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| 3 | 3 | Written by Disqus |
| 4 | 4 | Updated over a week ago |
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| 6 | 6 | To post comments and have your Disqus login information remembered across pages, cookies - specifically, first party (and in some browsers, third-party) cookies - must be enabled. |
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| 8 | #### Third party cookies | |
| 8 | ### Third party cookies | |
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| 10 | 10 | Disqus doesn't require third party cookies to be enabled for basic functionality (like posting), but they are required to keep you logged in between pages in some browsers. If you're using Safari or a new version of Firefox, you won't need to enable third-party cookies to stay logged in because those browsers consider our cookies to be "first-party" because they're used in a trusted way. |
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| 12 | 12 | If you're using a browser other than Safari or Firefox and you'd rather disable third-party cookies for all sites, but you'd still like Disqus to remember that you're logged in, simply add an exception for disqus.com and its subdomains to your cookie settings. Instructions on how to do that are noted underneath each browser below. |
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| 14 | #### Single Sign-on | |
| 14 | ### Single Sign-on | |
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| 16 | 16 | Disqus doesn't store an authentication cookie when signing in with Single Sign-on (website-specific profiles). The site is required to pass the user authentication each time the user loads the comments. |
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| 18 | #### Cookies we set | |
| 18 | ### Cookies we set | |
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| 20 | 20 | These are the cookies we may set for someone visiting a site with Disqus embedded on it. This list is for sites complying with the EU cookie law. |
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| 22 | 22 | ## External cookies |
| 23 | 23 | |
| 24 | 24 | - \_\_qca (Domain: .disqus.com) |
| 25 | 25 | - mc (Domain: .quantserve.com) |
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| 27 | #### Google Analytics | |
| 27 | ### Google Analytics | |
| 28 | 28 | |
| 29 | 29 | - UID (Domain: .scorecardresearch.com) |
| 30 | 30 | - UIDR (Domain: .scorecardresearch.com) |
| 31 | 31 | |
| 32 | 32 | ## Internal cookies |
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| 34 | 34 | - disqus\_unique (Domain: .disqus.com) |
| 35 | 35 | _Internal statistics, used for anonymous visitors (Sigma)_ |
| 36 | 36 | - testCookie (Domain: mediacdn.disqus.com) |
| 37 | 37 | _Used to check whether the browser accepts 3rd-party cookies._ |
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| 39 | #### How to enable cookies | |
| 39 | ### How to enable cookies | |
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| 41 | 41 | If you can't comment, or aren't able to stay logged in, check your cookie settings using the instructions for your browser below. |
| 42 | 42 | |
| 43 | 43 | ## Internet Explorer |
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| 45 | 45 | 1. Click **Tools** in the upper right hand area of your browser |
| 46 | 46 | 2. Find and click **Internet Options** |
| 47 | 47 | 3. Go to the Privacy tab and click **Advanced** |
| 48 | 48 | 4. Check **Override automatic cookie handling** (if it isn't already) |
| 49 | 49 | 5. Make sure First-party Cookies are set to **Accept** |
| 50 | 50 | 6. Set Third-party cookies to **Accept** |
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| 52 | #### If third party cookies are blocked: | |
| 52 | ### If third party cookies are blocked: | |
| 53 | 53 | |
| 54 | 54 | 1. Under the **Privacy** tab click the **Sites** button |
| 55 | 55 | 2. Type **disqus.com** and click **Allow** |
| 56 | 56 | |
| 57 | 57 | ## Chrome |
| 58 | 58 | |
| 59 | 59 | 1. Click the Chrome Menu Icon -> **Settings** |
| 60 | 60 | 2. Near the bottom of the page, click **Show advanced settings** |
| 61 | 61 | 3. In the "Privacy" section, click **Content settings** |
| 62 | 62 | 4. In the "Cookies" section, choose **Allow local data to be set (recommended)** |
| 63 | 63 | 5. Make sure "Block all third-party cookies..." and "Clear cookies..." are **unchecked** |
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| 65 | #### If third party cookies are blocked: | |
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| 67 | 67 | 1. Under **Content settings** click **Manage Exceptions...** |
| 68 | 68 | 2. Type **\[\*.\]disqus.com** as a hostname pattern and set to **Allow** |
| 69 | 69 | |
| 70 | 70 | ## Firefox |
| 71 | 71 | |
| 72 | 72 | 1. Windows: Go to **Tools -> Options** |
| 73 | 73 | Mac: Go to **Firefox -> Preferences** |
| 74 | 74 | 2. Click the **Privacy** tab |
| 75 | 75 | 3. Under History, select **Use custom settings for history** |
| 76 | 76 | 4. Check both **Accept cookies from sites** and **Accept third-party cookies** |
| 77 | 77 | |
| 78 | #### If third party cookies are blocked: | |
| 78 | ### If third party cookies are blocked: | |
| 79 | 79 | |
| 80 | 80 | 1. Under the **Privacy** tab click **Exceptions** |
| 81 | 81 | 2. Type **disqus.com** and then click **Allow** |
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| 83 | 83 | ## Safari |
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