Cookie name | Domain | Purpose | Duration |
BVImplmercia | Stores user configuration for Bazaarvoice A/B testing | Session | |
BVImplrecipes | Stores user configuration for Bazaarvoice A/B testing | Session | |
BVImplwines | Stores user configuration for Bazaarvoice A/B testing | Session | |
_atuvc | AddThis social sharing cookie to ensure user sees updated counter if sharing a page | 13 months | |
BVBRANDID | Allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions within the ALDI domain | 20 years | |
_atuvs | AddThis social sharing cookie in order to ensure user sees updated counter if sharing a page | 2 years | |
_distillery | Wistia cookie that records a position where video has been stopped to allow playback continuation | When deleted | |
_dc_gtm_UA-XXXXXXX | Stores Google Analytics tracking info | When deleted | |
__ga | Stores the user's Google Analytics Client ID | 2 years of inactivity | |
__gid | Stores the user's Google Analytics Client ID and is sent to GA in all hits and redirects | 2 years of inactivity | |
__gaexp | .aldi.co.uk | Stores a list of Google Optimization variations that the user has encountered | 90 days depending on variation |
acceleratorSecureGUID | Website security | Session | |
b1pi | www.assets.aldi-digital.co.uk / www.assets.aldi-digital.ie / www.aldi.co.uk/ www.aldi.ie | Website security | Session |
basket | .aldi.co.uk | Contains the quantity of items added to the basket and a timestamp of when the items are reserved until | 30 minutes |
cookieMesssage | Records whether a user has accepted the cookie consent message | 19 years | |
merciastorefrontRememberMe | Records that a user has visited the site and automatically logs a customer in | 14 days | |
ecos.dt | Maru/eDR survey participation cookie that is set when a user is invited to a survey, chooses to participate in a survey or requests not to be invited again | Session | |
mercia-uk-cart | Allows the site to restore a user's cart if the cart is still present | 11 years | |
muxData | Wistia utilizes Mux for low level video performance analytics to help optimize infrastructure and video delivery | 20 years | |
thx_guid | Allows device identification for the purposes of fraud detection | When deleted | |
APISID | .google.co.uk | Stores a user’s Google user preferences and information from Google Maps | When deleted |
JSESSIONID | Records a user’s session ID allowing the site to identify returning users | Session | |
ROUTEID | Website security | When deleted | |
SAPISID | Stores a user’s Google user preferences and information from Google Maps | When deleted | |
DSID | .doubleclick.net | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes | When deleted |
IDE | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes | When deleted | |
id | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes | When deleted | |
SSID | Stores a user’s Google user preferences and information from Google Maps | When deleted | |
CONSENT | Google tracking cookie | When deleted | |
NID | Stores a unique Google ID to remember user preferences and other information, such as preferred language | When deleted | |
HSID | Google security cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and protect user data from unauthorised parties | When deleted | |
SID | Google security cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and protect user data from unauthorised parties | When deleted | |
DV | Google tracking | When deleted | |
bt2, di2, loc, mus, uid, um, uvc, vc related social media cookies such as Facebook and Pinterest cookies | addthis.com | Facilitates social sharing functionality | When deleted |
bvid | network.bazaarvoice.com | Allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions across the Bazaarvoice network | 365 days of inactivity |
bvsid | network.bazaarvoice.com | Allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions across the Bazaarvoice network | 30 minutes of inactivity (session) |
adnxs | appnexus doubleclick advertising | Tracks adverts viewed to build targeting segments | When deleted |
px_random | Site usage analytics | 2 years | |
PHPSESSID | tag.mention-me.com | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session |
BVBRANDSID | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Unclassified (tbc) | 1 year |
History.store | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Unclassified (tbc) | Session |
loglevel | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Unclassified (tbc) | Persistent |
SIDCC | google.uk | SIDCC is a security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorised access | Session to two years |
M | aldi.co.uk | Tests whether the browser accepts session cookies | Session |
N | Aldi.co.uk | Tests whether the browser accepts persistent cookies | 1 year |
