Cookie Information

Updated On: 24 March 2025

Essential Cookies

NameProviderDomainsPurposeExpiry
__Host-sc-a-auth-session

Snap

Used to detect authenticated session.

Session or 1 year.

__Host-sc-a-nonce

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Nonce check. Used to encrypt session data

End of session or 1 year

__Host-sc-a-session

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Used to detect authenticated session

End of session or 1 year

__Host-sc-a-session-skip-login

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Used to detect forced non-logged in session

End of session or 1 hour

__Host-X-Snap-Client-Cookie

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Used for authentication of device ID and user

1 year

_sc-sid

Snap

*.snapchat.com

Anonymous client-side identifier; used for operational and performance metrics.

End of session, 30 minutes of inactivity, or Midnight UTC

EssentialSession

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
giftfromsnap.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to save Essential Session cookie preferences.

1 year

giftfromsnap_session

Snap

giftfromsnap.com

Keeps data for the user's session.

24 hours

Marketing

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
giftfromsnap.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to save Marketing cookie preferences.

1 year

Performance

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
giftfromsnap.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to save Performance & Analytics cookie preferences.

1 year

Preferences

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
giftfromsnap.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to save Preferences cookie preferences.

1 year

sc-a-csrf

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Used to help prevent CSRF attacks

1 year

sc-a-device-id

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Used to authenticate new device ID.

1 year

sc-a-nonce

Snap

.snapchat.com

Nonce check. Used to encrypt session data

End of session or 1 year

sc-config-cache-key

Snap

*.snapchat.com

Anonymous client-side identifier; used to help our web pages load quickly and effectively

24 hours

sc-cookies-accepted

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
yellowla.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
giftfromsnap.com
snapfoundation.org
snappartnersummit.com

Used to determine whether a visitor has accepted cookies.

1 year

sc-country

Snap

snap.com

Used to determine a visitor's country.

1 day

sc-dhvh-[DATE]

Snap

www.snapchat.com/discover

Used to store viewing history of the Discover Homepage for rate limiting and hiding content on request of the user.

24 hours

sc-srh-[DATE]

Snap

story.snapchat.com/spotlight

Used to store the content reported by the user

14 days

sc-sso-auth-ticket

Snap

Local storage token used for single-sign-on authentication on the web.

None

sc-svh-[DATE]

Snap

story.snapchat.com/spotlight

Used to store the viewing history of the Spotlight Page for rate limiting and hiding content on request of the user.

24 hours

shopify-cart

Snap

pixy.com

Local storage object used to store items added to a cart and construct a Shopify checkout URL.

None

skip_header

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Boolean flag for triggering further rendering logic. Query parameter

1 year

xsrf_token

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Used to help prevent XSS/CSRF attacks.

24 hours

__cf_bm

investor.snap.com

The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots.

30 minutes

__cfduid

investor.snap.com

Helps Cloudflare detect malicious visitors to our Customers' websites and minimises blocking legitimate users.

1 month

_GRECAPTCHA

investor.snap.com

Used by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects the site against spam enquiries on contact forms.

6 months

JSESSIONID

investor.snap.com

New Relic cookie used to monitor website health and ensure site functionality.

Session

sp

Q4

Stores a server-side collector generated unique identifier for a user that is sent with all subsequent tracking events.

1 year

SSN-"[long-uid]"

snapchat.com

Only when video is playing. StreamShark video.

30 minutes

XSRF-TOKEN

giftfromsnap.com

Helps against XSS attacks.

24 hours

__zlcmid

spectacles.com
*.pixy.com

Store visitor's machine-id for the Chat widget's authentication

1 year

adtsgidr5

investor.snap.com

Used for Anti-CSRF protection, related to email alerts signup.

4 hours

bpazaws52gukakzc__*

investor.snap.com

Captcha feature for forms.

6 hours

ngpskuephr

investor.snap.com

Used for protected pages that require login access.

Session

Q4_ASPX_PUBLIC_{user}

investor.snap.com

None

Essential Session

NameProviderDomainsPurposeExpiry
sc-wcid

Snap

*.snapchat.com

Anonymous client-side identifier; used for operational and performance metrics

24 hours

Preferences

NameProviderDomainsPurposeExpiry
sc-language

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com

Used to remember the visitor's chosen language preference.

1 year

sw-locale

Snap

spectacles.com

Visitor's selected locale preference.

None

sw-locale-detected

Snap

spectacles.com

Visitor's locale as detected by server.

Session

DV

investor.snap.com

This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not.

7 minutes

NID

investor.snap.com

A unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information.

6 months

Performance & Analytics

NameProviderDomainsPurposeExpiry
_scav2

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.pixy.com
523.snap.com
ar.snap.com
careers.snap.com
citizen.snap.com
creators.snap.com
developers.snap.com
eng.snap.com
snapchat.com
forbusiness.snapchat.com
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snapfoundation.org
snappartnersummit.com
yellowla.com

Used to distinguish unauthenticated visitors.

30 days

_scu

Snap

*.pixy.com
523.snap.com
ar.snap.com
careers.snap.com
citizen.snap.com
creators.snap.com
developers.snap.com
eng.snap.com
snapchat.com
forbusiness.snapchat.com
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snapfoundation.org
snappartnersummit.com
yellowla.com

Used to distinguish unauthenticated visitors.

90 days

blizzard_client_id

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.pixy.com
523.snap.com
ar.snap.com
careers.snap.com
citizen.snap.com
creators.snap.com
developers.snap.com
diversity.snap.com
eng.snap.com
snapchat.com
forbusiness.snapchat.com
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snapfoundation.org
snappartnersummit.com
yellowla.com

Used to distinguish unauthenticated visitors.

30 days

blizzard_web_session_id

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.pixy.com
523.snap.com
ar.snap.com
careers.snap.com
citizen.snap.com
creators.snap.com
developers.snap.com
diversity.snap.com
eng.snap.com
snapchat.com
forbusiness.snapchat.com
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snapfoundation.org
snappartnersummit.com
yellowla.com

Used to distinguish unauthenticated visitor sessions

30 minutes of inactivity

X-AB

sc.static.net

spectacles.com

This cookie is used by the website's operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site.

1 day

fs_cid

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

Stores the consent state for this device. For more on consent state see: https://help.fullstory.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020623254-FS-consent-Capture-elements-with-consent

1 year

fs_csrftoken

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

Used to prevent cross-site request forgery. Specific only to admins and users of the Fullstory application, not end users.

30 days

fs_last_activity

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

Records the timestamp of the last action the user took within the web application. It is used to assist with session timeouts. Specific only to admins and users of the Fullstory application, not end users.

Expires when the session/browser closes

fs_lua

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

Captures the timestamp of the last user action. It is used to assist with the Fullstory session lifecycle, ensuring user activity extends the session. See "What defines a session in Fullstory?" for more info on the session lifecycle.

30 minutes

fs_session

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

The session cookie for the Fullstory Web Application (app.fullstory.com). It maintains an authenticated user's session. Specific only to admins and users of the Fullstory application, not end users.

30 days

_fs_tab_id

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

Support multi-tab playback, provides a unique ID to each tab. Note that this is technically not a cookie, but a form of sessionStorage: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/sessionStorage

Expires when the tab is closed

fs_trusted_device

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

Once verification succeeds, this cookie is set so that the user will not have to verify a device on every login attempt. This is specific only to admins and users of the Fullstory application, and not end users.

60 days

fs_uid

forbusiness.snapchat.com

ads.snapchat.com

The 'fs_uid' cookie can be thought of as the capture cookie. When an end-user visits a customer's site, that cookie is used to track the user across sessions and pages. The same user may visit a site multiple times and may navigate to many pages within a single session. This cookie ensures that all captured session traffic is associated with one user. A session cannot be captured without this cookie and the users anonymised visit will not be logged.

1 year

_ga

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*pixy.com
spectacles.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com
web.snapchat.com¹
accounts.snapchat.com¹
story.snapchat.com¹
lens.snapchat.com¹
share.snapchat.com¹
map.snapchat.com¹
www.snapchat.com/add/*¹
www.snapchat.com/discover¹
research.snap.com

Used to distinguish visitors and generative statistical data on how visitors use our website.

¹ Excluding the EU/UK.

1 year

_ga_{container-id}

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com
web.snapchat.com¹
accounts.snapchat.com¹
story.snapchat.com¹
lens.snapchat.com¹
share.snapchat.com¹
map.snapchat.com¹
www.snapchat.com/add/*¹
www.snapchat.com/discover¹

Persists session state.

¹ Excluding the EU/UK.

2 years

_gat

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
web.snapchat.com¹
accounts.snapchat.com¹
story.snapchat.com¹
lens.snapchat.com¹
share snapchat.com¹
map.snapchat.com¹
www.snapchat.com/add/*¹
www.snapchat.com/discover¹

Used to throttle request rate.

¹ Excluding the EU/UK.

8 hours

_gat_UA-{property-id}

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
yellowla.com
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com
web.snapchat.com¹
accounts.snapchat.com¹
story.snapchat.com¹
lens.snapchat.com¹
share.snapchat.com¹
map.snapchat.com¹
www.snapchat.com/add/*¹
www.snapchat.com/discover¹

Used to throttle request rate.

