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

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

section_data_ids

Session

Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions, such as wish list display and checkout information.

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.

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

730 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

Used to distinguish users

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.