Colorado Springs Utilities urges water conservation amid low snowpack

Krdo · Apr 21, 2026 · 1062 words · By Danny Mata

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Claim 1: “GCLB is used in context with load balancing - This optimizes the response rate between the visitor and the site, by distributing the traffic load on multiple network links or servers.”

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Claim 2: “gac measures user activity and ad campaign performance for advertisers”

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Claim 3: “cookies_accepted functionality cookie is simply to verify that you have allowed us to set cookies on your machine”

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Claim 4: “_Secure-ENID remembers user preferences like language, search results per page, and SafeSearch settings”

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Claim 5: “UULE sends precise location information from your browser to Googles servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location.”

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Claim 6: “django_language cookie is necessary for the use of the options and services of the website.”

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Claim 7: “APISID downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 8: “GN_PREF cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation”

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Claim 9: “TAID is used to link your activity across devices if you've previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate that the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events.”

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Multiple cross-references consistently state that TAID links activity across devices for users signed into a Google Account to coordinate ads and measure conversions. The Wikipedia evidence provided is irrelevant to this claim.

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Claim 10: “g_cl_au is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.”

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All five cross-references consistently state that g_cl_au is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency. The Wikipedia entry on Google AdSense supports the general context of the cookie's use.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Ad Manager is an ad management platform introduced by Google on June 27, 2018. for large publishers who have significant direct sales. It combines the features of two former services from Googl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google AdSense is a program and advertising network run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Ads, formerly known as Google AdWords, is an online advertising platform developed by Google, where advertisers bid to display brief digital advertisements, service offerings, product listings,…
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Claim 11: “HSID downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 12: “A cookie is used by Google to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers”

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Claim 13: “Secure-YEC serves a similar purpose for YouTube, including detecting and resolving problems”

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Claim 14: “SSID downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 15: “SEARCH_SAMESITE prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests. The main goal is mitigate the risk of cross-origin information leakage. It also provides some protection against cross-site request forgery attacks.”

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All five cross-references consistently describe that SEARCH_SAMESITE prevents sending the cookie with cross-site requests to mitigate information leakage and protect against CSRF attacks.

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Claim 16: “SAPISID downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 17: “g_enabled_idps is used for Google Single Sign On”

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Claim 18: “receive-cookie-deprecation ensures browers in an experiment group of the Chrome-facilitated testing period include the Sec-Cookie-Deprecation request header as soon as it becomes available.”

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Claim 19: “gcl helps advertisers determine user actions on their site after clicking an ad”

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Claim 20: “__Host-1PLSID is used to sign in with Google account.”

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Claim 21: “CONSENT is a Google cookie consent tracker”

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Claim 22: “__Secure-ENID is used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. This also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login”

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The three cross-references uniformly state that __Secure-ENID prevents fraudulent logins and contains a user ID for statistics/marketing after login. The Wikipedia entries provide general context about Google and Google Accounts, supporting the general nature of the ID.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Search (also known simply as Google or google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search for information on the Web by entering keywords or phrases. Google Search use…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum c…
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Claim 23: “DSID identifies signed-in users on non-Google sites to respect ad personalization settings”

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Claim 24: “LSOLH is for authentication with your Google account”

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Claim 25: “CGIC improves search results delivery by autocompleting queries based on user input”

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Claim 26: “FCCDCF is a cookie for Google Funding Choices API which allows for functionality specific to consent gathering for things like GDPR consent and CCPA opt-out.”

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Claim 27: “FCNEC is a cookie for Google Funding Choices API which allows for functionality specific to consent gathering for things like GDPR consent and CCPA opt-out.”

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Claim 28: “_dcid collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.”

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Claim 29: “AdID shows Google ads on non-Google sites and personalize ads based on user settings”

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Claim 30: “AID downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 31: “SMSV is used to sign in with Google account”

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Claim 32: “SIDCC downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 33: “SOCS stores a user's state regarding their cookies choices”

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Claim 34: “NID is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation”

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All three cross-references consistently state that NID is used to collect website statistics, track conversion rates, and support Google ad personalization.

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Claim 35: “SNID is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation”

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Claim 36: “_Secure-YEC is used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to protect advertisers and YouTube creators”

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Claim 37: “ACCOUNT_CHOOSER is used to sign in with Google account”

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Claim 38: “SID downloads certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search.”

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Claim 39: “A powerful search engine that organizes and provides access to vast information on the internet.”

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Claim 40: “1P_JAR cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.”

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Claim 41: “FPGCLDC is used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site”

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All five cross-references consistently state that FPGCLDC helps advertisers determine user actions after clicking on ads, with one source adding a time frame (90 days).

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Claim 42: “OTZ is for Aggregate analysis of website visitors”

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