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Cookie List
List of cookies used on this site
| Name | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.4cFwS66nt80 | This is a Security cookie that provides protection against Cross-site Request Forgery attacks | Strictly Necessary |
| __cf_bm | Helps to detect malicious visitors, in particular malicious bots, to Sainsbury’s websites and minimizes blocking legitimate users. | Strictly Necessary |
| __cfduid | This domain is owned by OneTrust, a privacy management software which helps organizations achieve compliance with global regulations. | Strictly Necessary |
| _abck | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects our site against spam enquiries on contact forms. | Strictly Necessary |
| _session_first_visit | Used to try and prevent duplicate competition entries | Strictly Necessary |
| AEC | AEC used to prevent spam, fraud, and abuse and ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. | Strictly Necessary |
| ak_bmsc | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| ak_wfSession | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| AKA_A2 | This cookie is used to speed up content delivery on the website by leveraging Akamai's adaptive acceleration features and caching. | Strictly Necessary |
| akaas_arg_uk_checkout | This Akamai cookie is used to arbitrarily root users and phase changes across the checkout pages. | Strictly Necessary |
| akaas_arg_uk_global | This Akamai cookie is used to arbitrarily root users and phase changes across different parts of the site | Strictly Necessary |
| akaas_arg_uk_pm_dxc | This Akamai cookie is used to arbitrarily root users and phase changes across different parts of the site | Strictly Necessary |
| akaas_arg_uk_randval | This Akamai cookie is used to arbitrarily root users and phase changes across different parts of the site | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpau_vpc_a2tcd | Used for visitor prioritisation and also for putting up holding pages on site | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpau_vpc_codiscd | Used for visitor prioritisation and also for putting up holding pages on site | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpau_vpc_cpcd | This cookie is used by Akamai to direct traffic within the Akamai system. | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpau_vpc_gcd | Used for visitor prioritisation and also for putting up holding pages on site | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpau_vpc_pdpcd | Used for visitor prioritisation and also for putting up holding pages on site | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpau_vpc_trlcd | This cookie is used by Akamai to direct traffic within the Akamai system. | Strictly Necessary |
| akavpwr_vpc_gcd | Automatically created by Akamai for Visitor Prioritisation | Strictly Necessary |
| analytics_channel | This cookie is dropped via akamai so if you put in performance then there would be the expectation that it can be controlled by a tag manager. | Strictly Necessary |
| Apache | This cookie identifies which server is delivering the website and is used to help manage website load. | Strictly Necessary |
| argos_cis_delay_refresh | This cookie is used to refresh a users 'cisId' session id cookie needed to retain and persist their basket and localisation information | Strictly Necessary |
| ARGOS_TREVOR_BETA | Used to grant customers beta access to the Ask Trevor conversational search chatbot feature. | Strictly Necessary |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Strictly Necessary |
| AWSALB | This cookie is used for session stickiness which is essential for the operation of the website. (is an AWS Application Load Balancer session cookie) | Strictly Necessary |
| AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. | Strictly Necessary |
| AWSELB | This cookie name is associated with the Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. | Strictly Necessary |
| AWSELBCORS | This cookie allows to deliver the service seamlessly from multiple services using a load balancer. The cookie records which server cluster is serving you. | Strictly Necessary |
| bm_mi | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| bm_mi | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| bm_sv | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user. | Strictly Necessary |
| bm_sv | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| bm_sz | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| bm_sz | This cookie is used to analyse traffic to determine if it is automated traffic generated by IT systems or a human user | Strictly Necessary |
| CHECKOUT_ORDER_DETAILS | used by the App for checking the status of the order placement within the web checkout iframe | Strictly necessary |
| Checkout_Segment | Used to randomly segment customers to release phased changes in checkout. | Strictly Necessary |
| Checkout_Test_Group_2 | This cookie is needed to support home delivery options in checkout | Strictly Necessary |
| checkoutMobile | Used to determine the shopper's shopping channel | Strictly Necessary |
| cisId | This cookie contains a users session id needed to retain and persist their basket and localisation information | Strictly Necessary |
| CONSENT | This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear. | Strictly Necessary |
| CONSENTMGR | Cookie reflects users optin/optout cookie preference | Strictly Necessary |
| 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. | Strictly Necessary |
