Cookie Policy
When you first visit our website, we will ask you to select your preferences for the cookies that are placed on your computer or device. Please be aware however, that you are unable to opt out of ‘necessary’ cookies, which allow us to distinguish you from other users when you visit our website and ensure our website functions correctly on your device. You can view and update your cookie preferences at any time by going to the preference centre. Please note if you change your mind and revoke your consent from any category at a later date you may need to clear your cookies and delete your temporary internet files for all items to be removed from your device.
1. What are cookies?
"Cookies" are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device and remember if you've been to the website before. Cookies are very common web technology - most websites use cookies and have done for years. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as providing information to the owners of websites. Cookies are used to measure which parts of the website people visit and to customise your experience. Cookies also provide information that helps us monitor and improve the website's performance.
2. What type of cookies are used on this website?
You can read more about the different types of cookies that we use below:
- Our own (first party) cookies:
We use cookies to enhance the performance of our website and personalise your online experience. Cookies help us to collect information on how people use our website and which pages they visit. They enable us to monitor the number of visitors and to analyse website usage patterns and trends. We collect this information in such a way that it doesn’t identify your real-world identity. We always use cookie data in a responsible way.
- Third-party cookies:
Third party cookies may come from partners that provide functional web tools for our site, other websites where we advertise and from social networks.
3. The purposes for which we use cookies on this website
o Necessary cookies:
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences (please note if disabled our website may not work or show correctly on your device).
o Analytical cookies:
Analytics cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used, this helps us to improve yours and others experience of the website.
o Marketing cookies:
We use third party cookies, pixels, web beacons and other storage technologies (including from Facebook) on our website to serve you with advertisements that we believe are relevant to you and your interests and for measurement purposes. You may see these advertisements on our website and on other websites that you visit. Please note that if you disable these, you will still see adverts they just won't be tailored to your interests.
o Personalisation cookies:
We use cookies to understand how you engage with our website across all your devices, this includes recording your browsing habits and activity. This information is used for profiling purposes and to help identify you, so that we can show you targeted and personalised marketing content, both on our website, via email (where you consent to marketing) and in other contexts, such as on other websites or through other marketing channels.
Please see the end of this policy for detailed information regarding the individual cookies used on this website.
4. Your consent
Cookies and associated personal information used for essential purposes
In accordance with data protection laws, we do not request your consent to use these cookies as they are necessary to ensure this website works properly.
Cookies and associated personal information used for non-essential purposes
We will only store or read cookies on your device for non-essential cookies and process associated personal information (or allow our third party services providers and partners to do so) if you have given, and not withdrawn, your consent. We request this using the cookie tool that appears when you visit any page of this website.
How to provide your consent for non-essential cookies and associated personal information
When you visit this website for the first time, you will be prompted with a request to provide your consent for non-essential cookies and the personal information we receive as a result of their use. You can consent to all non-essential cookies or choose to consent to cookies by their individual categories of purposes of use by selecting, in each case, by selecting the appropriate option.
If you do not provide your consent for these cookies, we will neither use them nor process any personal information in connection with them. Consequently, your provision of any personal information associated with the cookie is voluntary and you may withdraw your consent at any time. Any use of the cookie or associated personal information before you withdraw your consent will be valid and lawful. Please see our Privacy Statement for further information regarding your data protection rights.
5. Withdrawing your consent to cookies
You may withdraw consent that you have previously provided for cookies in one of three ways depending on the type of cookie:
- Using the cookie tool we make available from this website. This can be accessed by clicking on the link below – “Manage your Cookie Settings”. Here you can withdraw your consent by setting the option for the relevant category of cookie to the “off” position. Please note email tracking cookies cannot be turned off using this tool.
- Adjusting the settings in your web browser. Most web browsers are set by default to accept all cookies. However, you may have the option to configure your web browser settings in such a way that the cookie information is displayed before storage, or to categorically reject them. You can find details on the various available settings for cookies and related changes for the most common web browsers by clicking on the relevant link below:
> Opera
> Safari
Please note that any change to your web browser settings will only apply to the particular web browser for which you have adjusted your settings. If you use more than one web browser on a device, you must change the settings separately for each browser and, depending on the browser, for each device. Additional information regarding cookies may be available within the “help” feature of the browser or operating system or the operating manual for your device.
