Unsplash cookie - "ugid"?

[Lumen (Kate Joan)]

I am doing my best to have my websites GDPR-compliant, and am using CookieManager with Gateway from Stacks4Stacks (and I would recommend both).

One issue though: upon inspecting one of my sites, I found a cookie called udig coming from Unsplash.

When I contacted Unsplash to ask what this cookie does or collects, they were not the most helpful and just directed me to their privacy policy, wherein they have this to say about cookies:

“Cookies are small bits of information that are automatically stored on the web browser of your device that can be retrieved by us. The type of information we collect includes, but is not limited to, uniquely identifying visitor information and information related to your usage preferences. We use these technologies to help us recognize you as a user, collect information about your use of the Unsplash Services to better customize our services and content for you. By using the Unsplash Services, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and/or transmit any data collected to our third-party service providers, such as analytics providers, which may also make use of such technologies described above. Please note that if you block or delete cookies you will not be able to use some or all of the Unsplash Services.”

…which is quite vague and not very helpful for me in writing a GDPR-compliant privacy policy for my client.

The nature of CookiesManager is that it blocks any scripts from loading before the user has consented to the use of cookies, but in order to do so it requires you to add the parts of the site employing cookies into an If True (if cookies enabled) stack. My issue here is that I am not sure what part of the site I would need to add here.

So, can anyone can tell me what this cookie is doing, and/or where it is coming from??

Any help is greatly appreciated!
-Lumen

[Fuellemann (Jan Fuellemann)]

I would check why a reference to unsplash is needed at all? Is there a plug-in or embed that pulls images from unsplash and if so can’t you insert the image directly?

[Fuellemann (Jan Fuellemann)]

You find this cookie in this cookie policy information:
https://www.cuda.ie/cookie-policy/

[Lumen (Kate Joan)]

Thanks so much for your reply. The cookie policy information you posted is reassuring as it categorizes ugid as “necessary”, however my initial concern came from this report from CookieBot (though I have read on this forum that sometimes these scans can be unreliable.)

So I’m not sure which to believe, but I hope that the one you posted is correct!

[Lumen (Kate Joan)]

@Fuellemann Thanks to your suggestion, I just realized that some of the content that was uploaded through the editor was indeed done with links to Unsplash and not uploaded directly as I thought they had been (it is not my blog; I’m just doing the RapidWeaver setup and letting the blog owner publish via Alloy’s online editor.)

I switched over some of the photos, inserting them directly instead, and the problem is solved.
Thank you so much for your help and insight!