| fulfilmentAgents | This cookie is owned by Akamai and is used to show holding pages if there is an incident on a fulfilment service. | Strictly Necessary |
| fulfilmentTab | Used in the mobile and app journey to figure out the fullfillment type | Strictly necessary |
| JSESSIONID | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | Strictly Necessary |
| l7_az | Required to make PayPal payments for JETS | Strictly Neccessary |
| LastUrlCookie | This cookie is required to help users navigate between account pages and different parts of the site. | Strictly Neccessary |
| localisationTooltip | Used to enable and disable the localisation tooltip, shown on product lister pages, so it's not repeatedly shown to users. | Strictly Necessary |
| logglytrackingsession | Used to track errors during visitor's session and report them. | Strictly Necessary |
| mdr_browser | This cookie ensures that the site is presented in a way that fits the screen size of the users device. | Strictly Necessary |
| ndcd | Used by NuData to analyse the device and customer behaviour for security | Strictly Necessary |
| newConsentServed | Set when the latest version of consent has been served to the customer. This cookie enables the ability to see if the new version of consent had been shown. | Strictly necessary |
| 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. | Strictly Necessary |
| 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. | Strictly Necessary |
| PersonalizationCookie | Used for storing order item details used in the checkout journeys | Strictly Necessary |
| pg_cid | This cookie is used for security of the website. Host pageguard.feroot.com | Strictly Necessary |
| pg_sid_<hash> | This cookie is used for security of the website. Host pageguard.feroot.com | Strictly Necessary |
| PHPSESSID | PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. | Strictly Necessary |
| PIM-SESSION-ID | This cookie is used for Page integrity manager for Akamai. Solution is used to monitor the integrity of assets loaded on Argos website. | Strictly Neccessary |
| PostCodeSessionCookie | This is a custom cookie created for persisting the post code or store selected by the customer so that stock can be checked for an item | Strictly Necessary |
| prr-sip | This cookie belongs to Bazaar voice which allows customers to add reviews on the site. | Strictly Necessary |
| pwd_email | Custom cookie added on visits to ForgottenPassword page to get the new password experience | Strictly Necessary |
| PYPF | PayPal uses Cookies to recognise its customers and to shorten the time the user needs to log in to his PayPal account by checking their email on PayPal database. | Strictly Necessary |
| RT | This cookie store a user's state regarding their cookies choices for Google domains. | Strictly Necessary |
| s_vi | This is an Adobe cookie used for analytics and performance. | Strictly Necessary |
| session_token | This cookie is required for authentication. | Strictly Necessary |
| sessionId | This cookie contains a users session id needed to retain and persist their basket and account information | Strictly Necessary |
| sn.vi | This cookie sets out how we use privacy policy and protect any information that you give when you use the website. | Strictly Necessary |
| SOCS | This cookie store a user's state regarding their cookies choices for Google domains. | Strictly Necessary |
| StoreSelectorLocalisationState | Localisation information to ensure pages can identify which store a user is localised to | Strictly Necessary |
| ts_c | Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website. The cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. | Strictly Necessary |
| UserPersistentSessionCookie | Used to identify Shoppers in a session in WCS which is a system that provides functions such as customer authentication, basket management and order placements. | Strictly Necessary |
| UserRegistrationType | Used to determine the shoppers registration type | Strictly Necessary |
| UserSessionCookie | Used to support the core website system by storing information including customer address, store post code, store name, delivery slots to ensure the website functionality and delivery will work | Strictly Necessary |
| utag_main | This cookie is required to load the consent banner. | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_ACTIVEPOINTER | This cookie comes from the Websphere Company and contains the value of the store ID of the session. This value is used to select the appropriate store for a site visitor, if one is not specified on the URL. | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_AUTHENTICATION_-1002 | Authentication cookie | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_AUTHENTICATION_5276518010 | Authentication cookie | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_AUTHENTICATION_xxxxxxxx | Authentication cookie | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_GENERIC_ACTIVITYDATA | This cookie is from the IBM Webshpere eCommerce platform, it exists only if it is a generic user session. This cookie stores the session values such as store ID, language ID, and contracts. | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_PERSISTENT | Websphere Commerce cookie is used to persist user ID, language ID, personalization ID (if enabled), and currency for each store ID visited in the session. | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_SESSION_ESTABLISHED | This cookie is created by IBM's Websphere eCommerce platform on the first request that is processed by WebSphere Commerce run time. For example, a non-cache request. | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_USERACTIVITY_-1002 | UserActivity | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_USERACTIVITY_5276518010 | UserActivity | Strictly Necessary |