- Using tools provided by the following industry bodies for opting-out of third party cookies for targeted advertising:
- Network Advertising Initiative
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
We’re providing you this information as part of our on-going efforts to ensure the best possible customer service, making sure you have all the information regarding your privacy when using our website.
6. Third parties cookies
Sometimes we'll advertise on third-party websites, including social media platforms. These cookies are used to help us see which advertisements you interact with. Each individual advertiser sets its own tracking cookies.
7. Detailed cookie information
Necessary cookies:
Cookie Name |
Purpose of Cookie |
Cookies used (party) |
Lifespan |
| __cfduid | Used by the content network to identify web traffic. | 3rd | 30 days |
| adobeujs-optin | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | 1st | 365 days |
| AWSELB | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimise user experience. | 3rd | Persistent |
| caoPopInMode | This cookie allows users to interact with our Live Chat tool. | 1st | Browser session |
| eupubconsent | This cookie is used by the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework to store the user's consent to the data collection Purposes. The cookie holds an encrypted consent string that vendors participating in the framework can read and determine the user's consent. | 1st | 365 days |
| JSESSIONID | This is a functional cookie which allows the website servers to respond to your actions; in this case, the configurator. | 1st | Browser session |
| MdxUserSession | This is a functional cookie which allows the website server to respond to your actions. | 1st | Browser session |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1st | 365 days |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 1st | 365 days |
| PHPSESSID | This is a functional cookie which allows the website servers to respond to your actions; in this case, creating a chat session. | 1st | Browser session |
| TS019eaf5b | This is a cookie fired by Google via the x_qtag_2020701 cookie. See cookie info for more details. | 1st | Browser session |
| TSxxxxxxxxxx | Used to sign and secure transactions with our server. | 1st | Persistent |
Analytical cookies:
Cookie Name |
Purpose of Cookie |
Cookies used (party) |
Lifespan |
| __a0s_connectionTime | Stores the date of first time user comes to SEAT site. | 3rd | 2 years |
| __a0s_invisit | Stores a Boolean to figure out if user remains on the actual visit. | 1st | 30 minutes |
| __a0s_isLanding | Stores landing page name through which user arrive to SEAT site. | 3rd | Browser session |
| __a0s_ppv | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics to store information on the percentage of the page displayed to the end user. | 3rd | Browser session |
| __a0s_previousPageName | Stores previous page name. | 1st | 30 minutes |
| __a0z_daysLastVisit | Stores milliseconds format date since last user visits the site. | 1st | 3 years |
| __a0z_daysLastVisit_s | Stores readable text since last user visit. | 1st | 30 minutes |
| __a0z_visitNum | Stores a visit number counter. | 1st | 2 years |
| _cs_c | This cookies is used by ContentSquare to save the user consent to be tracked. | 3rd | 13 months |
| _cs_ex | This cookies is used by ContentSquare to exclude some visitors from the collection. | 3rd | 30 days |
| _cs_id | This cookie contains ContentSquare’s user identifier. | 3rd | 13 months |
| _cs_mk | This cookie is used for the Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics integrations. | 3rd | 30 minutes |
| _cs_optout | This cookies is used by ContentSquare to exclude some visitors from the collection. | 3rd | 13 months |
| _cs_s | This cookie contains the number of pageviews within the running session for ContentSquare Solution. | 3rd | 30 minutes |
| _cs_vars | This cookie is used by ContentSquare to record custom variables. | 3rd | Browser session |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Performance - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used Performance service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites Performance reports. | 1st | 2 years |
| _ga_devsite | Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics – third-party analytics cookies: google analytics for statistical purposes. Type of data processed: IP addresses. To maximize the privacy of users / visitors, we use the “masking IP” feature, which imposes on the system the darkening of the last 8 digits of the IP address of the user / visitor before any type of processing is performed, making in fact the analyzed Purpose: to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and on how they visit our site, to process statistics. | 3rd | 730 days |
| _gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Performance, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1st | 10 minutes |
| _gat_0000-1 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 1st | Persistent |
| _gat_collector | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 1st | Persistent |
| _gat_storystream_tracker | This cookie is used to streamline requests being made from a website to the Google Analytics domain. | 3rd | 30 days |
