Cookie Policy
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Core Hosting may update this document from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via email or Portal notification at least 30 days before taking effect. Continued use of Services after changes indicates acceptance.
Capitalised terms used in this document that are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Core Hosting Terms of Service.
Last revised: January 2026
Introduction
Core Hosting OÜ ("Core Hosting", "we", "us", or "our") provides web hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, domain name registration, and related services.
Core Hosting seeks to ensure the highest level of data privacy when offering its variety of quality products and services to Core Hosting customers and website visitors ("Customers", "Visitors", "you", "your").
At Core Hosting, the privacy and security of our users is of paramount importance. Core Hosting is committed to protecting the data you share with us.
This Cookie Policy explains how Core Hosting uses cookies and similar technologies on our websites, services, customer portal, and mobile applications (collectively, the "Platform").
We DO NOT sell your personal information. However, when you visit or interact with our sites, services, applications, tools or messaging, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to make your experience better, faster and safer, and to allow us to continuously improve our sites, services, applications and tools.
General Information About Cookies
We use cookies on our websites to customize the functioning of our Platform as much as possible and to contribute to ease of use when navigating our websites.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file placed onto your device that enables our Platform features and functionality. For example, cookies enable us to identify your device, secure your access to the Platform, and manage user sessions and preferences.
Cookies enable the Platform to store data, such as:
- Login data (IP address of the logging-in device, login time, location from which the login is attempted);
- Type of browser;
- Demographic data (age group, geographic location);
- Data about how you browse the Platform (which sections you visit, what services you are interested in).
Objectives and Purposes
We use cookies to:
- Ensure efficient and safe functioning of the Platform; we use cookies to enable and support our security features, and to help us detect malicious activity on our websites;
- Understand, improve, and research products, features, and services, including when you access our Platform from other websites, applications, or devices;
- Recognize returning visitors of the Platform; cookies help us show you the right information and personalize your experience; cookies also help avoid re-registration or re-filling of information by you each time you visit the Platform;
- Analyze your habits so that the functioning of the Platform would be convenient, efficient and would conform to your needs and expectations;
- Measure the flows of information and data being sent to our Platform; we use cookies for accumulation of statistical data about the number of users of the Platform and their use of the Platform;
- Measure the effectiveness of our own advertising campaigns (Google Ads, Facebook, Yandex) used to promote Core Hosting services; we do not show third-party advertising on our websites;
- Maintain user sessions in the customer portal and service management interfaces.
We may, to the extent allowed by applicable laws, link the data received from cookies with other information obtained about you from other legal sources (such as information about the use of services, online account, service orders, etc.).
Cookies Used on the Platform
Each time you visit our Platform, long-term (persistent) cookies may be created, which stay in your browser after you sign up and will be read by us when you return to our Platform. Short-term (session) cookies expire or are deleted after you finish browsing our Platform (they last only during the current visit or browsing session).
Many web browsers allow you to manage your preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. However, necessary cookies are required for functioning of our Platform, and if you block them, we cannot guarantee full functionality of the Platform or any of its portions.
Below are the main types of cookies and similar technologies used on the Platform:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Required for the operation of our Platform. They enable you to log into secure areas, maintain your session in the customer portal, and store your cookie consent preferences. Without these cookies operation of the Platform would be impossible or severely affected.
Preferences / Functional Cookies
Improve the functional performance of our Platform and make it easier to use. These cookies remember settings selected by visitors (such as language and interface preferences). They do not track your behavior on other websites.
Analytics Cookies
Allow us to recognize and count the number of users and see how they navigate through our Platform. We use Google Analytics on all Core Hosting websites and Yandex Metrica on corevds.eu (targeting CIS markets). Analytics cookies help us improve our services by understanding how visitors interact with our Platform.
Marketing Cookies
Used to measure the effectiveness of our own advertising campaigns. Core Hosting uses Google Ads conversion tracking on certain websites, Facebook Pixel on core.eu, and Yandex advertising tools on corevds.eu. These cookies help us understand which advertising channels bring customers to our services. We do not display third-party advertisements on our websites.
Detailed Cookie List
The following tables list all cookies and similar technologies used across Core Hosting Platform. Where the same cookie appears on multiple domains, it is listed once.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Name
Provider
Purpose
Type
Expiry
WHMCSMsMd3Ex3stPd
Core Hosting
Customer portal session cookie (WHMCS).
Maintains your logged-in session in the billing and service
management
portal.
Cookie
Session
PHPSESSID
Core Hosting
Standard PHP session identifier. Maintains
your browsing session on core.eu websites.
Cookie
Session
cookiehub
Core Hosting
Stores your cookie consent preferences.
Required to remember your choices regarding cookie categories.