| WC_USERACTIVITY_XXXXX | UserActivity | Strictly Necessary |
| _derived_epik | This cookie is associated with the MailChimp sign up form that will pop-up on the homepage. It will store the value 'yes' to prevent the popup being displayed again. | Functional |
| akaas_arg_classic_card | This cookie is for Audience segmentation. It holds random value used by policy rules to map requests. This enables split testing across the site by randomly directing customers into certain experiences. | Functional |
| akaas_arg_uk_basket | This cookie is for Audience segmentation. It holds random value used by policy rules to map requests. This enables split testing across the site by randomly directing customers into certain experiences. | Functional |
| akaas_arg_uk_browse | This cookie is used to audience segmentation. It holds random value used by policy rules to map requests. This enables split testing across the site by randomly directing customers into certain experiences. | Functional |
| akaas_arg_uk_homepage | This cookie is used for Audience segmentation. It holds random value used by policy rules to map requests. This enables split testing across the site by randomly directing customers into certain experiences. | Functional |
| akavpau_ppsd | This cookie is provided by Paypal. The cookie is used in context with transactions on the website. | Functional |
| AKDC | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal to support payment services within the website. | Functional |
| AppPrompt | This cookie is owned by Argos and is used to prompt customers on compatible devices to download the Argos app. | Functional |
| ArgosPopUp_Active_User | Tracks if the customer has previously dismissed the popup in this session. Preventing further popups in the session on dismissal. Required to be set, otherwise the popup will prompt on every page visit until dismissed. | Functional |
| ArgosPopUp_customer1In20Chance | Tracks if the customer has been selected for the Popup survey. Required for us to prompt customers for feedback. | Functional |
| ArgosPopUp_lastShownPopupTimestamp | Tracks the last time the user was considered active, preventing the popup from appearing again within a defined timeframe. Required to be set, otherwise the popup can trigger in the next session. | Functional |
| Basket_Checkout_Test_Group_2 | Used to split test experiences for the checkout area of the site | Functional |
| Basket_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the basket area of the site | Functional |
| Browse_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the browsing areas of the website | Functional |
| BVDisabled | BazaarVoice cookie for Interacting with reviews/Q&A | Functional |
| BVImplmain_site | BazaarVoice cookie used for managing the ratings and reviews. | Functional |
| Checkout_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the checkout area of the site | Functional |
| Findability_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the Search and Browse areas of the site | Functional |
| GiftMode | This cookie is owned by Argos and is used to display different experiences for the website to show gift specific messages. | Functional |
| Header_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the header on the website | Functional |
| Homepage_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the hompeage | Functional |
| LANG | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. | Functional |
| Livechat_Test_Group_1 | Used for A/B testing | Functional |
| mdr_browser | This cookie ensures that the site is presented in a way that fits the screen size of the users device. | Functional |
| nsid | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal to support payment services within the website. | Functional |
| OTZ | Google plus cookies which allow sharing of a page on Google plus account | Functional |
| PDP_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test experiences for the product details page on the website | Functional |
| sc.InTg | The cookie is created when a brand new session starts and is simply used to keep sessions recording consistently to the same hostname (endpoint) from start to finish. | Functional |
| Search_Test_Group_1 | Used to split test search experiences on the website | Functional |
| Search_Test_Group_2 | Used to split test search experiences on the website | Functional |
| sids | Used to capture Store ID | Functional |
| sl_recently_searched | Used in store finder to track stores that have been searched for | Functional |
| sn.tpc | These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. For example, we may use cookies to enable you to provide product feedback or use sizing tools. | Functional |
| sn.vi | These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. For example, we may use cookies to enable you to provide product feedback or use sizing tools. | Functional |
| swogoTestCookie | This cookie is used to see what functionality can be used within the browser as a testing mechanism for Swogo recommendations. | Functional |
| ts | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. | Functional |
| tsrce | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. | Functional |
| x-csrf-jwt | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. | Functional |
| X-PP-SILOVER | This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. | Functional |
