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You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them (first and third party) in the table below:
Cookies used by Wondrium
| Cookie Name | Provider | Description | Cookie Type |
| _abck | Akamai | This cookie is used to detect and defend when a client attempt to replay a cookie.This cookie manages the interaction with online bots and takes the appropriate actions. | 1st Party |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. | 1st Party | |
| _ga | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 1st Party |
| _gid | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. | 1st Party |
| _pdst | Podsights | Unique Id for analytics and delivery of advertising | 1st Party |
| _pin_unauth | Is a first party cookie which groups actions for users who cannot be identified by Pinterest. | 1st Party | |
| _rdt_uuid | This cookie is set by Reddit to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. | 1st Party | |
| _tq_id.TV-36818118-1.2a91 | TVSquared | These cookies are part of TVSquared and allow us to measure impressions, reach and outcomes across linear and digital TV. | 1st Party |
| _uetsid | Bing | This cookies are used to collect analytical information about how visitors use the website. This information is used to compile report and improve site. | 1st Party |
| _uetvid | Google Advertising | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | 1st Party |
| amcookie_allowed | Wondrium | Cookie for storing users cookie preferences. | 1st Party |
| amcookie_disallowed | Wondrium | Cookie for storing users cookie prefernces | 1st Party |
| AMCV_5C26123F5245AF160A490D45%40AdobeOrg | Adobe | This persistent identifier enables us to share data across our websites. | 1st Party |
| AMCVS_5C26123F5245AF160A490D45%40AdobeOrg | Adobe | This session identifier enables us to share data across our websites. | 1st Party |
| barometric[cuid] | .trkn.us | Supports analysis of how users interact with the site. | 1st Party |
| bm_sz | Akamai | This cookie is set by the provider Akamai Bot Manager. This cookie is used to manage the interaction with the online bots. It also helps in fraud preventions | 1st Party |
| BVBRANDID | BazaarVoice | This cookie is a performance cookie used for internal Bazaarvoice web analytics, to be correlated to the same user for interactions within a particular client domain. | 1st Party |
| BVBRANDSID | BazaarVoice | This cookie is set by Bazaarvoice. This is a session cookie used for internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user browsing session for interactions within a particular client domain. | 1st Party |
| clean_localstorage | Wondrium | Cookie to control streaming functionality. | 1st Party |
| form_key | Magento | A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). | 1st Party |
| gpv_pn | Adobe | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics to track previous page name. | 1st Party |
| IR_3896 | Impact Radius | This cookie is used for storing the unique ID which is used for identifying the user's device, on their revisit to the websites which uses same ad network. | 1st Party |
| IR_gbd | Impact Radius | This cookie is used for storing the unique ID which is used for identifying the user's device, on their revisit to the websites which uses same ad network. | 1st Party |
| login_redirect | Magento | Preserves the destination page the customer was navigating to before being directed to log in. | 1st Party |
| mage-cache-sessid | Magento | The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. | 1st Party |
| mage-cache-storage | Magento | Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables e-commerce functions. | 1st Party |
| mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation | Magento | Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated. | 1st Party |
| mage-messages | Magento | 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. | 1st Party |
| mage-translation-file-version | Magento | Stores the file version of translated content. | 1st Party |
| mage-translation-storage | Magento | Stores translated content when requested by the shopper. | 1st Party |
| mbox | Adobe | This cookie is set by Adobe SiteCatalyst analytics software and is used for measuring the performance of page content using A/B split testing. | 1st Party |
| MGX_UC | datastream.io | Collects information on what products the visitor has viewed. | 1st Party |
| persistent_shopping_cart | Magento | Stores the key (ID) of persistent cart to make it possible to restore the cart for an anonymous shopper. | 1st Party |
| PHPSESSID | Magento | To store the logged in user's username and a 128bit encrypted key.This information is required to allow a user to stay logged in to a web sitewithout needing to submit their username and password for each page visited. Without this cookie, a user is unabled to proceed to areas of the web site that require authenticated access. | 1st Party |
| plan_selected | Wondrium | Wondrium cookie for preserving the subscription plan selected by user | 1st Party |
| private_content_version | Magento | Appends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server. | 1st Party |
| product_data_storage | Magento | Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products. | 1st Party |
| recently_compared_product | Magento | Stores product IDs of recently compared products. | 1st Party |
| recently_compared_product_previous | Magento | Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. | 1st Party |
| recently_viewed_product | Magento | Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation. | 1st Party |
| recently_viewed_product_previous | Magento | Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation. | 1st Party |
| RES_TRACKINGID | Certona | Cookie used to track your interest, provide you with content tailored to your interests, and to provide you with a more personalized experience when using our Website. | 1st Party |
| s_cc | Adobe | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics. The purpose of the cookie is to determine whether or not cookies are enabled in a browser. | 1st Party |
| s_invisit | Adobe | This cookie is provided by Adobe Site Catalyst. This cookie is used to store the count of visits made by the visitor. It helps to determine the new visitors to the website. | 1st Party |
| s_nr | Adobe | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics for the purpose of storing the dates when the users visit the website and whether or not the user is a new or returning visitor. | 1st Party |
| s_vnum | Adobe | This cookie is provided by Adobe Site Catalyst. This cookie is used to store the number of visits made by a unique visitor. | 1st Party |
