Mi-Guardian Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 27th October 2022
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
Cookies are small text files placed on a computer by a web server when browsing online and are used to store user preference data so a web server doesn't have to repeatedly request this information. We use session cookies that are only used while you are on the Website and certain persistent cookies that remain on your hard drive and are read by our server when you return to the Website. We shall request your permission prior to installing a cookie on your device that is directly owned by us. You can block cookies by activating the settings on the browser that blocks all or some cookies. However, if you block all cookies, you may not be able to access all parts of this website.
We use the following cookie categories:
· Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into your profile, use a shopping cart or make use of direct debit portal.
· Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
· Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences. visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Vendor | Description | Category | 3rd Party | Duration |
| uest-view | Magento | Stores the Order ID that guest shoppers use to retrieve their order status. Guest orders view. Used in “Orders and Returns” widgets | Functionality | No | Session |
| add_to_cart | Adobe | Used by Google Tag Manager. Captures the product SKU, name, price and quantity removed from the cart, and makes the information available for future integration by third-party scripts | Functionality | Yes | Session |
| login_redirect | Magento | Preserves the destination page that was loading before the customer was directed to log in. A login redirect is used with the mini cart for logged-in customers if the Display Mini Cart configuration option is set to Yes | Functionality | No | Session |
| mage-banners-cache-storage | Magento | Preserves the destination page that was loading before the customer was directed to log in. A login redirect is used with the mini cart for logged-in customers if the Display Mini Cart configuration option is set to Yes | Functionality | No | Session |
| mage-messages | Magento | Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper | Functionality | No | Session |
| mage-translation-storage | Magento | Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| mage-translation-file-version | Magento | Tracks the version of translations in local storage. Used when Translation Strategy is configured as Dictionary (Translation on Storefront side). | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| product_data_storage | Magento | Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| recently_compared_product | Magento | Stores product IDs of recently compared products | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| recently_compared_product_previous | Magento | Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| recently_viewed_product | Magento | Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| recently_viewed_product_previous | Magento | Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| remove_from_cart | Adobe | Used by Google Tag Manager. Captures the product SKU, name, price, and quantity added to the cart, and makes the information available for future integration by third-party scripts | Functionality | Yes | Per local storage rules |
| stf | Magento | Records the time messages are sent by the SendFriend (Email a Friend) module | Functionality | No | Session |
| X-Magento-Vary | Magento | Configuration setting that improves performance when using Varnish static content caching | Functionality | No | Based on PHP setting session.cookie_lifetime |
| form_key | Page Cache | A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery | Functionality | Yes | Session |
| mage-cache-sessid | Magento | The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the Admin cleans up local storage, and sets the cookie value to true | Functionality | No | Session |
| mage-cache-storage | Magento | Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce function | Functionality | No | Session |
| mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation | Magento | Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated | Functionality | No | Session |
| persistent_shopping_cart | Magento | Stores the key (ID) of persistent cart to make it possible to restore the cart for an anonymous shopper | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| private_content_version | Magento | Appends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server. For, HTTP Only=Yes (based on request), it means that the cookie is secure if set during HTTPS request and unsecure if set during HTTP request It is set in multiple places: in PHP, in JavaScript as a cookie, and in JavaScript to local storage. |
Functionality | No | PHP: 1 year / 315360000s (10yr) JS: 1 day JS local storage: Per local storage rules (forever) |
| section_data_ids | Magento | Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions, such as display wish list, checkout information, and so on. | Functionality | No | Session |
| store | Magento | Tracks the specific store view / locale selected by the shopper | Functionality | No | 1 Year |
| mage-banners-cache-storage | Magento | Local storage for Banner functionality. | Functionality | No | Per local storage rules |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors to your site | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors to your site | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| dc_gtm_<property-id> | Google Analytics | Throttles request rate when Google Analytics is deployed with Google Tag Manager | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| AMP_TOKEN | Google Analytics | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values include opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| _gac_<property-id | Google Analytics | Contains campaign-related information for the user. Google AdWords conversion tags read this cookie if Google Analytics is linked to your AdWords account. | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| __utma | Google Analytics | Distinguishes shoppers and sessions. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there is no existing __utma cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| __utmt | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate. | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| __utmb | Google Analytics | Determines new sessions/visits. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| _utmz | Google Analytics | Saves the traffic source or campaign that explains how the shopper reached your site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes, and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| _utmv | Google Analytics | Stores visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor-level custom variable. This cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| mg_dnt | Google Analytics | Allows you to restrict Adobe Commerce data collection if you have custom code to manage cookie consent on your site | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| user_allowed_save_cookie | Google Analytics | Used for cookie restriction mode. | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| authentication_flag | Google Analytics | Indicates if a shopper has signed in or signed out. This cookie is updated at the same time as the dataservices_customer_id cookie. | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| dataservices_customer_id | Google Analytics | Indicates if a shopper has signed in or signed out. This cookie does not contain the customer ID | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| dataservices_cart_id | Google Analytics | Identifies a shopper’s cart actions | Necessary | Yes | Session |
| dataservices_product_context | Google Analytics | Identifies a shopper’s product interactions | Necessary | Yes | Session |
Please note that some of the third parties mentioned above may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Those third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services which may use analytical cookies, performance cookies or targeting cookies. To deactivate the use of third-party advertising cookies, please view your browser settings to switch off third-party advertising.
We will always seek you consent before we place any cookies that are not strictly necessary to run our website. If you have any questions about the cookies we use, please contact us at [email protected].