This page provides an overview of which cookies are used by excentos Product Guides.
Which Cookies does excentos generate or use?
Type | Key | Name (internal) | who places the Cookie? | Suggested category for your Consent Management Tool | Cookie lifetime | Purpose | Internal Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cookie | xcSessId | Session ID | excentos | Functional Cookie | Session | Keeps the session state synchronized with the server | |
Cookie | xcVisitorId | Visitor ID | excentos | Analytics Cookie | 5 years | Tracks a visitor between sessions | Essential if you want to use Ecommerce tracking. |
| Cookie | _xcpk_ses.* | Matomo Session | excentos | Analytics Cookie | 30 min | Used by the excentos Analytics solution to recognize a visitor during one session. | Matomo is the web analytics solution used by excentos. (Our Analytics solution "Matomo" was previously called "Piwik"; that's why the cookie name is "pk".) |
Cookie | _xcpk_id.* | Matomo ID | excentos | Analytics Cookie | 2 years | Used by the excentos Analytics solution to recognize a visitor between sessions. | |
Cookie | _xcpk_ref.* | Matomo ID | excentos | Analytics Cookie | 6 months | Used by the excentos Analytics solution to store information about the referrer that brought the visitor to the advisor. | |
| Cookie | __storage_test__ | function test cookie | excentos | Functional Cookie | deleted immediately | Used to find out if the browser technically supports cookies | |
| Cookie | xcConsent | consent state | excentos | Functional Cookie | Session | Indicates if consent to tracking and/or cookies is given:
| Structure: { if essential cookie consent is not given, this cookie is not saved. |
| Cookie | xcUserProfile | user profile | excentos | Functional Cookie | Session | saves the user's current inputs to resume his session after a timeout | The data isn't sent anywhere, it's only used to restore a previous state of the advisor. It's only used if the user agrees to resume a previous session in the session timeout dialog. |
| Cookie | xcStage | advisor stage | excentos | Functional Cookie | Session | saves the current stage/phase in the advisor for resuming the session after a timeout | The data isn't sent anywhere, it's only used to restore a previous state of the advisor. It's only used if the user agrees to resume a previous session in the session timeout dialog. |
localStorage | excentos.analytics.matomo.lastevent | Matomo lastevent | excentos | Analytics local storage | local storage elements don't expire (but can be deleted by the user at any time) | Timestamp of last excentos Analytics tracking event. | Set but never used, will be deleted in future version |
localStorage | excentos.analytics.matomo | Matomo Product Interest | excentos | Analytics local storage | Summary of Products the user interacted with as well as the xcVisitorId and the project's account name | Set but never used, will be deleted in future version |
Notes: The above definition of Cookies refers to the latest version of the excentos Themes. If there is a customized user interface implemented, please contact excentos.
The "Name (internal)" is just our internal name to easily communicate; it is not meant to be displayed in our customer's Consent Management Solution.
Default Text for Your Consent Management Solution
This is a legally non-binding text draft that you can use for your consent management if you want to inform your website visitors about cookie usage.
Notes
The above describes the standard configuration. However, if customized solutions are implemented (e.g. integration with our customer’s lead generation processes), it might occur that additional cookies are used.
