Cookie information
Updated: 4 October 2022
Essential
Name | Provider | Domains | Purpose | Expiration |
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sc-cookies-accepted | Snap | *.snapchat.com ×.snap.com ×.pity.spe ctacles.comyel lowla.comsna pfoundation.orgarc adiacreativestudio.comgif tfromsnap.comsna pfoundation.orgsna ppartnersummit.com | Used to determine whether a visitor has accepted cookies. | 1 year |
Marketing | Snap | *.snapchat.com ×.snap.com ×.pity.spe ctacles.comgif tfromsnap.comsna pfoundation.orgarc adiacreativestudio.comsna ppartnersummit.com | Used to save Marketing cookie preferences. | 1 year |
Performance | Snap | *.snapchat.com ×.snap.com ×.pity.spe ctacles.comgif tfromsnap.comsna pfoundation.orgarc adiacreativestudio.comsna ppartnersummit.com | Used to save Performance & Analytics cookie preferences. | 1 year |
Preferences | Snap | *.snapchat.com ×.snap.com ×.pity.spe ctacles.comgif tfromsnap.comsna pfoundation.orgarc adiacreativestudio.comsna ppartnersummit.com | Used to save Preferences cookie preferences. | 1 year |
EssentialSession | Snap | *.snapchat.com ×.snap.com ×.pity.spe ctacles.comgif tfromsnap.comsna pfoundation.orgarc adiacreativestudio.comsna ppartnersummit.com | Used to save Essential Session cookie preferences. | 1 year |
country | Snap | Snap.com | Used to determine a visitor’s country. | 1 day |
Sc_acid | Snap | *.snapchat.com ×.snap.com ×.pity.spe ctacles.comgif tfromsnap.comsna pfoundation.orgarc adiacreativestudio.comsna ppartnersummit.com | Anonymous client-side identifier; used for operational and performance metrics. | 1 year [excluding EU/UK where expiration is 24 hours] |
_SCSI | Snap | *.snapchat.com | Anonymous client-side identifier; used for operational and performance metrics. | End of session, 30 minutes of inactivity or midnight UTC |
Bpazaws52gukakzc__* | Investor.snap.com | Captcha feature for forms. | 6 hours | |
ngpskuephr | Investor.snap.com | Used for protected pages that require login access. | Session | |
Q4_Asp_PUBLIC_{user} | Investor.snap.com | None | ||
adtsgidr5 | Investor.snap.com | Used for Antics protection, related to email alerts signum. | 4 hours | |
__cf_by | Cloudflare | Investor.snap.com | The __cf_by 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 |
_GRE CAPTCHA | Spectacles.inv estor.snap.com | Used by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects the site against spam enquiries on contact forms. | 6 months | |
Session | Q4 | Investor.snap.com | New Relic cookie used to monitor website health and ensure site functionality. | Session |
__fluid | Cloudflare | Investor.snap.com | Helps Cloudflare detect malicious visitors to our customers’ websites and minimises blocking legitimate users. | 1 month |
XSRF-TOKEN | Twelve NYC | Giftfromsnap.com | Helps against XSS attacks. | 24 hours |
ESRF_token | Snap | Accounts.snapchat.com | Used to help prevent XSS/CSF attacks. | 24 hours |
Giftfromsnap_session | Snap | Giftfromsnap.com | Keeps data for the user’s session. | 24 hours |
SSN-”[languid]” | Stream Shark | Snapchat.com | Only when video is playing. Stream Shark video. | 30 minutes |
shopify-cart | Snap | Pixy.com | Local storage object used to store items added to a cart and construct a Shopify checkout URL. | None |
__LCID | Zendesk | Spectacles.com ×.pixy.com | Store visitor's machine-id for the Chat widget's authentication. | 1 year |
__Host-X-Snap-Client-Cookie | Snap | Accounts.snapchat.com | Used for authentication of device ID and user. | 1 year |
__Host-sc-a-session-skip-login | Snap | Accounts.snapchat.com | Used to detect forced non-logged in session. | Session or 1 hour |
__Host-sc-a-session | Snap | Accounts.snapchat.com | Used to detect authenticated session. | Session or 1 year |
sc-a-nonce | Snap | *.snapchat.com | Nonce check. Used to encrypt session data. | Session or 1 year |
__Host-sc-a-nonce | Snap | Accounts.snapchat.com | Nonce check. Used to encrypt session data. | Session or 1 year |
sc-a-csrf | Snap | Accounts.snapchat.com | Used to help prevent CSF attacks. | 1 year |
Performance & analytics
Name | Provider | Domains | Purpose | Expiry |
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_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 | Used to distinguish visitors and generate statistical data on how visitors use our website. 1Excluding the EU/UK. | 1 year | |
_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. 1Excluding the EU/UK. | 8 hours | |
_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 | Used to distinguish visitors and generate statistical data on how visitors use our website. 1Excluding the EU/UK. | 2 days | |
_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. 1Excluding the EU/UK. | 2 years | |
_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. 1Excluding the EU/UK. | 1 minute | |
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, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | 30 seconds to 1 year | |
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 |