| _gat_UA- | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 1st | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-1 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-10 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-11 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-12 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-13 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-14 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-15 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-17 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-18 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-19 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-2 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-20 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-23 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-24 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-25 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-29 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-30 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-32 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-33 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-37 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-39 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-4 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-40 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-41 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-42 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-43 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-44 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-45 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-47 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-49 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-5 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-50 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-6 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-111878981-9 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-10 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-11 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-12 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-15 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-2 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-22 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-23 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-24 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-25 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-26 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-29 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-30 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-32 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-33 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-35 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-36 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-37 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-38 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-39 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-4 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-40 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-42 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-43 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-47 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-49 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-5 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-50 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-6 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-7 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-8 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112234273-9 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112262207-1 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-112262207-4 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gat_UA-80652717-2 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Performance, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _gclxxxx | These cookies are used by Google to improve and measure the website actions taken by a site visitor. Cookies may be used to show advertising within Paid Search, Display and Video platforms subsequent to the website visit. | 1st | 90 days |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Performance. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | 1st | Persistent |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 1st | Browser session |
| _hjCachedUserAttributes | This cookie is set by Hotjar and is set when a visitor lands on a page with the Hotjar script. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _hjFirstSeen | Identifies a new user's first session on a website, indicating whether or not Hotjar's seeing this user for the first time. | 1st | Browser session |
| _hjid | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heat maps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. | 1st | Persistent |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _hjIncludedInSample | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. | 3rd | Browser session |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _hjTLDTest | When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. | 1st | Browser session |
| _one_MTAzNTEz | Used by Thunderhead to map offsite and onsite activity. | 1st | Persistent |
| _one_svr_MTAzNTEz | Used by Thunderhead to map offsite and onsite activity. | 1st | Persistent |
| _pk_id* | This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_id is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. | 1st | 393 days |
| _pk_ses* | This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_ses is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. | 1st | Persistent |
| _pk_uid | This cookie contains a user ID. In web analytics, page views and website actions (e.g. clicking) are sequential, i.e. recorded one after the other. A unique user ID, which is saved together with the page views and actions, allows us to subsequently assign page views and actions to the same user and also across different website visits. The data is used for analysis the user behaviour on the website." | 3rd | 1 year |
| _sdsat_landing_page | This cookie is set by Adobe Tag Manager to store the landing page name when making an initial visit to the website. | 3rd | Browser session |
| _sdsat_lt_pages_viewed | Stores an special last touch page viewed counter. | 3rd | 2 years |
| _sdsat_pages_viewed | Stores a page viewed counter. | 3rd | Browser session |
| _sdsat_session_count | Stores a session counter. | 3rd | Persistent |