| __utma | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners. | Performance/Analytics |
| __utmb | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor. | Performance/Analytics |
| __utmc | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In this older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie. | Performance/Analytics |
| __utmt | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes | Performance/Analytics |
| __utmz | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Performance/Analytics |
| _4c_ | This cookie is used by ForSee to track website visitors over time, which provides information like: - If they have been invited to complete a survey or not. - What pages they visited on your website and in what sequence. - Store unique ID's that connect ForeSee products to other products on your site (like Google Analytics, Adobe Marketing Cloud, etc.). - Track special values that you may elect to set (shopping cart ID's, etc.). | Performance/Analytics |
| _cl_ev | This cookie is used to capture the search term entered by the user and the search method. | Performance/Analytics |
| _cls_s | This cookie is required for identifying, counting sessions, and tracking sessions across different domains. | Performance/Analytics |
| _cls_v | This cookie is used to identify returning users and build a visitor profile (user Timeline). This cookie is also required in order to stitch information across different devices. For example, when on a mobile device users are routinely forced to login, the user cookie is what allows us to identify the same user if they come back using a different device i.e. (web browser) - with this cookie we can stitch together user sessions across different devices and provide a complete user timeline. | Performance/Analytics |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics 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 analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | Performance/Analytics |
| _ga_CM9YRX82EGv | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics 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 analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | Performance/Analytics |
| _ga_JWCPD5SJK1 | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics 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 analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | Performance/Analytics |
| _gac_UA-50023582-1 | This cookie is used by Google for Google analytics | Performance/Analytics |
| _gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | Performance/Analytics |
| _gat_32bf3e10a86b74bf69d40e3b7f967afa | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | Performance/Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_ | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | Performance/Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_UA_50023582_1 | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | Performance/Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | Performance/Analytics |
| _gclxxxx | Google conversion tracking cookie which count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site | Performance/Analytics |
| _gid | This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | Performance/Analytics |
| _schn | Adobe Analytics site tracking | Performance/Analytics |
| AMCV_095C467352782EB30A490D45%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. | Performance/Analytics |
| AMCVS_095C467352782EB30A490D45%40AdobeOrg | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. | Performance/Analytics |
| assignedPostcode | This cookie captures postcode on arrange delivery page to persist value to subsequent pages on WCS | Performance/Analytics |
| bv_metrics | This cookie is used for performance diagnostic events for less than 1/1000th of users. | Performance/Analytics |
| BVBRANDID | This cookie allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions within a particular client domain. | Performance/Analytics |
| BVBRANDSID | This cookie allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user browsing session for interactions within a particular client domain. | Performance/Analytics |
| BVID | This cookie collects information on which products have been viewed by the visitor - This is used for optimizing the specific visitor's navigation on the website. | Performance/Analytics |
| BVSID | This cookie collects information on which products have been viewed by the visitor - This is used for optimizing the specific visitor's navigation on the website. | Performance/Analytics |
| CRTOABE | This cookie is owned by Criteo and is used to help link adverts to customers purchases for analytics | Performance/Analytics |
| demdex | This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. | Performance/Analytics |
| dpm | This domain is owned by Adobe Audience Manager. The main business activity is online profiling for targeted marketing. | Performance/Analytics |
| DV | This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use the Site. The information is then used to improve the site. | Performance/Analytics |
| everest_g_v2 | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising | Performance/Analytics |
| gis | This cookie is used to monitor user interaction and the performance of our application on your site. We use this to improve the features, performance and experience of our service for our customers. | Performance/Analytics |
| gis-chat-call-user-uuid | Anonymous customer ID assignation for analytical tracking and sales attribution | Performance/Analytics |