| section_data_ids | Magento | Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions such as display wish list, checkout information, etc. | 1st Party |
| store | Magento | Tracks the specific store view / locale selected by the shopper. | 1st Party |
| tgc_access_id | Wondrium | Wondrium cookie that stores unique site identifier | 1st Party |
| tgc_country_id | Wondrium | Wondrium cookie used to store the users country code | 1st Party |
| tgc_prev_reg | Wondrium | Wondrium cookie for storing registration status to provide relevant messages on the website | 1st Party |
| tgc_rokt_cookie | Wondrium | Cookie used to identify visits from visitors coming from specific advertising campaigns | 1st Party |
| tgc_source_id | Wondrium | Wondrium value for storing subscription information | 1st Party |
| tgc_subplan | Wondrium | Wondrium cookie identifying active subscription | 1st Party |
| user_allowed_save_cookie | Magento | Indicates if the shopper allows cookies to be saved. | 1st Party |
| user_id | Wondrium | Unique id assigned to user to deliver personalized experience and key functionality related to users subscription | 1st Party |
| utag_main | Tealium | The cookie is used to keep a record of a unique ID, the timestamp of when a user visit has started, the pages that have been viewed, and the number of the visits to the website. | 1st Party |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate. | 3rd Party |
| _li_ss | LiveIntent | Used by Liveintent for target based advertising by collecting unique visitor information | 3rd Party |
| A3 | Yahoo | Used by Yahoo for targeted advertising | 3rd Party |
| ab | AGKN | The cookie is used for targeting and advertising purposes. | 3rd Party |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place | 3rd Party | |
| B | Yahoo | This Cookie is used by Yahoo to provide ads, contents or analytics. | 3rd Party |
| bcookie | This cookie is set by LinkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | 3rd Party | |
| bscookie | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. | 3rd Party | |
| BVID | BazaarVoice | This cookie is set by the Bazaarvoice. The cookie allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions across the Bazaarvoice network. | 3rd Party |
| BVSID | BazaarVoice | This cookie is set by Bazaarvoice.This cookie is used for internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user browsing session for interactions across the Bazaarvoice network. | 3rd Party |
| c | Rubicon Project | This cookie is set by the Rubicon Project. Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security. Does not store visitor specific data. | 3rd Party |
| demdex | Adobe | This cookie is set by Adobe Audience Manager to help identify a unique visitor across domains. | 3rd Party |
| dpm | Demdex | The cookie is set by demdex.net. This cookie assigns a unique ID to each visiting user that allows third-party advertisers target that users with relevant ads. | 3rd Party |
| everest_g_v2 | Adobe | The purpose of the cookie is to map clicks to other events on the client's website. | 3rd Party |
| everest_session_v2 | Adobe | This cookie is used to display personalized and relevant ads to the users and measure the efficiency of the ad campaign. | 3rd Party |
| IDE | DoubleClick | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | 3rd Party |
| JSESSIONID | New Relic | The JSESSIONID cookie is used to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. | 3rd Party |
| lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | 3rd Party | |
| lidc | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. | 3rd Party | |
| lidid | LiveIntent | This cookie is used to collect data on user behavior and interaction to make advertisement on the website more relevant. | 3rd Party |
| m-b | Quora | Browser Id used to authenticate your identity to Quora | 3rd Party |
| mboxPC | Adobe | This cookie is set by the provider Adobe Target. This cookie is used to set a semi-permanent ID for a visitor's browser. | 3rd Party |
| mboxSession | Adobe | This cookie is set by the provider Adobe Target. This cookie is used for a unique ID for a user session. | 3rd Party |
| MGX_E6ABA65A6DD4 | datasream.io | Collects information on what products the visitor has viewed. | 3rd Party |
| MGX_PX_E6ABA65A6DD4 | datastream.io | Collects information on what products the visitor has viewed. | 3rd Party |
| MGX_U | datastream.io | Collects information on what products the visitor has viewed. | 3rd Party |
| MUID | Bing | Used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronize the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking. | 3rd Party |
| personalization_id | This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. | 3rd Party | |
| sbss_8c643bc1-5039-4828-9d6c-a3d9e5faaaf1 | Selligent | Unique identifier for analyzing user behavior | 3rd Party |
| TAPID | Tealium | This cookie is set by the provider Tealium Audience Stream. This cookie acts like a intermediary on the site serving analytic cookies through Tealium. | 3rd Party |
| test_cookie | Google DoubleClick | The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. | 3rd Party |
| tuuid | Bidswitch | This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies stores a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner. | 3rd Party |
| tuuid_lu | Bidswitch | This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies stores a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers website. | 3rd Party |
| UserMatchHistory | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | 3rd Party | |
| wfivefivec | Dataxu | This cookie tracks the advertisement report which helps us to improve the marketing activity. | 3rd Party |
| _ceir, is_returning | Crazy Egg | Track whether a visitor has visited the site before | Third Party |
| _CEFT | Crazy Egg | Store page variants assigned to visitors for A/B performance testing | Third Party |
| _cer.s | Crazy Egg | Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | Third Party |
| _cer.v | Crazy Egg | Track whether a visitor has visited the site before | Third Party |
| _ce.s | Crazy Egg | Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | Third Party |
| _ce.cch | Crazy Egg | Used to check if cookies can be added. | Third Party |
| _ce.gtld | Crazy Egg | Used to identity the top level domain. | Third Party |
| ce_need_secure_cookie | Crazy Egg | Used to determine cookie security parameters. | Third Party |
| ce_successful_csp_check | Crazy Egg | Used to determine if the page has a Content Security Policy rule that would prevent tracking. | Third Party |
| cebs | Crazy Egg | Session Used to track the current user session internally. | Third Party |
Effective Date: May 9, 2022
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