How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a site visitor's browser. They are typically used to keep track of the settings users have selected and actions they have taken on a site.

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Wix uses cookies for many important reasons, such as:

• To provide a great experience for my visitors and customers.

• To identify my registered members (users who registered to your site)

• To monitor and analyse the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform.

• To ensure our platform is secure and safe to use. 

 

Types of Cookies

Cookies can be classified according to their type, duration and category.

Type:

• First-party cookies: Cookies that Wix places on your site. 

• Third-party cookies: Cookies that are placed and used by third parties. 

Duration:

• Session (transient) cookies: These cookies are erased when site visitors close their browsers and are not used to collect information from their computers. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.

• Persistent (permanent or stored) cookies: These cookies are stored on a site visitor's hard drive until they expire (at a set expiration date) or until they are deleted. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific site.

Category:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These are the cookies that let your visitors browse through your site. They are also necessary for security reasons. 

• Functional cookies: These cookies "remember" registered visitors/customers in order to improve their user experience. 

 

The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:

• Cookie settings in Firefox

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

• Cookie settings in Google Chrome

• Cookie settings in Safari (OS X)

• Cookie settings in Safari (iOS)

• Cookie settings in Android

 

Take a look at the table below to see which cookies we place on Wix sites:

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First-Party Cookies

Strictly Necessary

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Cookie name: ForceFlashSite 

Duration: Session

Purpose: When viewing a mobile site (old mobile under m.domain.com) it will force the server to display the non-mobile version and avoid redirecting to the mobile site

 

Cookie name: hs

Duration: Session

Purpose: Security

 

Cookie name: smSession 

Duration: Persistent (Two days or two weeks)

Purpose: Identifies logged in site members

 

Cookie name: XSRF-TOKEN

Duration: Session

Purpose: Security

 

First-Party Cookies

Functionality

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Cookie name: svSession

Duration: Persistent (Two years)

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

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Cookie name: SSR-caching

Duration: Session

Purpose: Indicates how a site was rendered. 

 

Cookie name: smSession

Duration: Persistent (Two weeks)

Purpose: Identifies logged in site members

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Third-Party Cookies

Functionality

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Cookie name: TS*

Duration: Session

Purpose: Security

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Cookie name: TS01*******

Duration: Session

Purpose: Security

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If you don't want Cookies

You can restrict, remove or block cookies through your browser settings at any time.
To find out more about Cookies, including how to control, opt-out and delete them, go to http://www.aboutcookies.org for guidance.