About cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Cookies that we use

.AspNet.ApplicationCookie: An authentication cookies used for logging in and out.

  • __RequestVerificationToken: ASP.NET anti forgery token (prevent CSRF attack). It guarantees that the poster is the one who gets the form.
  • .ASPXANONYMOUS: A cookie used by ASP.Net to track anonymous user sessions
  • MachineKey: Configures algorithms and keys to use for encryption, decryption, and validation of forms-authentication data and view-state data, and for out-of-process session state identification.
  • CustomerSessionGUID – Used to see if customer has existing session. Stores customer ID, last accessed date and if the customers session is expired or now.
  • SERVERID – Identifies which web server the user is using. Used for sticky sessions on load balancer.
  • CONSENT: Google's user cookie consent
  • NID: The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.
  • CartId: A guid used to represent Cart Id
  • Email: Customer email, for remembering user's choice "Remember Me" at login screen.
  • RememberMe: Cokie value (true/false) to remember user's selection for "Remember Me".
  • NewRelic - Used to track site performance
  • _gid: Google analytics used to dustinguish users.
  • _ga – Numerous google analytics features.
  • net - Used for advertising (google)