Cookie
365 days
cmplz_*
Core Hosting
Group of cookies (cmplz_consented_services,
cmplz_policy_id, cmplz_marketing, cmplz_statistics,
cmplz_preferences,
cmplz_functional) storing your detailed cookie consent settings
per
category.
Cookie
365 days
wp_consent_*
Core Hosting
Group of cookies (wp_consent_marketing,
wp_consent_statistics, wp_consent_statistics-anonymous,
wp_consent_preferences, wp_consent_functional) storing consent
state for
each cookie category in WordPress.
Cookie
30 days
wpEmojiSettingsSupports
Core Hosting
Detects whether the browser supports native
emoji rendering. Used by WordPress to decide whether to load
emoji scripts.
Session storage
Session
__stripe_mid
Stripe
Set by Stripe payment processor. Used to
identify your device for fraud prevention during payment
processing.
Cookie
365 days
__stripe_sid
Stripe
Set by Stripe payment processor. Identifies
your payment session during checkout.
Cookie
1 hour
m
Stripe
Set by Stripe. Used for fraud detection and
prevention during payment transactions.
Cookie
400 days
__cf_bm
PayPal / Cloudflare
Set by Cloudflare on PayPal's domain. Used
to distinguish between humans and bots when accessing PayPal
payment
services.
Cookie (3rd party)
1 hour
__paypal_storage__
PayPal
Set by PayPal. Used to store session data
required for processing PayPal payments.
Local storage
Persistent
fbssls_*
PayPal / Facebook
Used by PayPal to store session state
during the payment flow when Facebook login is involved.
Session storage
Session
Preferences /
Functional Cookies
Name
Provider
Purpose
Type
Expiry
pll_language
Core Hosting
Stores the language selected by the visitor
on WordPress-based websites (Polylang plugin). Ensures content
is shown in
your preferred language on subsequent visits.
Cookie
365 days
lang
Core Hosting
Stores the language preference on core.eu
websites. Ensures the correct language version is displayed on
subsequent
visits.
Cookie
30 days
sync_cookie_csrf
Yandex
CSRF protection token set by Yandex Metrica
during cookie synchronization. Used on corevds.eu which uses
Yandex Metrica
analytics.
Cookie (3rd party)
1 hour
Analytics Cookies
Name
Provider
Purpose
Type
Expiry
_ga
Google Analytics
Registers a unique ID used to generate
statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used on
all Core
Hosting websites.
Cookie
400 days
_ga_*
Google Analytics
Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist
session state. Contains the measurement ID for the specific
property. Used
on all Core Hosting websites.
Cookie
400 days
stat
Core Hosting
Internal analytics cookie used on core.eu
websites to count unique daily visitors.
Cookie
1 day
_ym_uid
Yandex Metrica
Assigns a unique ID to a visitor to track
sessions. Used on corevds.eu (CIS market website).
Cookie
365 days
_ym_d
Yandex Metrica
Stores the date of the visitor's first
session. Used on corevds.eu.
Cookie
365 days
_ym_isad
Yandex Metrica
Detects whether the visitor has an ad
blocker. Used on corevds.eu.
Cookie
20 hours
_ym_visorc
Yandex Metrica
Used by Yandex Metrica's Session Replay
feature to record visitor interactions. Used on corevds.eu.
Cookie
1 hour
_ym*
Yandex Metrica
Local storage entries used by Yandex
Metrica to store analytics data. Used on corevds.eu.
Local storage
Persistent
__ym_tab_guid
Yandex Metrica
Identifies the current browser tab for
Yandex Metrica session tracking. Used on corevds.eu.
Session storage
Session
i, yandexuid, bh
Yandex (3rd party)
Third-party Yandex cookies used to identify
visitors across Yandex services for analytics purposes. Set on
Yandex
domains when Yandex Metrica is loaded. Used on corevds.eu.
Cookie (3rd party)
400 days
sync_cookie_csrf_secondary,
sync_cookie_ok_secondary
Yandex (3rd party)
Used by Yandex for cookie synchronization
between Yandex services and Metrica. Used on corevds.eu.
Cookie (3rd party)
1 hour – 1 day
Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used exclusively
to measure
the
effectiveness of Core Hosting's own advertising campaigns. We do not display
third-party
advertisements on our websites.
Name
Provider
Purpose
Type
Expiry
_gcl_au
Google Ads
Used by Google Ads to store and track
conversions. Measures the effectiveness of Core Hosting's
advertising
campaigns. Used on getvps.eu and corevps.eu.
Cookie
90 days
_gcl_ls
Google Ads
Local storage entry used by Google Ads to
store conversion linker data. Used on getvps.eu and corevps.eu.
Local storage
Persistent
ar_debug
Google (3rd party)
Used by Google to verify ad conversion
tracking. Set on Google's domain when Google Ads is active. Used
on core.eu.
