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Is anyone aware of what _gat cookie is for? I know it's only for non-authenticated users and expires every 10 minutes. But I need to know what it's used for.
I found this, but not really sure what they mean with 'Used to throttle request rate'
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The Google Analytics JavaScript libraries use HTTP cookies to "remember" what a user has done on previous pages / interactions with the website. Note: Read the Google Analytics privacy document for more details about the data collected by Google Analytics.
Consent is required because analytics cookies are not strictly necessary to provide the service that the user requests. For example, the user can access your online service whether analytics cookies are enabled or not.
Cookies are not designed to "identify" you, as in your name or your "real-world" identity. They associate information with a unique ID: a random string of characters assigned to your web browser. However, because of the volume of data you transfer over the internet, cookies can reveal some highly sensitive information.
#1 _ga cookie – used to identify unique users and expires after two years. #2 _gat cookie – used to throttle the request rate, and it expires after one minute. If Google Analytics is set up using GTM, this cookie is set as _dc_gtm_<property-id>. #3 _gid – used to identify the user and expires in 24 hours.
I found it after an other hour of searching
This cookie does not store any user information, it's just used to limit the number of requests that have to be made to doubleclick.net.
More info: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/display-features
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