Cookie Policy
Effective date: December 10, 2025
Last updated: December 10, 2025
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| prevSubdomain | 7 days |
Required to allow users to be redirected to the correct regional website after authenticating |
| xtl_bid | 1 year |
Browser Identifier used for Fraud Prevention in our referrals programme |
| extole_token | 1 year |
Used by our Referral programme to identify Advocate and Referrers |
| extole_access_token | 1 year |
Used by our Referral programme to identify Advocate and Referrers |
| xdibx | Never Expires |
Stores consent for Digioh campaigns: Records user agreement for data usage, especially for session replays. |
| country | session |
Country code the user is visiting the website from in order to help customers get directed to their local store. |
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
| cart_currency | 14 days | Shopify sets this cookie to remember the user’s country of origin and populate the correct transaction currency. |
| localization | 1 year | The localization cookie stores user preferences for language and region to provide a personalized browsing experience. |
| _shopify_essential | 1 year | Shopify sets this cookie, which contains essential information required for the proper functioning of a store, such as session details, checkout information and anti-tampering data. |
| OptanonConsent | 1 year | OneTrust sets this cookie to store details about the site's cookie category and check whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent from the use of each category. |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | 1 year | OneTrust sets this cookie to allow it to set cookies based on the user's consent and hide the cookies banner once the user has read and acknowledged it. |
| TiPMix | session | The TiPMix cookie is set by Azure to determine which web server the users must be directed to. |
| x-ms-routing-name | session | Azure sets this cookie for routing production traffic by specifying the production slot. |
| lastPath | session |
Helps prevent unintentional page refreshes in the content library. |
| state | session |
Used for authentication on the Yoto website. |
| auth0 | 3 days |
Used for authentication on the Yoto website, to implement the Auth0 session layer. |
| did_compat | 1 year |
Used for authentication |
| auth0_compat | 3 days |
Used for authentication on the Yoto website, fallback cookie for single sign-on on browsers that don’t support the sameSite=None attribute |
| extole_locale | session |
Used by our Referral programme to identify Advocate and Referrers locale |
| gorgias.is-navigation-sidebar-opened | session |
Used to retain user preference for showing or hiding the navigation sidebar in Gorgias |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| _shop_app_essential | 1 year | Shopify sets this cookie, which contains essential information required for the proper functioning of Shop.app. |
| keep_alive | session | The keep_alive cookie is used to maintain a user's session active on a website, preventing automatic logout during periods of inactivity. |
| m | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly. |
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier to recognize users across sessions. |
| __stripe_sid | 1 hour | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier for a single session. |
| _shopify_test | session | Shopify sets this cookie to check cookie capabilities on the client. |
| did | 1 year |
Auth device identification for attack protection. |
| _yt | 1 day |
Yoto auth cookie |
| _ycat | 1 day |
Authentication cookie for Yotoplay website and checkout |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lantern | 1 month |
Stores a reference to a visit to attribute a sale to marketing channels. |
| 27447_lantern | 6 months |
Stores a reference to a visit to attribute a sale to marketing channels. |
| _cs_c | 1 year 1 month | The cookie is used by Content Square to save the user consent to be tracked. |
| ShopifyNodeApp | 1 day | Description is currently not available. |
| ab._gd | session |
Used by Braze to track the root-level cookie domain. |
| gorgias.is-grid-mode | session |
Gorgias functional cookie used to remember a user's preference for how articles or tickets are displayed within the Gorgias interface, specifically whether they prefer a list view or a grid view.
|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months |
Used by YouTube to manage feature rollout and experimentation. It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. |
| __Secure-YEC | past |
A security and functionality cookie used by Youtube/Google to detect bots, prevent fraud, and personalise video playback by storing user preferences |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months |
Used by YouTube to store the user’s privacy and consent settings for embedded videos. It helps ensure that user privacy choices (like consent for personalized ads or tracking) are respected when watching embedded YouTube content |
| PugT | 1 month | PubMatic sets this cookie to check when the cookies were updated on the browser in order to limit the number of calls to the server-side cookie store. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-name | session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-app | session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | session | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _shopify_analytics | 1 year |
Contains analytics data for buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout |
| ABTastySession | 1 hour | ABTasty sets this cookie to identify a unique session. It allows us to determine that a new session has begun for a given user. |
| ABTasty | 1 year 1 month | ABTasty sets this cookie to send all test data (visitor ID, test and variant IDs, timestamps). |
| _hp5_event_props.* | 1 year 1 month | Heap Analytics sets this cookie to determine which domain a cookie can be set on since public suffix domains block setting cookies at the top level. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _hp5_let.* | 1 year 1 month | Heap Analytics sets this cookie to determine which domain a cookie can be set on since public suffix domains block setting cookies at the top level. |
| _hp5_meta.* | 1 year 1 month | Heap Analytics sets this cookie to determine which domain a cookie can be set on since public suffix domains block setting cookies at the top level. |
| _cs_id | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used to store the ContentSquare's user identifier ID. This is a persistent cookie and expires after 13 months. |
| _cs_s | 1 hour | This cookie is used to store the number of page's viewed by a visitor within the session for ContentSquare's solution. |
