When someone visits hotjar.com, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not personally identify anyone.
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Cookies set by the Hotjar script
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. | 365 days |
| _hjDonePolls | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | 365 days |
| _hjMinimizedPolls | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | 365 days |
| _hjDoneTestersWidgets | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | 365 days |
| _hjMinimizedTestersWidgets | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | 365 days |
| _hjIncludedInSample | Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. | 365 days |
Cookies set by visiting the Hotjar website
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| hjSiteLang | This cookie is set when a page which supports multiple languages on hotjar.com is visited. This allows us to always load the content in the preferred language when available. | 365 days |
| X-Access-Key | Keeps your website session alive. | Session |
| JSESSIONID | New Relic cookie which is used to monitor session counts for an application. Read more | Session |
| NREUM | New Relic cookie which is only created in browsers that do not support the Navigation Timing API. Read more | Session |
| NRAGENT | New Relic cookie, created only when a token is handed out to an end user by the New Relic server. Read more | Session |
| __ar* | AdRoll 'remarketing cookie', used to provide interest-based advertisements to show our ads on other websites. Read more | Decided by Google |
| _ga | Google Analytics cookie, used to distinguish users. Read more | Decided by Google |
| __utm* | Google Analytics non-personally identifiable information used for website analytics. Read more | Decided by Google |
| optimizely* | Cookies set by Optimizely to run tests on hotjar.com. Read more | Decided by Optimizely |
| __hs*, hubspotutk, hsPagesViewedThisSession, hsfirstvisit | Cookies set by HubSpot to keep track of visitors on hotjar.com. Read more | Decided by HubSpot |
| mp_* | Cookies set by Mixpanel to run track usage on hotjar.com. | Decided by Mixpanel |
| __atuvc | Cookies set by AddThis for social sharing. | Decided by AddThis |
| __distillery | Cookies set by wistia for its video player. | Decided by Wistia |
| intercom-* | Cookies set by intercom for its real time support chat system. | Decided by Intercom |