TPPF | Aldi.co.uk | Third party pixel frequency | 1 year |
S | Aldi.co.uk | Shows that user has been inactive for 30 minutes or more. This is used when measuring the effectiveness of advertising content | 30 minutes |
ric | Aldi.co.uk | Provides region ID | 1 year |
Prooc | Aldi.co.uk | Where the current browser has opted out of seeing advertisements placed by RichReach | 10 years |
Coo | Aldi.co.uk | Used where the current browser has opted out of behaviour tracking cookies | 10 years |
Uc | Aldi.co.uk | Tracks a user across sessions | Renewable each session |
Sthc | aldi.co.uk | Records and uses recent search terms entered through the browser in order to make better predictions as to which products to recommend | Session |
Mrdu | Aldi.co.uk | Excludes certain products from recommendations | 1 day |
Rp2er | Aldi.co.uk | Stops showing certain advertisement campaigns after a user has clicked on them a certain number of times | 1 year |
Avf | Aldi.co.uk | Measures the number of times a user has seen a particular advertisement | 1 year |
Cv | Aldi.co.uk | Tracks what categories of product a user has viewed | 1 year |
ca, pendprch | Aldi.co.uk | Tracks what items have been recently added to a user’s shopping cart | 1 year |
psthc, uhs | Aldi.co.uk | Records browser search terms | 1 year |
P | Aldi.co.uk | Records items that have been recently purchased | 1 year |
Pv | Aldi.co.uk | Records items that have been recently viewed | 1 year |
Mvtid | Aldi.co.uk | Used to determine whether or not the user will be shown ads for similar products or not | 1 year |
mercia-pers | Aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Stores unique user ID for Rich Relevance integration (hashed from session ID) | 12 years |
mercia-persA | Aldi.co.uk | Stores user’s age bracket for Rich Relevance integration (determined by DoB during checkout process) | 1 year |
mercia-persG | Aldi.co.uk | Store’s users gender for Rich Relevance integration (determined by title) | 1 year |
_taggstar, _taggstar_exp,_taggstar_vid, _taggstar_ses, taggstar_cfg | www.aldi.co.uk | Stores visitor ID, Session ID and other required information to facilitate Taggstar Social Proof messaging | 90 days |
_at.cww, at-lojson-cache, at-rand | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis | Persistent |
_fbp, fr | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months |
tr | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Session |
r/collect | aldi.ie | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
rc::a | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Used in con text with video-advertisement. The cookie limits the number of times a visitor is shown the same advertisement content. The cookie is also used to ensure relevance of the video advertisement to the specific visitor. | Persistent |
rc::b, rc::c, rc::d-15 | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Used in con text with video-advertisement. The cookie limits the number of times a visitor is shown the same advertisement content. The cookie is also used to ensure relevance of the video advertisement to the specific visitor. | Session |
test_cookie | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | 1 day |
xtc | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Registers the user's sharing of content via social media. | 13 months |
wistia-http2-push-disabled | Aldi.ie | Collects data on visitor interaction with the website's video content. This data is used to make the website's video con tent more relevant towards the visitor. | 1 day |
__cfduid | Aldi.co.uk | Used by the con ten t network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | 1 year |
_at.hist.# | Aldi.co.uk | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis to store the user's usage history of the AddThis sharing widget | Persistent |
collect | Aldi.co.uk | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
gcl_au | Aldi.co.uk | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months |
ads/ga-audiences | Aldi.co.uk | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to con vert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | Session |
MUID | Aldi.co.uk | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | I year |
MUIDB | Aldi.co.uk | Registers data on visitors from multiple visits and on multiple websites. This information is used to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites | 1 year |
edr_sc_tst | Aldi.co.uk | Un classified (tbc) | 1 day |
mvtdebug | Aldi.co.uk | Records the personalisation data of the user which is then hashed and passed to Rich Relevance | 1 year |
rr_rcs | Aldi.co.uk | Records the personalisation data of the user which is then hashed and passed to Rich Relevance | 2 years |
pagead/1p-user-list/# | aldi.co.uk / aldi.ie | Unclassified (tbc) | Session |