¹ Excluding the EU/UK.

1 minute

_gid

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
snapfoundation.org
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com
web.snapchat.com¹
accounts.snapchat.com¹
story.snapchat.com¹
lens.snapchat.com¹
share.snapchat.com¹
map.snapchat.com¹
www.snapchat.com/add/*¹
www.snapchat.com/discover¹
research.snap.com

Used to distinguish visitors and generative statistical data on how visitors use our website.

¹ Excluding the EU/UK.

2 days

AMP_TOKEN

*.pixy.com

Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, in-flight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.

30 seconds to 1 year

Marketing

NameProviderDomainsPurposeExpiry
_scid

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to help identify a visitor.

1 year

_sctr

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to determine whether a third party tag will be called in Snap Ads Pixel.

1 year

sc_at

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.pixy.com
spectacles.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to identify a visitor across multiple domains.

1 year

sc_seen_popup

Snap

spectacles.com

Used to remember if a mailing list pop-up has been seen.

1 year

sc-lsdownloads

Snap

Used to distinguish conversions to Lens Studio downloads

180 days

sc-partner

Snap

forbusiness.snapchat.com

Business conversion tracking and payment analytics.

90 days

_fbc

forbusiness.snapchat.com
AR.snap.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to capture the click ID from the ad URL containing the click identifier

90 days

_fbp

forbusiness.snapchat.com
AR.snap.com
snappartnersummit.com

A unique user ID cookie used to help identify a user. US only.

90 days

_gcl_au

*.snap.com
*.snapchat.com
snapfoundation.org
yellowla.com
arcadiacreativestudio.com
snappartnersummit.com
AR.snap.com
developers.snap.com

Used to store and track conversions.

3 months

1P_JAR

investor.snap.com

These cookies are used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates.

30 days

bcookie

forbusiness.snapchat.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used for identifying the browser ID. US only.

2 years

bscookie

forbusiness.snapchat.com
snappartnersummit.com


Used to recognise a secure browser ID. US only.


2 years

lang

forbusiness.snapchat.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used to remember the visitor's language. US only.

Session

lidc

forbusiness.snapchat.com
snappartnersummit.com

Used for routing. US only.

2 days

UserMatchHistory

forbusiness.snapchat.com
snappartnersummit.com

Distinguishes conversion from a LinkedIn ad. US only.

1 month

_uetmsclkid

forbusiness.snapchat.com

Used to capture the Microsoft Click ID from the ad URL in order to improve conversion tracking. US only.

90 days

_uetsid

forbusiness.snapchat.com

A session ID cookie used in order to improve conversion tracking. US only.

Session

auid

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ads.snapchat.com

Holds the advertising ID of the user in mobile devices. Used for tracking user actions, such as clicks on the recommendations.

90 days

obuid

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ads.snapchat.com

Holds the anonymous user's ID. Used for tracking user actions, such as clicks on the recommendations.

3 months

lpv

forbusiness.snapchat.com

Distinguishes conversion from Pardot site or ad.

1 day

pardot

forbusiness.snapchat.com

Used to denote an active visitor session while logged in on Pardot as a user.

Session

visitor_id

forbusiness.snapchat.com

Used to track the visitor to the correct Pardot account.

1 year

visitor_id-hash

forbusiness.snapchat.com

Used to track the visitor to the correct Pardot account.

1 year

akavpau_ppsd

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

Session

AKDC

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

9 hours

l7_az

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

1 day

LANG

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

1 day

nsid

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

Session

ts

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

3 years

ts_c

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

3 years

tsrce

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

4 days

X-PP-L7

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

Session

x-pp-s

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

Session

X-PP-Silover

spectacles.com

Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US.

9 hours

RoktRecogniser

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ads.snapchat.com

Allows Rokt to track unique users across devices (who opted in through the Rokt widget), which allows us to optimise our marketing campaigns.

Indefinite or until removed

t_gid

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ads.snapchat.com

Assigns a unique User ID that Taboola uses for attribution and reporting purposes.

1 year

taboola_fp_td_user_id

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ads.snapchat.com

Indicates that the user clicked on an item that was recommended by Taboola's Services. This is used for reporting and analytics purposes.

1 year

taboola_session_id

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ads.snapchat.com

Creates a temporary per session User ID.

Session

personalization_id

forbusiness.snapchat.com
AR.snap.com
developers.snap.com

Used to track visitor activity from Twitter ads on our websites, and also to allow visitors to share content from our websites. US only.

2 years