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これらのCookieはユーザーが当社ウェブサイトを快適に閲覧できるようにし、また、当社サイトの改善にも役立ちます。ユーザーが当社サイトの閲覧を継続したり、当社サイトのフォームを送信したりすると、当社によるCookieの使用に同意したことになります。
当社は以下のCookieを使用しています。
厳密に必要なCookie。このCookieは、当社ウェブサイトの操作に必須なものです。たとえば、ユーザーがBusiness Wireコネクトや当社ウェブサイトのその他の安全なエリアにログインしたり、プレスリリースを発注したり、アカウントやニュースプロフィールをカスタマイズしたりできるようにするCookieなどです。
解析/パフォーマンスCookie。このCookieにより、当社は訪問者数を認識、カウントし、訪問者が当社ウェブサイト内をどのように移動しているかを確認できます。これにより当社ウェブサイトの機能を改善できます（ユーザーが探しているものを見つけやすくするなど）。
機能性Cookie。このCookieは、ユーザーが当社ウェブサイトを再訪したときに、そのユーザーを認識するために使用されます。これにより、ユーザー向けにコンテンツをパーソナライズし、個人のお名前を呼んで挨拶し、ユーザーの設定（選択した言語や地域など）を記憶できます。
ターゲティングCookie。このCookieは、当社ウェブサイトへの訪問、訪問したページ、たどってきたリンクを記録します。この情報は、当社ウェブサイトおよびそこに表示されるコンテンツを、ユーザーの関心に即したものにするために使用されます。また、上述の目的のため、この情報をサードパーティと共有することがあります。
当社が使用する個々のCookieとその使用目的については、下の表をご覧ください。
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiration Date |
| f5avraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_session_ | This cookie is associated with F5's BIG-IP product set and is an integral part of load balancing. It is used to store the user's session in order to identify it in the application's traffic. | When browser is closed |
| JSESSIONID | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | When browser is closed |
| f5avraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_session_ | This cookie is associated with F5's BIG-IP product set and is an integral part of load balancing. It is used to store the user's session in order to identify it in the application's traffic. | When browser is closed |
| JSESSIONID | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | When browser is closed |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is used by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address for the purpose of enforcing rate limiting rules. | When browser is closed |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is used by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address for the purpose of enforcing rate limiting rules. | When browser is closed |
| bm_sv | This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. | When browser is closed |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 1 Year |
| ak_bmsc | Akamai bot manager / Fraud prevention | When browser is closed |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is used by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address for the purpose of enforcing rate limiting rules. | When browser is closed |
| bm_mi | This cookie is associated with Akamai. It is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by bots or a human user. | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is used by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address for the purpose of enforcing rate limiting rules. | When browser is closed |
| TS01xxxxxxxx | TS | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| ak_bmsc | This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. | When browser is closed |
| bm_mi | Akamai bot manager / Fraud prevention | When browser is closed |
| portal.JSESSIONID | When browser is closed | |
| TS01xxxxxxxx | TS | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 Year |
| f5avraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_session_ | This cookie is associated with F5's BIG-IP product set and is an integral part of load balancing. It is used to store the user's session in order to identify it in the application's traffic. | When browser is closed |
| bm_sv | This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. | When browser is closed |
| bwjscookie | When browser is closed | |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 1 Year |
| f5avraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_session_ | This cookie is associated with F5's BIG-IP product set and is an integral part of load balancing. It is used to store the user's session in order to identify it in the application's traffic. | When browser is closed |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 Year |
Performance Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiration Date |
| __utmz | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 6 Months |
| _gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | When browser is closed |
| cb_user_id | This cookie name is associated with Clearbit which is used to keep track of the visitor's identity by storing a unique user ID to attribute web activity to the individual within the Clearbit platform. | 1 Year |
| __utma | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners. | 1 Year |
| cb_anonymous_id | This cookie name is associated with Clearbit which is used to attribute page views back to an anonymous individual and track the user's interactions and behavior on the website over time without using personally identifiable information (PII). | 1 Year |
| __utmc | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In this older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie. | When browser is closed |
| __utmb | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor. | When browser is closed |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 1 Year |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 Year |
| __hstc | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. | 5 Months |
| __hssrc | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. | When browser is closed |
| __utmt | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes | When browser is closed |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | When browser is closed |
| __hssc | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. | When browser is closed |
Functional Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiration Date |
| hubspotutk | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as Strictly Necessary. | 5 Months |
| _cfuvid | This domain is owned by HubSpot which provides tools for website analytics, content management, and hosting of design assets on a content delivery network. | When browser is closed |
| JSESSIONID | This domain is owned by QuoteMedia which provides real-time quotes, portfolio management solutions, web content solutions, data feed solutions, investor relations solutions, integrated trading data tools, analytics and research tools, and managed services for financial market data. | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| countryCode | This domain is owned by Google which provides a GIF search and sharing service. | When browser is closed |
| vuid | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing | 1 Year |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
| player | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing | 1 Year |
| _cfuvid | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing | When browser is closed |
| _dd_s | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing | When browser is closed |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | When browser is closed |
Targeting Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiration Date |
| __ar_v4 | This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick advertising service from Google. Helps with tracking conversion rates for ads. | 1 Year |
| _te_ | This cookie name is associated with the re-marketing services from Adroll. It is generally set as a first party cookie. Re-marketing is the practise of displaying online advertising targeted to users who have already visited the advertisers site, to encourage them to return. | When browser is closed |
| __ar_v4 | This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick advertising service from Google. Helps with tracking conversion rates for ads. | 1 Year |
| sp | This cookie is associated with Eventbrite and is used to deliver content tailored to the end user's interests and improve content creation. This cookie is also used for event-booking purposes. | 1 Year |
| __ar_v4 | This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick advertising service from Google. Helps with tracking conversion rates for ads. | 1 Year |
| __adroll_fpc | This cookie is used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. It is used by real-time bidding for advertisers to present relevant advertisement. | 1 Year |
| cb_group_id | This cookie name is associated with Clearbit which is used to keep track of group information, like an account that a user belongs to or a company they work for, and to assign visitors into segments for website advertisement efficiency. | 1 Year |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 2 Months |
| _te_ | This cookie name is associated with the re-marketing services from Adroll. It is generally set as a first party cookie. Re-marketing is the practise of displaying online advertising targeted to users who have already visited the advertisers site, to encourage them to return. | When browser is closed |
| __ar_v4 | This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick advertising service from Google. Helps with tracking conversion rates for ads. | 1 Year |
なお、サードパーティもCookieを使用する場合がありますが、当社ではその使用を管理できません。これらのCookieの多くは解析/パフォーマンスCookieまたはターゲティングCookieのいずれかです。
Cookieの全部または一部の設定を拒否できるブラウザの設定を有効にすることで、Cookieをブロックできます。ただし、ブラウザの設定ですべてのCookie（必須Cookieを含む）をブロックすると、当社サイトの全部または一部にアクセスできなくなることがあります。