Cookie information

Updated: 5 December 2023

Essential

Name

Provider

Domains

Purpose

Expiration

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-wcid

Snap

*.snapchat.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

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

Google

Spectacles.inv
estor.snap.com

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

6 months

Session

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

sc-sso-auth-ticket

Snap

cameos.snapchat.com
my-lenses.snapchat.com
accounts.snapchat.com

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

None

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-auth-session

Snap

Accounts.snapchat.com

Used to detect authenticated session.

Session or 1 year.

__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

skip_header

Snap

accounts.snapchat.com

Boolean flag for triggering further rendering logic. Query parameter

1 year

sc-a-device-id

Snap

Accounts.snapchat.com

Used to authenticate new device ID

1 year

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-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

sc-srh-[DATE]

Snap

story.snapchat.com/spotlight

Used to store the content reported by the user

14 days

Performance & analytics

Name

Provider

Domains

Purpose

Expiry

_ga

Google

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

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

Excluding the EU/UK.

1 year

_gat

Google

Used to throttle request rate.

Excluding the EU/UK.

8 hours

_gid

Google

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

Excluding the EU/UK.

2 days

_ga_{container-id}

Google

Persists session state.

Excluding the EU/UK.

2 years

_gat_UA-{property-id}

Google

Used to throttle request rate.

Excluding the EU/UK.

1 minute

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

_scav2

Snap

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

bitmovin_analytics_uuid

Bitmovin

snappartnersummit.com

Used to gather anonymised video analytics.

1 year

Preferences

Name

Provider

Domains

Purpose

Expiry

Google

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

Google

investor.snap.com

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

6 months

sc-language

Snap

*.snapchat.com
*.snap.com
*.pixy.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

1P_JAR

Google

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

forbusiness.snapchat.com

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

Session

_uetmsclkid

Microsoft

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

Facebook

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ar.snap.com
snappartnersummit.com

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

90 days

_fbc

Facebook

forbusiness.snapchat.com
ar.snap.com
snappartnersummit.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
snappartnersummit.com

Distinguishes conversion from a LinkedIn advert. US only.

1 month

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

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

Twitter

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

_gcl_au

Google

*.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