |
Targeting Cookies
These cookies and other technologies collect information about the browsing habits associated with your device and are used to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. Third parties provide these services in return for recognizing that you (or more accurately your device) have visited a certain Site. These third parties put down advertising cookies both when you visit our Site and Services and when you use their services and navigate away from our Site and Services.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description of Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAPS | accounts.google.com | Used by Google to identify the user when sharing content with a Google +1 button. | 2 years |
| MUID | bing.com | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 1 year |
| ajs_group_id | circleci.com | This cookie is used to assign specific visitors into segments, this segmentation is based on visitor behavior on the website - the segmentation can be used to target larger groups. | 1 year |
| ajs_user_id | circleci.com | This cookie is used to collect data on the visitor's behavior on the website - this information can be used to assign the visitor to a visitor segment, based on common preferences. | 1 year |
| IDE | doubleclick.net | 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. | 1 year |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net | Used by Google to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | Session |
| fr | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months |
| ads/ga-audiences | google.com | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | Session |
| NID | google.com | Used by Google and registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months |
| Bcookie bscookie |
linkedin.com | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years |
| lidc | linkedin.com | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | Session |
| lang [x3] | ads.linkedin.com cdn.syndication.twimg.com linkedin.com |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, and remembers the user's selected language version of a website | Session |
| GPS | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | Session |
| OCAK | accounts.google.com | Pending | Session |
| BizoID | ads.linkedin.com | Pending | 29 days |
| UserMatchHistory | ads.linkedin.com | Pending | 29 days |
| MUIDB | bing.com | Pending | 1 year |
| optimizely_data$#$event_queue [x3] optimizely_data$#$events [x3] optimizely_data$#$layer_map [x3] optimizely_data$#$layer_states [x3] optimizely_data$#$session_state [x3] optimizely_data$#$tracker_optimizely [x3] optimizely_data$#$variation_map [x3] optimizely_data$#$visitor_profile [x3] |
optimizely.com | Pending | Persistent |
| tr | facebook.com | Pending | Session |
| ads/conversion/# ads/user-lists/# pagead/1p-user-list/1032131388 |
google.com | Pending | Session |
| aed75297-e969-450d-a849-13ecfc79b4d7/t.gif | vidassets.terminus.services | Pending | Session |
| i/jot i/jot/syndication |
twitter.com | Pending | Session |
| CheckConnectionTempCookie# | youtube.com | Pending | Session |
| yt.innertube::nextId yt.innertube::requests |
youtube.com | Pending | Persistent |
Unclassified
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description of Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| apc_my_id [x3] apc_my_id_ts [x3] apc_user [x3] |
circleci.com optimizely.com youtube.com |
Pending | Session |
| _tld__ | circleci.com | Pending | Session |
| ajs_group_properties [x3] ajs_user_traits [x3] apc_local_id [x3] |
circleci.com optimizely.com youtube.com |
Pending | Persistent |
| algoliasearch-client-js [x2] | circleci.com optimizely.com |
Pending | Persistent |
| analytics-client-id | circleci.com | Pending | 2 years |
| d-a8e6 | circleci.com | Pending | 29 days |
| ei_client_id | circleci.com | Pending | 2 years |
| s-9da4 | circleci.com | Pending | Session |
| local_storage_support_test [x4] | circleci.ideas.aha.io twitter.com vimeo.com youtube.com |
Pending | Persistent |
