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Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a site visitor's browser. They are typically used to keep track of the settings users have selected and actions they have taken on a site.
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How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?
Wix uses cookies for many important reasons, such as:
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To provide a great experience for my visitors and customers.
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To identify registered members (users who registered to your site)
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To monitor and analyse the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform.
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To ensure our platform is secure and safe to use.
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Types of cookies
Cookies can be classified according to their type, duration and category.
Type:
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First-party cookies: Cookies that Wix places on your site.
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Third-party cookies: Cookies that are placed and used by third parties.
Duration:
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Session (transient) cookies: These cookies are erased when site visitors close their browsers and are not used to collect information from their computers. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.
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Persistent (permanent or stored) cookies: These cookies are stored on a site visitor's hard drive until they expire (at a set expiration date) or until they are deleted. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific site.
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Strictly necessary cookies: These are the cookies that let your visitors browse through your site. They are also necessary for security reasons.
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Functional cookies: These cookies "remember" registered visitors/customers in order to improve their user experience.
The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:
Take a look at the table below to see which cookies we place on Wix sites:
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First-party cookies
Strictly Necessary
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Cookie name: ForceFlashSite
Duration: Session
Purpose: When viewing a mobile site (old mobile under m.domain.com) it will force the server to display the non-mobile version and avoid redirecting to the mobile site
Cookie name: hs
Duration: Session
Purpose: Security
Cookie name: smSession
Duration: Persistent (Two days or two weeks)
Purpose: Identifies logged in site members
Cookie name: XSRF-TOKEN
Duration: Session
Purpose: Security
First-party cookies
Functionality
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Cookie name: svSession
Duration: Persistent (Two years)
Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
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Cookie name: SSR-caching
Duration: Session
Purpose: Indicates how a site was rendered.
Cookie name: smSession
Duration: Persistent (Two weeks)
Purpose: Identifies logged in site members
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Third-party cookies
Functionality
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Cookie name: TS*
Duration: Session
Purpose: Security
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Cookie name: TS01*******
Duration: Session
Purpose: Security
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If you don't want cookies
You can restrict, remove or block cookies through your browser settings at any time.
To find out more about Cookies, including how to control, opt-out and delete them, go to http://www.aboutcookies.org for guidance.
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