| JSESSIONID | This domain is controlled by New Relic, which provides a platform for monitoring the performance of web and mobile applications. | Performance/Analytics |
| Loggytrackingsession | Event logging for Support purposes. Expires with every session. Only gathers data required for troubleshooting when in debug mode. | Performance/Analytics |
| NoCookie | If consent is not given by the user then NoCookie is set to TRUE, this then removes 2 additional cookies and sends data to an anonymous end point. | Performance/Analytics |
| prev_vals | For capturing previous page name and site section. | Performance/Analytics |
| prevPageName | For capturing previous page name | Performance/Analytics |
| s_cc | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, determines whether cookies are enabled in the browser | Performance/Analytics |
| s_cm | Adobe Site Catalyst, appears to identify source of traffic coming into the site | Performance/Analytics |
| s_dl | Adobe Site Catalyst Cookie. This cookie stores the number of days since a user last visited the webpage. | Performance/Analytics |
| 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. | Performance/Analytics |
| s_fv | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, determines whether cookies are enabled in the browser | Performance/Analytics |
| s_invisit | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, counts the visits made by a user to the site | Performance/Analytics |
| s_mercsearch | Argos had a partnership with Adobe Mercado to help us understand customers' needs better. But its obsolete now and this is being removed as part of Tealium migration Mercado lets us react quickly to poor customer experiences in product searches, allowing our in-house merchandising team to optimise the product search results displayed. Adobe Mercado is purely anonymous and is behaviour based e.g. onsite search term or category page navigated to. | Performance/Analytics |
| s_ppv | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie which Stores information on the percentage of the page displayed | Performance/Analytics |
| s_pv | Adobe Analytics site tracking. | Performance/Analytics |
| s_sq | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores information about the previous link clicked within the site | Performance/Analytics |
| s_sv_sid | These cookies store information on how visitors use the website. | Performance/Analytics |
| s_vi | This is an Adobe cookie used for analytics and performance. | Performance/Analytics |
| s_vnum | Adobe Site catalyst cookie, track number of visits by a unique visitor | Performance/Analytics |
| sc.ASP.NET_SESSIONID | This cookie name is associated with the SessionCam web analytics application from ServiceTick. | Performance/Analytics |
| sc.InStr | This domain is owned by ServiceTick. The main business activity is: Web User session recording platform, used for site analytics and user behaviour measurement | Performance/Analytics |
| sc.InTg | The cookie is created when a brand new session starts and is simply used to keep sessions recording consistently to the same hostname (endpoint) from start to finish. | Performance/Analytics |
| sc.UserId | This cookie name is associated with the SessionCam web analytics application from ServiceTick. | Performance/Analytics |
| SessionCamTestCookie | This cookie is used by SessionCam to help understand how the user interacts with the page. | Performance/Analytics |
| stimgs | Used by Syte to keep track of the session of a specific user in terms of clicks, engagement, impressions, flags etc. | Performance/Analytics |
| syte_ab_tests | Used by Syte to keep serialised data of the current active ab-test. | Performance/Analytics |
| syte_uuid | Used by Syte to hold the Unique Identifier for the session, once cleared a new ID will be created and it will count as a new session | Performance/Analytics |
| utag_main | This cookie name is associated with the Tealium data platform and is used for web analytics. | Performance/Analytics |
| Yext click tracking pixel | For understanding the clicks made by website visitors when interacting with the Yext search experience during their session / visit to our website. | Performance/Analytics |
| yourekoUserId | This cookie provides tracking for customer usage of the youreko energy widget to enable improvements to be made to the tool. | Performance/Analytics |
| _#sess+D248:D252D248:D254D248:D252D248:D254D248:D252 | This cookie is used for targeting and advertising and allow us to optimise and manage our digital advertising programmes | Marketing/Targeting |
| _#srchist | This cookie is used for targeting and advertising and allow us to optimise and manage our digital advertising programmes | Marketing/Targeting |
| _#uid | This cookie is used for targeting and advertising and allow us to optimise and manage our digital advertising programmes. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _#vdf | This cookie is used for targeting and advertising and allow us to optimise and manage our digital advertising programmes. | Marketing/Targeting |
| __gads, _dclk | Used to capture the DoubleClick Click identifier passed in via a URL parameter. It passes information about ads served for reporting and attribution in analytics platforms. | Marketing/Targeting |
| __gpi | (Google) AdSense for Search- Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| __gsas | (Google) AdSense for Search- This cookie is used to store user preference on cookies. | Marketing/Targeting |
| __utma | This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | Marketing/Targeting |