_scav2 | 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 |
_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 |
Preferences
Name | Provider | Domains | Purpose | Expiry |
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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 | Google uses a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information. | 6 months | |
sc-language | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com | Used to remember a 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 |
Marketing
Name | Provider | Domains | Purpose | Expiry |
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1P_JAR | investor.snap.com | These cookies are used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates. | 30 days | |
taboola_session_id | Taboola | forbusiness.snapchat.com ads.snapchat.com | Creates a temporary per-session User ID. | Session |
t_gid | Taboola | 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 | Taboola | 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 |
obuid | Outbrain | 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 |
auid | Outbrain | 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 |
RoktRecogniser | Rokt | 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 |
_uetsid | Microsoft Bing Adverts | forbusiness.snapchat.com | A session ID cookie used in order to improve conversion tracking. US only. | Session |
_uetmsclkid | Microsoft Bing Adverts | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to capture the Microsoft Click ID from the advert URL in order to improve conversion tracking. US only. | 90 days |
_fbp | forbusiness.snapchat.com | A unique user ID cookie used to help identify a user. US only. | 90 days | |
_fbc | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to capture the click ID from the advert URL containing the click identifier | 90 days | |
sc_seen_popup | Snap | spectacles.com | Used to remember if a mailing list pop-up has been seen. | 1 year |
UserMatchHistory | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Distinguishes conversion from a LinkedIn advert. US only. | 1 month | |
bcookie | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used for identifying the browser ID. US only. | 2 years | |
bscookie | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to recognise a secure browser ID. US only. | 2 years | |
lang | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to remember the visitor's language. US only. | Session | |
lidc | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used for routing. US only. | 2 days | |
lpv | Pardot | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Distinguishes conversion from Pardot site or advert. | 1 day |
pardot | Pardot | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to denote an active visitor session while logged in on Pardot as a user. | Session |
personalization_id | forbusiness.snapchat.com AR.snap.com developers.snap.com | Used to track visitor activity from Twitter adverts on our websites and also to allow visitors to share content from our websites. US only. | 2 years | |
test_cookie | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies. | 1 day | |
_gcl_au | *.snap.com *.snapchat.com snapfoundation.org yellowla.com arcadiacreativestudio.com snappartnersummit.com *.pixy.com AR.snap.com developers.snap.com | Used to store and track conversions. | 3 months | |
visitor_id | Pardot | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to track the visitor to the correct Pardot account. | 1 year |
visitor_id | Pardot | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to track the visitor to the correct Pardot account. | 1 year |
X-PP-L7 | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | Session |
X-PP-Silover | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 9 hours |
akavpau_ppsd | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | Session |
LANG | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 1 day |
l7_az | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 1 day |
ts | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 3 years |
ts_c | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 3 years |
x-pp-s | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | Session | |
tsrce | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 4 days |
nsid | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | Session | |
AKDC | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the US. | 9 hours | |
_sctr | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com | Used to determine whether a third party tag will be called in a Snap Ads Pixel. | 1 year |
_scid | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com | Used to help identify a visitor. | 1 year |
sc_at | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com | Used to identify a visitor across multiple domains. | 1 year |
reddaid | AR.snap.com developers.snap.com | Used for advertisement recommendations and conversion tracking from Reddit ads. | 2 years |