PANDORA COOKIE POLICY
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small data file, which the internet browser places on your device. It is what you could call “a identification card” in other words, the cookie’s job is to notify the site that the user has returned. By remembering browser settings, login and system information the user is presented with a service minded and optimized website.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to remember your choices:
- Language and country
- Your own designs
- Logged in or not logged in to PANDORA Club
- Browser settings and plug-ins
- Storing information about usage of our website
How does that help you?
By remembering your settings, we don’t have to ask you for, e.g. country each and every time you visit our site. Your settings also tell us about what equipment you are using. This way we can adjust the site to provide the best user experience. To optimize your experience even further, we collect data about your movement and use of the site. Please notice that the data we collect is statistical and not personal.
Here is a list of cookies that we use on the UK website:
| Name of Cookie |
Usage |
Lifetime |
| chkcookie |
Cookie used to determine if the browser supports cookies |
Session |
| .PROD.ASPXAUTH |
Is used to determine if a user is authenticated (If they are currently logged in) |
Session |
| consumer#lang |
Stores information about the current country that the user has selected |
3 months |
| Membered |
Used by the widgets to determine if user is currently logged in. This allows for member/non-member specific content |
10 years |
| VI |
Visitor Information.
PC: PageCount
SC: ShowCount
SD: ShowDate |
10 years
|
| userEmail |
Stores the user email while the users are logged in |
Session |
| _utma |
Google analytic cookie that registers each user's amount of visits, and the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit |
2 years |
| _utmz |
Google analytics cookie that registers where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link) |
2 years |
| _utmb |
Google analytics cookie |
1 hour |
| _utmc |
Google analytics cookie |
1 years |
| NID |
Cookie set when google maps is used on the PANDORA store locator |
6 months |
| psc |
This and the following 8 cookies are from "Add this" and are used to collect (non-personally identifiable) sharing statistics on the PANDORA platform when users share products through the add this module (mail, twitter, Facebook etc.) |
2 years |
| uvc |
Add this |
2 years |
| uid |
Add this |
2 years |
| ssc |
Add this |
2 years |
| sshs |
Add this |
2 years |
| ssh |
Add this |
2 years |
| di |
Add this |
2 years |
| dt |
Add this |
1 month |
| loc |
Add this |
3 months |
| _atuvc |
Add this |
2 years |
| NMUID |
This and the next 6 cookies are all related to netminers tracking which allows PANDORA to obtain data on the user behavior on .net (How do they navigate on the site, where do they click etc.) |
Unlimited |
| lv |
Netminers tracking |
Unlimited |
| vc |
Netminers tracking |
Unlimited |
| $nmlv |
Netminers tracking |
Unlimited |
| $nmuid |
Netminers tracking |
Unlimited |
| $nmvc |
Netminers tracking |
Unlimited |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
Netminers tracking |
Session |
| fb_144650179438 |
The following three cookies are related to the Facebook login functionality on pandora.net and are only present if/when Facebook login is used |
Session |
| BC_BANDWIDTH |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitStartTime |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitCookie |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalytics_BrowserSessionId |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitIsPlaying |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitLastCloseTime |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitMetricsCsv |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_bitRateBucketsCsv |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| clientLastPTimes |
Brightcove Video Player |
Session |
| fbm_144650179438 |
Facebook login |
Facebook controls lifetime |
| fbsr_144650179438 |
Facebook login |
Facebook controls lifetime
|
| cookiesDirectiveAccepted |
If the user has accepted the use of cookies |
10 years |
| OriginalContextDeviceName |
Whether the user is using a mobile device or not |
10 years |
| sc_device |
If the user should be presented with Desktop or Mobile layout |
Session
|
| MyGeoInfo |
City/Country cookie |
Session
|
| VI |
This cookie keeps track of what notifications the user has seen |
10 years
|
How to avoid and / or delete cookies?
Most browsers accept cookies by default, however you can alter your browser settings to not accept cookies or delete the cookies from your system. Most browsers do allow a “private” mode where cookies are always deleted after a visit. Depending on which browser you are using, the setting has a different name. Below you can find the most common browsers and the “private” mode:
- Internet Explorer 8 and newer; InPrivate
- FireFox 3.5 and newer; Private Browsing
- Google Chrome 10 and newer; Incognito
- Safari 2 and newer; Private Browsing
- Opera 10.5 and newer; Private Browsing
Please read your browser’s help section for more information about how to set the “private” mode or how to delete cookies. You can still visit our site even though your browser is in “private” mode, however the user experience might not be optimal and some functionalities might not work.
Please read our general Terms and Conditions here.