| _gcl | This cookie allows advertisers determine how many times people who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | Marketing/Targeting |
| _gcl_aw | Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _gcl_dc | Used by various Google Marketing platforms to link conversions from previous clicks to new sales | Marketing/Targeting |
| _gid | This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited | Marketing/Targeting |
| _kuid_ | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website | Marketing/Targeting |
| _pangle | To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's ad experiences delivered by the Pangle ad network. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _pin_unauth | set by Pinterest to track the usage of services | Marketing/Targeting |
| _pinterest_ct_rt | These cookies allow users to share pictures via Pinterest / the Pin It button, and Pinterest can collect statistical information about usage of their service. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _pinterest_ct_ua | Pinterest user authentication cookie. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _rdt_uuid | This cookie is set by Reddit its used for user matching and atribution. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _scid | Cookie associated with Snapchat. Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates realtime bidding for advertisers. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _scid_r | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _SS | This is set by a third party service Bing for advertisement tracking purposes. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _taggstar_exp | This cookie is used to ensure the accuracy of Taggstar's product messages. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _taggstar_ses | This cookie is used to ensure the accuracy of Taggstar's product messages. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _taggstar_vid | This cookie is used to ensure the accuracy of Taggstar's product messages. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _tt_enable_cookie | This cookie is placed by TikTok for tracking. It is used to evaluate and measure how different campaigns and marketing strategies perform on TikTok.Used to identify a visitor. | Maketing/Targeting |
| _ttp | To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience (including ads) on TikTok. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _twitter_sess | This cookie allows the use of Twitter features without having to log in, and contains some tracking information that Twitter uses to improve their services. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _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. | Marketing/Targeting |
| _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. | Marketing/Targeting |
| 1P_JAR | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| AA003 | This domain is owned by Atlas Solutions which is in turn owned by Facebook. Atlas is an online advertising business, targeting users through tracking their web activity. From September 2014 the company re-launched under the ownership of Facebook, promising the ability to reach known users and target adverts based on profiles generated using Facebook's user data. | Marketing/Targeting |
| act | Collects cookie data to retarget users & serve ads on the facebook platform. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ads_prefs | This cookie tracks visitor activity from Twitter ads on our website, and also allows users to share content from our websites. This cookie does not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Marketing/Targeting |
| AID | Google conversion cookie which helps advertisers measure how many times individuals clicking on their advert end up purchasing their products. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ANID | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ANON | Microsoft MSN cookie to enable user-based content. | Marketing/Targeting |
| APISID | This domain is owned by Google Inc and is the company's UK oriented search site. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear. | Marketing/Targeting |
| AR493HEJJsABtest | This cookie is created for various AB tests within argos.co.uk | Marketing/Targeting |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | Set by Microsoft Azure, it helps ensure that a client (such as a web browser) consistently connects to the same server. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ATN | This domain is owned by Atlas Solutions which is in turn owned by Facebook. Atlas is an online advertising business, targeting users through tracking their web activity. From September 2014 the company re-launched under the ownership of Facebook, promising the ability to reach known users and target adverts based on profiles generated using Facebook's user data. | Marketing/Targeting |
| auth_token | Twitter user authentication cookie. | Marketing/Targeting |
| BVBRANDID | BazaarVoice | Marketing/Targeting |
| BVBRANDSID | BazaarVoice | Marketing/Targeting |
| BVImplmain_site | BVImplmain_site | Marketing/Targeting |
| c_user | Collects cookie data to retarget users & serve ads on the facebook platform. | Marketing/Targeting |
| cje | Cookie to track CJ affiliate network sales event (CJ Affiliate is an affiliate marketing service provided by Commission) | Marketing/Targeting |
| CONSENT | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. Regulates synchronisation of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. | Marketing/Targeting |
