Cookie Information
Updated: September 7, 2023
Essential
| Name | Provider | Domains | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sc-cookies-accepted | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com yellowla.com snapfoundation.org arcadiacreativestudio.com giftfromsnap.com snapfoundation.org snappartnersummit.com | Used to determine whether a visitor has accepted cookies. | 1 year |
| Marketing | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com giftfromsnap.com snapfoundation.org arcadiacreativestudio.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to save Marketing cookie preferences. | 1 year |
| Performance | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com giftfromsnap.com snapfoundation.org arcadiacreativestudio.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to save Performance & Analytics cookie preferences. | 1 year |
| Preferences | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com giftfromsnap.com snapfoundation.org arcadiacreativestudio.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to save Preferences cookie preferences. | 1 year |
| EssentialSession | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com giftfromsnap.com snapfoundation.org arcadiacreativestudio.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to save Essential Session cookie preferences. | 1 year |
| sc-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] |
| _sc-sid | Snap | *.snapchat.com | Anonymous client-side identifier; used for operational and performance metrics. | End of session, 30 minutes of inactivity, or Midnight UTC |
| bpazaws52gukakzc__* | Q4 | investor.snap.com | Captcha feature for forms. | 6 hours |
| adtsgidr5 | Q4 | investor.snap.com | Used for Anti-CSRF protection, related to email alerts signup. | 4 hours |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | investor.snap.com | The __cf_bm 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 |
| _GRECAPTCHA | spectacles.com investor.snap.com | Used by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects the site against spam enquiries on contact forms. | 6 months | |
| JSESSIONID | Q4 | investor.snap.com | New Relic cookie used to monitor website health and ensure site functionality. | Session |
| __cfduid | Cloudflare | investor.snap.com | Helps Cloudflare detect malicious visitors to our Customers’ websites and minimizes blocking legitimate users. | 1 month |
| XSRF-TOKEN | TwelveNYC | giftfromsnap.com | Helps against XSS attacks. | 24 hours |
| xsrf_token | Snap | accounts.snapchat.com | Used to help prevent XSS/CSRF attacks. | 24 hours |
| giftfromsnap_session | Snap | giftfromsnap.com | Keeps data for the user’s session. | 24 hours |
| SSN-"[long-uid]" | StreamShark | snapchat.com | Only when video is playing. StreamShark 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 |
| __zlcmid | 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 CSRF 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 | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _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 research.snap.com | 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 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 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 research.snap.com | 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 *.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 | Persists session state. 1Excluding the EU/UK. | 2 years | |
| _gat_UA-{property-id} | *.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 throttle request rate. 1Excluding 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 | *.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 | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | A unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information. | 6 months | |
| sc-language | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.snap.com | Used to remember the 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 | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 optimize our marketing campaigns. | Indefinite or until removed |
| _uetsid | Microsoft | forbusiness.snapchat.com | A session ID cookie used in order to improve conversion tracking. U.S. only. | Session |
| _uetmsclkid | Microsoft | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Used to capture the Microsoft Click ID from the ad URL in order to improve conversion tracking. U.S. only. | 90 days |
| _fbp | forbusiness.snapchat.com AR.snap.com snappartnersummit.com | A unique user ID cookie used to help identify a user. U.S. only. | 90 days | |
| _fbc | forbusiness.snapchat.com AR.snap.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to capture the click ID from the ad URL containing the click identifier | 90 days | |
| sc_seen_popup | Snap | spectacles.com | Used to remember if a mailing list popup has been seen. | 1 year |
| UserMatchHistory | forbusiness.snapchat.com snappartnersummit.com | Distinguishes conversion from a LinkedIn ad. U.S. only. | 1 month | |
| bcookie | forbusiness.snapchat.com snappartnersummit.com | Used for identifying the browser ID. U.S. only. | 2 years | |
| bscookie | forbusiness.snapchat.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to recognize a secure browser ID. U.S. only. | 2 years | |
| lang | forbusiness.snapchat.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to remember the visitor's language. U.S. only. | Session | |
| lidc | forbusiness.snapchat.com snappartnersummit.com | Used for routing. U.S. only. | 2 days | |
| lpv | Pardot | forbusiness.snapchat.com | Distinguishes conversion from Pardot site or ad. | 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 ads on our websites, and also to allow visitors to share content from our websites. U.S. only. | 2 years | |
| _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 U.S. | Session |
| X-PP-Silover | Paypal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 9 hours |
| akavpau_ppsd | Paypal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | Session |
| LANG | Paypal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 1 day |
| l7_az | Paypal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 1 day |
| ts | Paypal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 3 years |
| ts_c | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 3 years |
| x-pp-s | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | Session |
| tsrce | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 4 days |
| nsid | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | Session |
| AKDC | PayPal | spectacles.com | Provides PayPal credit option messaging for the U.S. | 9 hours |
| _sctr | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to determine whether a third party tag will be called in Snap Ads Pixel. | 1 year |
| _scid | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to help identify a visitor. | 1 year |
| sc_at | Snap | *.snapchat.com *.pixy.com spectacles.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to identify a visitor across multiple domains. | 1 year |
| TDID | The Trade Desk | *.snap.com *.snapchat.com forbusiness.snapchat.com ar.snap.com developers.snap.com snappartnersummit.com | Used to track when a user has visited one of the specified domains. May include conversion tracking when applicable. | 1 year |
| reddaid | AR.snap.com developers.snap.com | Used for advertisement recommendation and conversion tracking from Reddit ads. | 2 years | |
| sc-lsdownloads | Snap | ar.snap.com | Used to distinguish conversions to Lens Studio downloads | 180 days |
| IDE | ares.snap.com | This cookie is used to target Google ads on non-Google sites. | 13 months in the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK and 24 months everywhere else | |
| hubspotutk | Hubspot | ares.snap.com | This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | 13 months |
| _hssrc | Hubspot | ares.snap.com | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. | End of session |
| _hstc | Hubspot | ares.snap.com | These cookies are used to store information about how visitors use the site and to gather requests from the forms on the website. | 13 months |
| _hssc | Hubspot | ares.snap.com | These cookies are used to store information about sessions of visitors in the site. | 30 minutes |