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Type | Key | Name (internal) | Suggested category for your Consent Management Tool | Retention duration | Purpose | Internal Notes |
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Cookie | xcSessID | Session ID | Functional Cookie | Session | Keeps the session state synchronized with the server | |
Cookie | xcVisitorID | Visitor ID | Analytics Cookie | 5 years | Tracks a visitor between sessions | Essential if you want to use Ecommerce tracking. |
| Cookie | _xcpk ses.* | Matomo Session | Analytics Cookie | Session | 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 | Analytics Cookie | 2 years | Used by the excentos Analytics solution to recognize a visitor between sessions. | |
localStorage | excentos.analytics.matomo | Matomo metadata | Analytics local storage | local storage elements don't expire | This stores a list of products for which the user achieved the interest goal together with the xcVisitorID. It is used to track referrals based on interest goals and determine when the referral had been achieved. The interest goal is achieved if a user interacts with one of the product recommendations (e.g. click on product image, add a product to a comparison basket). The data stored together with the product can contain all data available on the product recommendation (e.g. product name, product detail page URL, product name and manufacturer, last time the product achieved the interest goal, price, ranking information). | Compare Goals for more information on the interest goal. Some of these attributes are redundant and might be removed from localStorage with future releases. |
localStorage | excentos.analytics.matomo.lastevent | Matomo lastevent | Analytics local storage | local storage elements don't expire | Timestamp of last excentos Analytics tracking event. | Set but never used. |
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