| CRTOABE | This cookie is owned by Criteo and is used to help link adverts to customers purchases for analytics | Marketing/Targeting |
| CRTOID | This cookie is owned by Criteo and is used to help link adverts to customers purchases for analytics | Marketing/Targeting |
| csrf_same_site | This cookie tracks visitor activity from Twitter ads on our website, and also allows users to share content from our websites. This cookie does not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Marketing/Targeting |
| csrf_same_site_set | This cookie tracks visitor activity from Twitter ads on our website, and also allows users to share content from our websites. This cookie does not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ct0 | This cookie tracks visitor activity from Twitter ads on our website, and also allows users to share content from our websites. This cookie does not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Marketing/Targeting |
| daa | This cookie enables the Twitter widget to operate and appear on web pages. | Marketing/Targeting |
| datr | This cookie identifies the browser connecting to Facebook. It is not directly tied to individual Facebook the user. Facebook reports that it is used to help with security and suspicious login activity, especially around detection of bots trying to access the service. Facebook also say the behavioural profile associated with each datr cookie is deleted after 10 days. This cookie is also read via Like and other Facebook buttons and tags placed on many different websites. | Marketing/Targeting |
| dclid | Used to capture the DoubleClick Click identifier passed in via a URL parameter. It passes information about ads served for reporting and attribution in analytics platforms. | Marketing/Targeting |
| dextp | Records last time a data synchronization call was performed (adobe) | Marketing/Targeting |
| dnt | Captures users preference regarding tracking. | Marketing/Targeting |
| dpr | Collects cookie data to retarget users & serve ads on the facebook platform. | Marketing/Targeting |
| DSID | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | Marketing/Targeting |
| eu_cn | This cookie tracks visitor activity from Twitter ads on our website, and also allows users to share content from our websites. This cookie does not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ev_sync_ax | Collects information on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content - This is used on CRM-campaign-platform used by website owners for promoting events or products. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ev_sync_dd | This cookie is set by Adobe. Used to link anonymous analytics data into a visitor profile and help provide a personalised experience through the website, marketing and advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ev_sync_enc | The main purpose of cookies set by this host is targeting for advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| everest_g_v2 | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising | Marketing/Targeting |
| everest_session_v2 | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising | Marketing/Targeting |
| external_referer | This cookie is used to aggregate button usage. | Marketing/Targeting |
| fc | This cookie is used for targeting and advertising and allow us to optimise and manage our digital advertising programmes. | Marketing/Targeting |
| fr | Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| gclid | Used to capture the Google Click ID passed in via a URL parameter. Google Click ID (GCLID) is a parameter passed in the URL with ad clicks, to identify the campaign and other attributes of the click associated with the ad for ad tracking and campaign attribution. | Marketing/Targeting |
| GoogleAdServingTest | This cookie is used to determine what ads have been shown to the website visitor. | Marketing/Targeting |
| GPS | 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. | Marketing/Targeting |
| guest_id | Twitter user authentication cookie. | Marketing/Targeting |
| h | This domain is owned by Criteo. The main business activity is: Advertising | Marketing/Targeting |
| hl_ab | This cookie is owned by Criteo and is used to help link adverts to customers purchases for analytics | Marketing/Targeting |
| hl_p | This cookie is owned by Criteo and is used to help link adverts to customers purchases for analytics | Marketing/Targeting |
| hmGUID | This domain is owned by HookLogic, A USA based business that provides services to help advertisers connect online ads to customer purchases. | Marketing/Targeting |
| HSID | Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time | Marketing/Targeting |
| _id | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | Marketing/Targeting |
| IDE | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | Marketing/Targeting |
| ISTTrack | Intelligent Reach is a cloud-based ecommerce software provider helping retailers and brands ensure product information for online shoppers is high quality, relevant, in the right format and performing well with all partners, in all countries | Marketing/Targeting |
| kdt | This cookie is provided by Twitter to monitor referral links and login status. They are present when there is a Tweet This button or other Twitter widgets on the site. | Marketing/Targeting |
| l | User tracking for Microsoft Bing | Marketing/Targeting |
| LOGIN_INFO | 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. | Marketing/Targeting |
| lu | Used to manage the login process, remembers user on return visit if they choose to stay logged in. | Marketing/Targeting |
