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) | Suggested category for your Consent Management Tool | Retention duration | Purpose | 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 user 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 track a visitor between sessions. | |
localStorage | excentos.analytics.matomo | Matomo metadata | Analytics local storage | local storage elements don't expire | This stores (among a couple of redundant entries such as the visitor ID again) last interest times for products used to track referrals only before a certain timeout. Affects the 'productsWithInterest' Matomo event. | |
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. |
Notes: The above definition of Cookies refers to the latest version of the excentos Themes. If we implemented a custom user interface, 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 we use additional cookies.