| _sdsat_traffic_source | Stores landing page name through which user arrive to the website. | 3rd | Browser session |
| AKA_A2 | This cookie is generally provided by Akamai and is used for the Advanced Acceleration feature, which enables DNS Prefetch and HTTP2 Push. | 1st | Browser session |
| AMCVS_F050097853468AB 40A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. | 3rd | Persistent |
| AMCVS_xxxxxAdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. | 3rd | Persistent |
| at_check | Gives us the ability to test which content is more relevant to you, and show you personalised content based on your behaviour. | 1st | Browser session |
| AWSALB | Used by cloud service load balancer to map visitor's session to the instance. | 3rd | 7 days |
| AWSALBCORS | Used by cloud service load balancer to map visitor's session to the instance. | 3rd | 7 days |
| AWSELBCORS | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. | 3rd | Persistent |
| check | A simple test value used to determine if a visitor supports cookies. Set each time a visitor requests a page. | 3rd | Browser session |
| demdex | Via a unique ID that is used for semantic content analysis, the user's navigation on the website is registered and linked to offline data from surveys and similar registrations to display targeted ads. | 3rd | 179 days |
| dextp | This domain is owned by Adobe - Audience Manager. The main business activity is: Online profiling for targeted marketing. | 3rd | Browser session |
| dpm | Analytics cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used, this helps us to improve yours and others experience of the website. | 3rd | 180 days |
| has_js | Registered if the user has activated JavaScript in the browser. | 3rd | Browser session |
| mbox | Cookie set by Adobe SiteCatalyst Performance software - used for measuring the performance of page content using A/B split testing. | 1st | Persistent |
| RT | The roundtrip (RT) Boomerang cookie is used by Akamai to measure page load time and/or other timers associated with the page. | 1st | 7 days |
| s_cc | This cookies is set by Adobe Experience Cloud to verify whether cookies have been accepted or rejected. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_cm | Adobe Site Catalyst, appears to identify source of traffic coming into the site. | 3rd | Browser session |
| s_dfa | This cookie name is associated with the analytics service provided by Adobe's Site Catalyst product suite. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_dl | This cookie stores the number of days since a user last visited the webpage. | 1st | Persistent |
| s_ecid | Allows persistent ID tracking in the 1st-party state and is used as a reference ID if the AMCV cookie has expired. | 1st | 730 days |
| s_fid | This cookie name is associated with the analytics service provided by Adobe's Site Catalyst product suite. It is a new cookie introduced in 2013 as a 'fallback' visitor identifier where the s_vi cookie normally used for this purpose is blocked. It contains a randomly generated, unique id. | 1st | 730 days |
| s_ivc | This cookie is associated with Adobe Analytics site tracking. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_nr | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores date of visit and if visitor is new or returning. | 3rd | Persistent |
| s_ppv | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_prevChannel | Allows the performance of an analysis of the user’s information regarding the use of the browser or the number of visits. | 1st | Persistent |
| s_prevPage | Allows the performance of an analysis of the user’s information regarding the use of the browser or the number of visits. | 1st | Persistent |
| s_pvs | Allows the performance of an analysis of the user’s information regarding the use of the browser or the number of visits. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_tp | This lets us know how much of the page you viewed. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_tspent | Allows the performance of an analysis of the user’s information regarding the use of the browser or the number of visits. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_tspent_lp | Allows the performance of an analysis of the user’s information regarding the use of the browser or the number of visits. | 1st | Browser session |
| s_vi | This cookie is used by Adobe Analytics to identify a unique visitor. | 3rd | Persistent |
| s_vnc730 | Used to count the number of visits by a visitor. | 1st | 730 days |
| TCID | Used with Sophus3 analytics to calculate usage and campaign data via a client identifier that is randomly generated. | 3rd | 2 years |
| TCSess | Used with Sophus3 analytics to calculate session data via a client identifier that is randomly generated. | 3rd | Browser session |
| test | Adobe Analytics site tracking. | 1st | Browser session |
| TEST_AMCV_COOKIE | This cookie is used to identify a unique visitor. | 3rd | 731 days |
| TS0177e393 | This is a cookie fired by Google via the x_qtag_2020701 cookie. | 1st | Browser session |
| UserMatchHistory | Used by LinkedIn to associate user with past LinkedIn ad activity. | 3rd | 1 month |
| zc | User identification. | 3rd | 3650 days |
| zsc | Frequency capping for cookie syncing. | 3rd | 1 day |
Marketing cookies:
Cookie Name |
Purpose of Cookie |
Cookies used (party) |
Lifespan |
| _cc_aud | Collects and stores Lotame audience data for targeting solutions. | 3rd | 270 days |
| _cc_cc | This domain is owned by Lotame. The main business activity is: Data Management Platform - Targeting /Advertising. | 3rd | Browser session |
| _cc_dc | Collects and stores anonymous statistical data related to the user’s website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. | 3rd | 270 days |
| _cc_id | Lotame persistent unique user identifier. | 3rd | 270 days |
| _fbp | Facebook’s advertising cookie, used to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads. This also includes site analytics. | 1st | 90 days |
