Cookies
Last updated: 4th September 2023
Strictly Necessary cookies8
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| secure_customer_sig | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with a customer login. |
| _hjFirstSeen | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information. |
| cart | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with a shopping cart. |
| cart_ts | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | Used in connection with checkout. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information. |
| cart_currency | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | This cookie is used to recognize the user’s country of origin and populate the correct transaction currency. |
| cart_sig | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with checkout. |
| _orig_referrer | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with a shopping part. |
Performance cookies14
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _y | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. |
| _gat_UA-125164970-6 | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 minute | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| _ga_VC17FTGGRZ | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _landing_page | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | This cookie is used to track, report, and analyze on landing pages. |
| _shopify_sa_t | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite concerning marketing and referrals. |
| _ga_YCJ6ETMH0H | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| __kla_id | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | Tracks when someone clicks through a Klaviyo email to your website |
| _shopify_y | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. |
| _gid | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 day | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. |
| _shopify_s | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. |
| _ga | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| _s | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. |
| _shopify_sa_p | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite concerning marketing and referrals. |
| _gat | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 minute | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
Targeting cookies7
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| test_cookie |
.doubleclick.net | / | Third-party | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. |
| _uetsid | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 day | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. |
| IDE | .doubleclick.net | / | Third-party | 1 year | This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| MUID | .bing.com | / | Third-party | 1 year | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. |
| _fbp | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 3 months | Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| _uetvid | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. |
| _gcl_au | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services |
Functionality cookies1
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| localization | steamforged.com | /en-eu | First-party | 1 year | These cookies are set on pages with the Flickr widget. |
Unclassified cookies9
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample_2008148 | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 2 minutes | |
| keep_alive | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | |
| locale_bar_accepted | steamforged.com | / | First-party | Session | |
| aiod_locals | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 hour | |
| cart_ver | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 14 days | |
| _cmp_a | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 day | |
| _hjSessionUser_2008148 | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 year | |
| shopify_pay_redirect | steamforged.com | / | First-party | 1 hour | |
| _hjSession_2008148 | .steamforged.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | |