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
JS: Session

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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