| _gat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics Cookies. | 1st | Persistent |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3rd | 3 months |
| _gclxxxx | Google conversion tracking cookie. | 3rd | 90 days |
| _kuid_ | Registers a unique ID that identifies a return in g user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 3rd | 179 days |
| _uetsid | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. | 1st | 1 day |
| 201911290026385b832827-5251- 43f7-8633- 75b77abd7089AQGhOE KOC3Kun12jMYndIjVUGKLATstA" | Used by LinkedIn for marketing purposes. | 3rd | Persistent |
| ActivityInfo2 | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | 89 days |
| ad-id | Track conversion events in order to enable enhanced optimisations towards a cost per acquisition goal. Remarketing tag will allow Amazon to retarget visitors to Volkswagen Passenger UK site. | 3rd | 13 months |
| ad-privacy | This cookie manages user ad privacy opt out settings. | 3rd | 13 months |
| AMCV_F050097853468AB40 | This cookie contains the ID of the user Adobe Experience Cloud, and will allow sessions of users to be linked into the correct Performance account. | 1st | Persistent |
| AMCV_F05009785346 8AB40A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their domains and services. | 3rd | 731 days |
| AMCV_F05009785346 8AB40A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their domains and services. | 1st | 731 days |
| AMCV_xxxxxAdobeOrg | This cookie contains the ID of the user Adobe Experience Cloud, and will allow sessions of users to be linked into the correct Performance account. | 3rd | Persistent |
| AMCVS_F050097853468AB40 | This cookie contains the ID of the user Adobe Experience Cloud, and will allow sessions of users to be linked into the correct Performance account. | 3rd | Browser session |
| AMCVS_F0500978534 68AB40A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. | 3rd | Persistent |
| AMCVS_F0500978534 68AB40A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. | 1st | Persistent |
| AMCVS_xxxxxAdobeOrg | This cookie contains the ID of the user Adobe Experience Cloud, and will allow sessions of users to be linked into the correct Performance account. | 3rd | Browser session |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | 3rd | 30 days |
| anj | This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services. | 3rd | 90 days |
| APID | This domain is owned by Advertising.com (AOL). | 3rd | 366 days |
| APIDTS | These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. | 3rd | Persistent |
| APISID | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 3rd | 2 years |
| audience | This domain is owned by spotxchange. The main business activity is: Video Advertising. | 3rd | 365 days |
| audit | Used to record cookie consent data. | 3rd | Persistent |
| B | This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| bcookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 3rd | 2 years |
| bscookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 3rd | 2 years |
| c | This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| CMID | This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| CMPRO | This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| CMPS | This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| CMRUM3 | This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| CMST | This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| CONSENT | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 3rd | 6181 days |
| demdex | This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. | 3rd | 180 days |
| dextp | This domain is owned by Adobe - Audience Manager. The main business activity is: Online profiling for targeted marketing. |
3rd | Persistent |
| dsp_id | This domain is owned by NetMining. The main business activity is: Consumer Profiling for Online Advertising. | 3rd | 183 days |
| ev_sync_dd | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| everest_g_v2 | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | 730 days |
| everest_session_v2 | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising. | 3rd | Browser session |
| eyeblaster | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | Persistent |
| f9522983-c968-44d5- 86ee-77d667fa7fe2" | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | 3rd | Persistent |
| fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3rd | 3 months |
| G3 | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | 89 days |
| GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 3rd | 1 day |
| HSID | This cookie stores the preferences and other information of the user. These include, in particular, the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page, and the decision whether or not to activate Google's SafeSearch filter. | 3rd | 2 years |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 3rd | 2 years |
| IDSYNC | This domain is owned by Yahoo Inc. whose main business model is online advertising. Although this domain is associated with Yahoo's web analytics service, because these are third party cookies they can allow Yahoo, in combination with other cookies set, to collect data for targeted advertising purposes. | 3rd | Persistent |
| khaos | Internal user identifier used for analytics. | 3rd | Persistent |
| KRTB | Pubmatic owns this domain and it operates an advertising exchange platform where online publishers can sell targeted advertising space to media buyers using real time bidding. | 3rd | Persistent |
| KRTBCOOKIE_377 | It is used to sell targeted advertising space to media buyers using real time bidding. | 3rd | Persistent |
| KRTBCOOKIE_xxxx | This cookie is used to correlate IDs with those of Pubmatic partners (such as demand side platform clients or other advertising technology companies). Pubmatic passes information stored by the partner in this cookie to the partner when it is considering whether to purchase advertisements. This enables the partner to make better decisions about whether to display an advertisement to you. | 3rd | 90 days |
