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Publish updated cookie list for 2022/09/01 (privacy#1)
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Updates to cookie  list for Sep 1st, 2022:
- Add new cookies in use
- Alphabetize cookies
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GitHub provides a great deal of transparency regarding how we use your data, how we collect your data, and with whom we share your data. To that end, we provide this page which details how we use cookies.

GitHub uses cookies to provide and secure our websites, as well as to analyze the usage of our websites, in order to offer you a great user experience. Please take a look at our [Privacy Statement](https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement#our-use-of-cookies-and-tracking) if you’d like more information about cookies, and on how and why we use them.
GitHub uses cookies to provide and secure our websites, as well as to analyze the usage of our websites, in order to offer you a great user experience. Please take a look at our [Privacy Statement](https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement#our-use-of-cookies-and-tracking-technologies) if you’d like more information about cookies, and on how and why we use them and cookie-related personal data. You can change your preference about non-essential cookies at any time by following the instructions in the `DNT` section of the Privacy Statement.

Since the number and names of cookies may change, the table below may be updated from time to time. Follow [these instructions](https://github.com/privacy/resources/blob/main/subscribe.md) for how to subscribe to changes in this repo
Since the number and names of cookies may change, the table below may be updated from time to time. When it is updated, the data of the repo will change. Follow [these instructions](https://github.com/privacy/resources/blob/main/subscribe.md) to subscribe to changes in this repo.

Service Provider | Cookie Name | Description | Expiration*
Provider of Cookie | Cookie Name | Description | Expiration*
-----------------|-------------|-------------|------------
GitHub | `app_manifest_token` | This cookie is used during the App Manifest flow to maintain the state of the flow during the redirect to fetch a user session. | Five minutes
GitHub | `color_mode` | This cookie is used to indicate the user selected theme preference. | Session
GitHub | `_device_id` | This cookie is used to track recognized devices for security purposes. | One year
GitHub | `dotcom_user` | This cookie is used to signal to us that the user is already logged in. | One year
GitHub | `ghcc` | This cookie validates user's choice about cookies | 180 Days
GitHub | `_gh_ent` | This cookie is used for temporary application and framework state between pages like what step the customer is on in a multiple step form. | Two weeks
GitHub | `_gh_sess` | 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
GitHub | `gist_oauth_csrf` | This cookie is set by Gist to ensure the user that started the oauth flow is the same user that completes it. | Deleted when oauth state is validated
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GitHub | `saml_csrf_token_legacy` | This cookie is set by SAML auth path method to associate a token with the client. | Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub | `saml_return_to` | This cookie is set by the SAML auth path method to maintain state during the SAML authentication loop. | Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub | `saml_return_to_legacy` | This cookie is set by the SAML auth path method to maintain state during the SAML authentication loop. | Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub | `show_cookie_banner` | Set based on the client’s region and used to determine if a cookie consent banner should be shown | Session
GitHub | `tz` | This cookie allows us to customize timestamps to your time zone. | Session
GitHub | `user_session` | This cookie is used to log you in. | Two weeks
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `ANONCHK` | This Microsoft Clarity cookie monitors website performance | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `isFirstSession` | This cookie is used when user opts-in to saving information | Session
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `MSO` | This cookie identifies a session | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `MC1` | This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `MR` | This cookie checks whether to extend the lifetime of the MUID cookie | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `MSFPC` | This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `MUID` | This cookie stores Bing’s visitor ID. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes | 13 months
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `SM` | This cookie is used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | Session
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `_uetsid` | This cookie is used for analytics to store and track visits across sites | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `_uetvid` | This cookie is used by Bing Ads to store and track visits across websites | 13 months
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `X-FD-FEATURES` | This cookie is used for tracking analytics and evenly spreading load on the website | One year
[Microsoft](https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement) | `X-FD-Time` | This cookie is used for tracking analytics and evenly spreading load on website | One year
[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html) | `aam_uuid` | This cookie is an audience manager | 13 months
[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html) | `mboxEdgeCluster` | This cookie is used by Adobe Target load balancer. Adobe Target is used to determine which targeted content to display to visitor | 13 months
[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html) | `AMCV_EA76ADE95776D2EC7F000101%40AdobeOrg` | Adobe cookie used to track and analyze user activities on the website | 13 months
[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html) | `AMCVS_EA76ADE95776D2EC7F000101%40AdobeOrg` | Adobe cookie used to track and analyze user activities on the website | Session
[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html) | `at_check` | Adobe Target to support conversion tracking for new product customers | Session
[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html) | `mbox` | Adobe Target to store session ID | 13 months
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `_cs_c` | Consent state: digit between 0 and 3. Used for capturing analytics on web pages | 13 months
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `_cs_cvars` | This cookie is used to capture analytics on the web page | Session
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `_cs_id` | Contains: user ID, timestamp (in seconds) of user creation, number of visits for this user | 13 months
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `_cs_s` | Number of page views for the current session, and the recording state | One year
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `__CT_Data` | This cookie is used to count the number of a guest’s pageviews or visits | One year
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `_CT_RS_` | This cookie is used to capture analytics on the web page | One year
[Contentsquare](https://go.contentsquare.com/en/tracking-tag-cookies) | `WRUID` | This cookie is used for analytics | One year

(*) The expiration dates for the cookies listed below generally apply on a rolling basis.
(*) The expiration dates for the cookies listed above generally apply on a rolling basis.

⚠️ Please note while we limit our use of third party cookies to those necessary to provide external functionality when rendering external content, certain pages on our website may set other third party cookies. For example, we may embed content, such as videos, from another site that sets a cookie. While we try to minimize these third party cookies, we can’t always control what cookies this third party content sets.

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