ChangeGroup Cookie Policy
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. We will ask you for your consent to our use of cookies when you first access our website. If you do not consent, then you are treated as though you have blocked the use of cookies (see below). You may withdraw your consent by declining to accept the cookie policy when you visit our website.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Cookie Type |
Name |
Duration |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
First Party |
add_to_cart |
Used by Google Tag Manager. Captures the product SKU, name, price and quantity removed from the cart, and makes the information available for future integration by third-party scripts. | |
First Party |
form_key |
A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). | |
First Party |
guest-view |
Session |
Stores the Order ID that guest shoppers use to retrieve their order status. Guest orders view. Used in Orders and Returns widgets. |
First Party |
login_redirect |
Session |
Preserves the destination page that was loading before the customer was directed to log in. |
First Party |
mage-banners-cache-storage |
Per local storage rules |
Stores banner content locally to improve performance. |
First Party |
mage-cache-sessid |
Session |
The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the Admin cleans up local storage, and sets the cookie value to true. |
First Party |
mage-cache-storage |
Session |
Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions. |
First Party |
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation |
Per local storage rules |
Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated. |
First Party |
mage-messages |
1 year |
Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper. |
First Party |
mage-translation-file-version |
Per local storage rules |
Tracks the version of translations in local storage. Used when Translation Strategy is configured as Dictionary (Translation on Storefront side). |
First Party |
mage-translation-storage |
Per local storage rules |
Stores translated content when requested by the shopper. Used when Translation Strategy is configured as “Dictionary (Translation on Storefront side)”. |
First Party |
persistent_shopping_cart |
Based on Persistent Shopping Cart - Persistence Lifetime (seconds) configuration |
Stores the key (ID) of persistent cart to make it possible to restore the cart for an anonymous shopper. |
First Party |
private_content_version |
Based on Persistent Shopping Cart - Persistence Lifetime (seconds) configuration |
Appends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server. |
First Party |
product_data_storage |
Per local storage rules |
Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products. |
First Party |
recently_compared_product |
Per local storage rules |
Stores product IDs of recently compared products. |
First Party |
recently_compared_product_previous |
Per local storage rules |
Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. |
First Party |
recently_viewed_product |
Per local storage rules |
Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation. |
First Party |
recently_viewed_product_previous |
Per local storage rules |
Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation. |
First Party |
remove_from_cart |
Used by Google Tag Manager. Captures the product SKU, name, price, and quantity added to the cart, and makes the information available for future integration by third-party scripts. | |
First Party |
stf |
Session |
Records the time messages are sent by the SendFriend (Email a Friend) module. |
First Party |
store |
1 year |
Tracks the specific store view / locale selected by the shopper. |
First Party |
X-Magento-Vary |
Based on PHP setting session.cookie_lifetime |
Configuration setting that improves performance when using Varnish static content caching. |
First Party |
GCLB |
59 minutes |
When you set generated cookie affinity, the global external application load balancers issue a cookie on the first request. For each subsequent request with the same cookie, the load balancers direct the request to the same backend VM or endpoint. |
First Party |
JSESSIONID |
Session |
Platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. |
First Party |
ak_bmsc |
1 hour |
This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. |
First Party |
bm_sv |
1 hour
|
This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. |
First Party |
cookie_consent_level |
61 days |
Cookie used to remember & manage the user's acceptance of the cookies policy. |
First Party |
form_key |
PHP: Based on PHP setting session.cookie_lifetime |
A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). |
First Party |
AKA_A2 |
1 hour |
Provided by Akamai and is used for the Advanced Acceleration feature, which enables DNS Prefetch and HTTP2 Push. |
First Party |
section_data_ids |
Session |
Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions, such as wish list display and checkout information. |
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Cookie Type |
Name |
Duration |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Third Party |
_ga |
399 days |
This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you have visited before |
Third Party |
_ga_Z7V9QE3WP9 |
399 days |
This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you have visited before |
Third Party |
_ga |
400 days |
This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you have visited before |
Third Party |
_ga_Z7V9QE3WP9 |
400 days |
This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you have visited before |
Third Party |
_gat_gtag_[Property-ID] |
1 minute |
Used to limit requests (throttle requests rate) |
Third Party |
_gid |
1 day |
Distinguishes visitors to your site. |
Third Party |
_gat |
1 minute
|
Used to throttle request rate. |
Third Party |
dc_gtm_ |
1 minute |
Throttles request rate when Google Analytics is deployed with Google Tag Manager. |
Third Party |
AMP_TOKEN |
30 seconds to 1 year |
Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values include opt-out, inflight request, or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
Third Party |
_gac |
90 days |
Contains campaign-related information for the user. Google AdWords conversion tags read this cookie if Google Analytics is linked to your AdWords account. |
Third Party |
_utma |
2 years from set/update |
Distinguishes shoppers and sessions. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there is no existing __utma cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Third Party |
_utmt |
10 minutes |
Used to throttle request rate. |
Third Party |
_utmb |
30 mins from set/update |
Determines new sessions/visits. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Third Party |
_utmz |
6 months from set/update |
Saves the traffic source or campaign that explains how the shopper reached your site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes, and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Third Party |
__utmv |
2 years from set/update |
Stores visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor-level custom variable. This cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Cookie Type |
Name |
Duration |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
First Party |
MobileFormat |
10 950 days (never) |
Used to determine whether or not to show the mobile format of the website |
First Party |
MXP_TRACKINGID |
10 950 days (never) |
Used to anonymously track sessions within the website. |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all, or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site and our site may not function properly.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire within their specified timeframe. Once expired, the browser will not send that particular cookie to the server with the page request, however this will also depend on the specific browser and the user's personal settings.
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