| _shopify_y | 1 year | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. |
| _shopify_s | 1 hour | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. |
| _cs_same_site | session |
Used by ContentSquare - checks if the browser supports the |
| _cs_root-domain | session |
ContentSquare - Stores the URI-encoded main domain name of the site |
| __adal | session |
Tracks Advertising Response: Links user visits to specific ad campaigns to see which ads work. |
| __ps_r | 1 year |
Podscribe - stores the first referrer URL (the original source that brought the user to the site). Used for first-touch attribution. |
| __ps_sr | 1 hour |
Podscribe analytics - stores the session referrer for the current browsing session. Used for session-level attribution |
| __ps_lu | 1 year |
Podscribe analytics - stores the first landing page URL where the user entered the site. Used for attribution and analytics |
| __ps_slu | 1 hour |
Podscribe analytics - Stores the session landing page URL for the current visit. Refreshed each session. |
| __ps_did | 1 year |
Podscribe analytics - Stores a unique anonymous device ID (pscrb_<UUID>). Used to recognize returning browsers for analytics and attribution. |
| __ps_fva | 1 year |
Podscribe analytics - stores the timestamp (in milliseconds) of the first visit. Used to measure customer journey duration and return frequency. |
| ab.storage.sessionId.5af638b8-588c-488a-b1f0-539ad6cf8ddf | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Used by Braze analytics - Randomly-generated string used to determine whether the user is starting a new or existing session to sync messages and calculate session analytics. |
| ab.storage.deviceId.5af638b8-588c-488a-b1f0-539ad6cf8ddf | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Randomly-generated string used to determine whether the user is starting a new or existing session to sync messages and calculate session analytics. |
| _cs_t | session |
ContentSquare analytics used to check if the browser supports cookies and sets flags |
| _hp2_id.* | 1 year 1 month | Heap Analytics sets this cookie to collect information on how visitors use the site. |
| is_eu | session | Pinterest sets this cookie to determine whether the user is located within the EU and, therefore, is subject to the EU's data privacy regulations. |
| _hp2_hld* | session | Heap Analytics sets this cookie to determine which domain a cookie can be set on since public suffix domains block setting cookies at the top level. |
| _hp2_ses_props.* | 1 hour | Heap sets this cookie to store the timestamp and cookie domain or path. |
| _gid | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat_UA-* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ABTastyShopify | session |
Helps identify unique browsers without knowing the visitor's actual identity, allowing the website to understand overall traffic flow and user patterns. |
| _uetsid | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| _uetvid | 1 year 24 days | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| SERVERID | 10 minutes | This cookie is set by Slideshare's HAProxy load balancer to assign the visitor to a specific server. |
| _gat | 1 minute | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AwinChannelCookie | 1 month | Description is currently not available. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| __adal_ses | 1 hour | Adalyser sets this cookie to determine whether there is an active session and which conversions have taken place in this session to prevent duplicates, stores a list of events in this session. |
| __adal_id | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Adalyser stores the Device ID generated by this cookie as a unique identifier for the device. |
| __adal_ca | 6 months | Adalyser sets this cookie to stores which advertising campaign drove a user to visit, stores traffic source and campaign data. |
| __adal_cw | 7 days | Adalyser sets this cookie to tie back conversion events to earlier visits and stores a visit timestamp. |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to store and track interactions. |
| _pinterest_ct_ua | 1 year | No description available. |
| __Secure-YNID | 6 months |
The __Secure-YNID cookie is a YouTube/Google cookie used for identifying users and serving personalized ads/content |
| COMPASS | 1 hour | The COMPASS cookie is used by Yahoo to deliver targeted advertising based on user's online behavior. |
| NID | 6 months | Google sets the cookie for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to unwanted mute ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| MUID | 1 year 24 days | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
| _pin_unauth | 1 year | Pinterest set this cookie to group actions for users who cannot be identified. |
| __adroll | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is set by AdRoll to identify users across visits and devices. It is used by real-time bidding for advertisers to display relevant advertisements. |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | 1 year 1 month | Google sets this cookie to enable Privacy Sandbox testing and preview how site behaviour and functionality work without third-party cookies. |
| __adroll_shared | 1 year 1 month | Adroll sets this cookie to collect information on users across different websites for relevant advertising. |
| __adroll_fpc | 1 year | AdRoll sets this cookie to target users with advertisements based on their browsing behaviour. |
| __ar_v4 | 1 year | This cookie is set under the domain DoubleClick, to place ads that point to the website in Google search results and to track conversion rates for these ads. |
| TapAd_TS | 2 months | TapAd sets this cookie to track users across devices to enable targeted advertising. |
| TapAd_DID | 2 months | TapAd sets this cookie to offer personalized content, social media features, and traffic analysis for its retargeting of online advertising. |
| CMID | 1 year | Casale Media sets this cookie to collect information on user behaviour for targeted advertising. |
| CMPS | 3 months | CasaleMedia sets CMPS cookie for anonymous user tracking based on users' website visits to display targeted ads. |
| CMPRO | 3 months | CasaleMedia sets CMPRO cookie for anonymous usage tracking and targeted advertising. |
| KRTBCOOKIE_* | 3 months | Pubmatic sets this cookie to register a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. |
| TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS | 2 months | TapAd sets this cookie for data synchronization with advertising networks. |
| ar_debug | 1 year | DoubleClick sets this cookie to debug and troubleshoot the ads served by DoubleClick. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
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