Cookie (3rd party)
90 days
_fbp
Facebook
Used by Facebook Pixel to track visits
across websites for measuring the effectiveness of Core
Hosting's
advertising on Facebook. Used on core.eu.
Cookie
90 days
lastExternalReferrer,
lastExternalReferrerTime, topicsLastReferenceTime
Facebook
Local storage entries set by Facebook Pixel
to track the source of traffic and referral timing. Used on
core.eu.
Local storage
Persistent
st_shares_*
ShareThis
Used by social sharing tools to track share
counts and interactions. Used on core.eu.
Local storage
Persistent
yabs-sid
Yandex (3rd party)
Used by Yandex advertising system to
identify the current advertising session. Set on Yandex's
domain. Used on
corevds.eu.
Cookie (3rd party)
Session
yuidss, ymex,
receive-cookie-deprecation
Yandex (3rd party)
Yandex advertising and tracking cookies
used to measure campaign effectiveness and prevent duplicate ad
impressions.
Set on Yandex's domain. Used on corevds.eu.
Cookie (3rd party)
365 days
Managing Cookie Preferences
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHMCSMsMd3Ex3stPd | Core Hosting | Customer portal session cookie (WHMCS). Maintains your logged-in session in the billing and service management portal. | Cookie | Session |
| PHPSESSID | Core Hosting | Standard PHP session identifier. Maintains your browsing session on core.eu websites. | Cookie | Session |
| cookiehub | Core Hosting | Stores your cookie consent preferences. Required to remember your choices regarding cookie categories. | Cookie | 365 days |
| cmplz_* | Core Hosting | Group of cookies (cmplz_consented_services, cmplz_policy_id, cmplz_marketing, cmplz_statistics, cmplz_preferences, cmplz_functional) storing your detailed cookie consent settings per category. | Cookie | 365 days |
| wp_consent_* | Core Hosting | Group of cookies (wp_consent_marketing, wp_consent_statistics, wp_consent_statistics-anonymous, wp_consent_preferences, wp_consent_functional) storing consent state for each cookie category in WordPress. | Cookie | 30 days |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | Core Hosting | Detects whether the browser supports native emoji rendering. Used by WordPress to decide whether to load emoji scripts. | Session storage | Session |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe | Set by Stripe payment processor. Used to identify your device for fraud prevention during payment processing. | Cookie | 365 days |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe | Set by Stripe payment processor. Identifies your payment session during checkout. | Cookie | 1 hour |
| m | Stripe | Set by Stripe. Used for fraud detection and prevention during payment transactions. | Cookie | 400 days |
| __cf_bm | PayPal / Cloudflare | Set by Cloudflare on PayPal's domain. Used to distinguish between humans and bots when accessing PayPal payment services. | Cookie (3rd party) | 1 hour |
| __paypal_storage__ | PayPal | Set by PayPal. Used to store session data required for processing PayPal payments. | Local storage | Persistent |
| fbssls_* | PayPal / Facebook | Used by PayPal to store session state during the payment flow when Facebook login is involved. | Session storage | Session |
Preferences / Functional Cookies
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pll_language | Core Hosting | Stores the language selected by the visitor on WordPress-based websites (Polylang plugin). Ensures content is shown in your preferred language on subsequent visits. | Cookie | 365 days |
| lang | Core Hosting | Stores the language preference on core.eu websites. Ensures the correct language version is displayed on subsequent visits. | Cookie | 30 days |
| sync_cookie_csrf | Yandex | CSRF protection token set by Yandex Metrica during cookie synchronization. Used on corevds.eu which uses Yandex Metrica analytics. | Cookie (3rd party) | 1 hour |
Analytics Cookies
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used on all Core Hosting websites. | Cookie | 400 days |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state. Contains the measurement ID for the specific property. Used on all Core Hosting websites. | Cookie | 400 days |
| stat | Core Hosting | Internal analytics cookie used on core.eu websites to count unique daily visitors. | Cookie | 1 day |
| _ym_uid | Yandex Metrica | Assigns a unique ID to a visitor to track sessions. Used on corevds.eu (CIS market website). | Cookie | 365 days |
| _ym_d | Yandex Metrica | Stores the date of the visitor's first session. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie | 365 days |
| _ym_isad | Yandex Metrica | Detects whether the visitor has an ad blocker. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie | 20 hours |
| _ym_visorc | Yandex Metrica | Used by Yandex Metrica's Session Replay feature to record visitor interactions. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie | 1 hour |
| _ym* | Yandex Metrica | Local storage entries used by Yandex Metrica to store analytics data. Used on corevds.eu. | Local storage | Persistent |
| __ym_tab_guid | Yandex Metrica | Identifies the current browser tab for Yandex Metrica session tracking. Used on corevds.eu. | Session storage | Session |
| i, yandexuid, bh | Yandex (3rd party) | Third-party Yandex cookies used to identify visitors across Yandex services for analytics purposes. Set on Yandex domains when Yandex Metrica is loaded. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie (3rd party) | 400 days |
| sync_cookie_csrf_secondary, sync_cookie_ok_secondary | Yandex (3rd party) | Used by Yandex for cookie synchronization between Yandex services and Metrica. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie (3rd party) | 1 hour – 1 day |
Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used exclusively to measure the effectiveness of Core Hosting's own advertising campaigns. We do not display third-party advertisements on our websites.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Used by Google Ads to store and track conversions. Measures the effectiveness of Core Hosting's advertising campaigns. Used on getvps.eu and corevps.eu. | Cookie | 90 days |
| _gcl_ls | Google Ads | Local storage entry used by Google Ads to store conversion linker data. Used on getvps.eu and corevps.eu. | Local storage | Persistent |
| ar_debug | Google (3rd party) | Used by Google to verify ad conversion tracking. Set on Google's domain when Google Ads is active. Used on core.eu. | Cookie (3rd party) | 90 days |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook Pixel to track visits across websites for measuring the effectiveness of Core Hosting's advertising on Facebook. Used on core.eu. | Cookie | 90 days | |
| lastExternalReferrer, lastExternalReferrerTime, topicsLastReferenceTime | Local storage entries set by Facebook Pixel to track the source of traffic and referral timing. Used on core.eu. | Local storage | Persistent | |
| st_shares_* | ShareThis | Used by social sharing tools to track share counts and interactions. Used on core.eu. | Local storage | Persistent |
| yabs-sid | Yandex (3rd party) | Used by Yandex advertising system to identify the current advertising session. Set on Yandex's domain. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie (3rd party) | Session |
| yuidss, ymex, receive-cookie-deprecation | Yandex (3rd party) | Yandex advertising and tracking cookies used to measure campaign effectiveness and prevent duplicate ad impressions. Set on Yandex's domain. Used on corevds.eu. | Cookie (3rd party) | 365 days |
You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent management platform (Cookiehub), which appears when you first visit our website. You can access this tool at any time to review and update your preferences.
Additionally, many web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. Visitors may, at their discretion, block or delete cookies and similar unique identifiers through their browser or device settings. If you refuse or block cookies, some functions of the Platform may be inaccessible to you or may operate less efficiently.
Necessary cookies are required for functioning of our Platform. If you block them, we cannot guarantee full functionality of the Platform.
Browser Settings
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser's "Tools" or "Preferences" menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies, visit: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Analytics Opt-Out
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking without affecting how you visit our site. For more information, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For Yandex Metrica, you can opt out at: https://metrica.yandex.com/optout
Data Deletion Requests
You may require that we delete all data about you, as collected and processed with the help of cookies, by contacting dpo@core.hosting. Such data will be deleted not later than within 30 days after receiving your request.
Your Rights
You are entitled to a range of rights regarding cookies and the data they collect:
- The right to access the information we process about you through cookies;
- The right to rectify incorrect or inaccurate information;
- The right to erase data collected through cookies, subject to legal retention requirements;
- The right to restrict processing of cookie data;
- The right to object to the processing of cookie data when processing is carried out on the basis of legitimate interest;
- The right to withdraw consent at any time for non-essential cookies.
You may at any time access and adjust your cookie preferences through the cookie consent management platform, your browser settings, or by contacting us at dpo@core.hosting
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the national Data Protection Agency in your country of residence. For Estonia, this is the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon): https://www.aki.ee/en/contacts
We recommend attempting to reach a peaceful resolution of any possible dispute by contacting us first.
Children's Privacy
Our Platform is not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 18 through cookies or any other means. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected information from your child, please contact us at dpo@core.hosting
Updates to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated by Core Hosting from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via email or Portal notification at least 30 days before taking effect. We will also post the updated version on our website. Continued use of Core Hosting's Platform after changes take effect indicates your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.
Acceptance of This Policy
We assume that all users of Core Hosting Platform have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this Cookie Policy, they should refrain from using our Platform and adjust their browser settings to block cookies.
This Cookie Policy is an integral part of Core Hosting's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
For questions regarding this Cookie Policy or to exercise your data rights, contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@core.hosting. For full company contact details, see Section 22 of the Core Hosting Terms of Service.
Further Information
If you have any further questions regarding cookies used on Core Hosting Platform, or how we use them, please feel free to contact the Data Protection Officer at the details indicated above.
You may find more information about how to delete cookies, as well as other useful information related to the use of cookies, on the website: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/