| Lang | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn. Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website. | 3rd | Browser session |
| li_gc | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | 3rd | 727 days |
| li_sugr | Used by LinkedIn to identify browser used. | 3rd | 3 months |
| lidc | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 3rd | 1 day |
| lissc | Used by LinkedIn to associate user with past LinkedIn ad activity. | 3rd | 1 year |
| LPCKEY-nnnnn | This is a pattern type cookie set by software from LivePerson, which enables online chat functionality on a website. | 3rd | Browser session |
| LPCKEY-p-69301 | This is a pattern type cookie set by software from LivePerson, which enables online chat functionality on a website. | 1st | Browser session |
| MR | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 3rd | 6 months |
| MUID | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 3rd | 1 year |
| MUIDB | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 3rd | 1 year |
| OT_3539 | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | Browser session |
| OT2 | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | Persistent |
| personalization_id | Used by Twitter to associate user with past Twitter ad activity. | 3rd | 2 years |
| psyma_participation | This cookie is used to indicate your participation in the online Psyma survey, as well as to prevent multiple invitations during a visit to this website whilst the survey is live (approx. 30 days). It does not contain any data from the survey or any reference to the individual visitor. | 1st | 30 days |
| PUBMDCID | This cookie stores an ID for the applicable PubMatic data center that is used to display an advertisement in the user’s browser. | 3rd | 90 days |
| PugT | This cookie tracks when cookies were updated on the browser, in order to limit the number of calls to the server-side cookie store. | 3rd | 1 month |
| s | This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| s_sq | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores information about the previous link clicked within the site. | 3rd | Browser session |
| s3_AE | Used to prevent repeated offerings with Sophus3 service offering contact forms. | 3rd | 19 days |
| s3_AEsess | Used with Sophus3 service for offering contact forms to visitors based on the navigation solely on the current website. | 3rd | Browser session |
| s3timer | Used with sophus3 service for offering contact forms to visitors based on the navigation. | 3rd | Browser session |
| SAPISID | This cookie stores the preferences and other information of the user. These include, in particular, the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page, and the decision whether or not to activate Google's SafeSearch filter. | 3rd | 2 years |
| SID | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 3rd | 2 years |
| SSID | Used by YouTube to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 3rd | 2 years |
| t1 | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | Browser session |
| TDCPM | Trade Desk Cookie Partner Mapping (TDCPM) records which partners The Trade Desk has matched IDs with in order to prevent redundant matching calls from happening. | 3rd | 5 years |
| TDID | Trade Desk ID (TDID) is the main cookie and ID used to recognize web-browser profiles over time across sites. | 3rd | 365 days |
| test_cookie | Tests to see if user's browser supports cookies. | 3rd | Browser session |
| tuuid | This domain is owned by IPONWEB and is used to provide a real time bidding platform for online advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| tuuid_lu | This domain is owned by IPONWEB and is used to provide a real time bidding platform for online advertising. | 3rd | Persistent |
| U | Collects data on user visits to the website, such as what pages have been accessed. The registered data is used to categorise the user's interest and demographic profiles in terms of resales for targeted marketing. | 3rd | 1 year |
| u2 | This domain is owned by Sizmek (formerly DG MediaMind). They provide multi-platform targeted advertising services. | 3rd | 89 days |
| UserMatchHistory | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | 3rd | 1 day |
| uuid2 | Used by the DSP Xandr to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 3rd | 90 days |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos. | 3rd | 365 Days |
| YSC | Used by YouTube to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 3rd | Browser session |
Personalisation cookies:
Cookie Name |
Purpose of Cookie |
Cookie used (party) |
Lifespan |
| _uetvid | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | 1st | 16 days |
| has_js | Most commonly associated with the Drupal content management system. Drupal uses this cookie to indicate whether or not the visitors browser has JavaScript enabled. | 1st | Browser session |
| LPCKEY-nnnnn | This is a pattern type cookie set by software from LivePerson, which enables online chat functionality on a website. | 1st | Browser session |
| LPCKEY-p-69301 | This is a pattern type cookie set by software from LivePerson, which enables online chat functionality on a website. | 3rd | Browser session |
| lpTestCookiennnnnnnn | This cookie name is associated with the LivePerson chat sofware used to enable live chat on a website. It is a pattern type cookie which uses a unique identifier for each page. It appears to test whether or not the browser is set to accept first party cookies. | 1st | Browser session |
| s3_AE | Used to prevent repeated offerings with Sophus3 service offering contact forms. | 1st | 19 days |
| s3_AEsess | Used with Sophus3 service for offering contact forms to visitors based on the navigation solely on the current website. | 1st | Browser session |
| s3timer | Used with sophus3 service for offering contact forms to visitors based on the navigation. | 1st | Browser session |
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