| m_pixel_ratio | Used to optimize site performance for advertisers. | Marketing/Targeting |
| MR | This cookie is an analytics service provided that connects data from the Bing advertising network with actions performed on the Website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| muc_ads | (Twitter) Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | Marketing/Targeting |
| MUID | used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking | Marketing/Targeting |
| MUIDB | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| na_id | This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| NAP | We use bing ads to show relevant advertisements on the internet. This cookie helps keep track of your surfing behavior. | Marketing/Targeting |
| NID | This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ouid | This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| personalization_id | This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. | Marketing/Targeting |
| PREF | This is a common Google cookie, used across several of their services. Stores user preference, can be used to personalise ads on google searches | Marketing/Targeting |
| presence | Collects cookie data to retarget users & serve ads on the facebook platform | Marketing/Targeting |
| pxs | This cookie is used for targeting and advertising and allow us to optimise and manage our digital advertising programmes. | Marketing/Targeting |
| remember_checked | This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. | Marketing/Targeting |
| remember_checked_on | This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SAPISID | 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. | Marketing/Targeting |
| sb | Collects cookie data to retarget users & serve ads on the facebook platform | Marketing/Targeting |
| sc_at | Cookie associated with embedding content from Snapchat. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. | Marketing/Targeting |
| secure_session | Twitter user authentication cookie. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SID | This cookie is used by Google in combination with HSID to verify a Google user account and most recent login time. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SIDCC | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SRCHD | We use bing ads to show relevant advertisements on the internet. This cookie helps keep track of your surfing behavior. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SRCHUID | We use bing ads to show relevant advertisements on the internet. This cookie helps keep track of your surfing behavior. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SRCHUSR | We use bing ads to show relevant advertisements on the internet. This cookie helps keep track of your surfing behavior. | Marketing/Targeting |
| SSID | This domain is owned by Google Inc and is the company's UK oriented search site. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear. | Marketing/Targeting |
| syndication_guest_id | This cookie is used to collect information about users browsing behaviour for marketing purposes including digital display and social media advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| TAPID | This domain is owned by Tealium and is used for its audience streaming service which enables targeting and personalisation of content on a domain. | Marketing/Targeting |
| tcs.google_cver | This cookie is owned by Tealium and is used for its audience streaming service which enables targeting and personalisation of content on a domain. | Marketing/Targeting |
| tcs.google_gid | Google advertising - this cookie enables us to measure the effectiveness of advertisements on the Google advertising platforms and allows us to deliver relevant advertising on these platforms. | Marketing/Targeting |
| TDCPM | Trade Desk Cookie Partner Mapping (TDCPM) - records which partners the Trade Desk has matched IDs with to prevent matching calls | Marketing/Targeting |
| TDID | This cookie sets the Trade Desk ID. | Marketing/Targeting |
| test_cookie | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | Marketing/Targeting |
| tfw_exp | This cookie is used by Twitter to provide embedded content that is displayed in the site. | Marketing/Targeting |
| twid | This cookie tracks visitor activity from Twitter ads on our website, and also allows users to share content from our websites. This cookie does not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Marketing/Targeting |
| twll | Twitter user authentication cookie. | Marketing/Targeting |
| ufvd | Holds personalisation information about the users browsing behavior. This cookie does not hold any identifiable user information. | Maketing/Targeting |
| uid | This domain is owned by Turn. The main business activity is: Marketing and Data Management Platform provider | Marketing/Targeting |
| umdid | Used to assist in marketing to Nectar Customers only on Digital platforms | Marketing/Targeting |
| UULE | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | Marketing/Targeting |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos | Marketing/Targeting |
| X-AB | This cookie is associated with embedding content from Snapchat. | Marketing/Targeting |
| xs | Set for users that are logged into facebook, this cookie captures session number and secret. This cookie is used to help service advertisements to people who have visited the website. | Marketing/Targeting |
| YSC | 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. | Marketing/Targeting |
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