SWEP Cookie policy

Our Site uses cookies and/or other similar technologies such as device-IDs, pixel tags and web beacons to collect and store information about you.

What are cookies?

Cookies are pieces of information or code that a website transfers to or accesses from your computer or device to store, and sometimes track, information about you.

Cookies let websites remember you and your preferences, manage different features and content, store searches, and personalise content.

How does our Site use cookies?

Our Site uses cookies (alone or combined) to create a unique device ID, and to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to improve your experience and improve our Site. We also use cookies to keep our Site secure and to understand how users navigate around the Site.

Some cookies only last while you use our Site. Some cookies are used to remember you when you visit again, and will last for longer.

We use strictly necessary cookies if it is in our legitimate interests to do so (balanced with your rights). These are cookies where the storage of (or access to) information is essential rather than reasonably necessary.  For instance, we need to use these cookies in order to provide a service to you. Additionally, these cookies can be strictly necessary in order to comply with a legal obligation that we are subject to.

We use all other cookies with your consent. You can choose which cookies to consent to through our Privacy Preference Centre which is available to you through

Cookies Settings

What cookies do we use?
We use the following types of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies

Necessary Cookies are essential for you to be able to move around the Website and use its functions. These cookies enable the different functions of the Website, make your browsing more secure or provide functionalities that are previously requested by you. As they are necessary for the operation of the Website, these Cookies are enabled by default and cannot be refused.

We may use Cookies necessary to save your selection of Cookies in our Privacy Preference Centre, to stabilize your navigation or to make it more secure. these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website and therefore can not be deactivated.

First party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
www.swepgroup.com OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions
of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust.
It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information
notice and in some cases only when they actively close
the notice down.It enables the website not to show the
message more than once to a user. The cookie has a
normal lifespan of oneyear and contains no personal information.
1 year
dthermx.swepgroup.com ai_authUser Used to track usage of the embedded video player. few seconds
www.swepgroup.com TEST_AMCV_COOKIE_WRITE This cookie is used to test whether cookies are enabled
in the browser. It is a temporary cookie used to determine if
the browser accepts cookies.
session
dthermx.swepgroup.com ai_user This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application
Insights software, which collects statictical usage and telemetry information
for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier
cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application
over time.Used to track usage of the embedded video player.
1 year
dthermx.swepgroup.com connect.sid This is used for user sessions and is strictly necessary for the
Community. Session cookies allow websites to remember users
within a website when they move between web pages. These cookies
tell the server what pages to show the user so the user doesn’t have to
remember where they left off or start navigating the site all over again.
Therefore, without session cookies, websites have no memory. Without
these cookies users would not be able to do simple activities like login,
post, etc. on the Community hence they are strictly necessary.
session
www.swepgroup.com OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust.
It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and
whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category.
This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being
set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a
normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have
their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify
the site visitor.
1 year
www.swepgroup.com TEST_AMCV_COOKIE_WRITE This cookie is used to test whether cookies are enabled in the browser.
It is a temporary cookie used to determine if the browser accepts cookies.
session
www.swepgroup.com affinity This cookie is used to maintain user sessions by setting an affinity
cookie with a hash value containing the session details, ensuring
subsequent requests with the affinity cookie are routed to the
same backend server for maintaining stickiness.
session
myswep.swepgroup.com sid This is a very common cookie name but where it is found as
a session cookie it is likely to be used as for session state management.
session
swepgroup.com com.adobe.alloy.getTld This cookie name is associated with the Adobe WebSDK which
is used to determine the top-most domain that can accept cookies.
session
swepgroup.com OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie
law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen
a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively
close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message
more than once to a user. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year
and contains no personal information.
1 year
myswep.swepgroup.com __Host-SecureSessionID-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A secure session ID cookie is a small piece of data stored on the
user's device to uniquely identify their session while interacting with an
Intershop-based application or website. This cookie is designed to enhance
security by ensuring that each user session is associated with a specific
identifier, helping to maintain the user's session state and authentication
status securely.
session
info.swepgroup.com __cf_bm The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot
Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management
service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria
associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie
few seconds
www.swepgroup.com affinity This cookie is used to maintain user sessions by setting an affinity
cookie with a hash value containing the session details, ensuring subsequent
requests with the affinity cookie are routed to the same backend server
for maintaining stickiness.
session
myswep.swepgroup.com OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law
compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie
information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice
down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user.
The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year and contains no personal
information.
1 year
swepgroup.com OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust.
It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and
whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category.
This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set
in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal
lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their
preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the
site visitor.
1 year
swepgroup.com TEST_AMCV_COOKIE_WRITE This cookie is used to test whether cookies are enabled in the browser.
It is a temporary cookie used to determine if the browser accepts cookies.
session
myswep.swepgroup.com OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust.
It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether
visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This
enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in
the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal
lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their
preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the
site visitor.
1 year

Third Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
dthermx.swep.net OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution
from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases
only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message
more than once to a user. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year and contains no personal information.
1 year
dthermx.swep.net OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about
the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the
use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in
the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that
returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that
can identify the site visitor.
1 year

Functional Cookies  

These Cookies are those that allow information to be remembered so that you can access the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate your experience from that of other users, such as, for example, the language of the website, the number of results to be shown when the user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the user accesses the service or the region from which the user accesses the service, etc.  

In the event that this personalization is necessary for the operation of the Website or is requested directly by you, they will remain active as they are essential for the operation of the Website.  In all other cases, you can accept or reject the installation of these Cookies.  

First Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
myswep.swepgroup.com cookie_test This cookie name is used to implement a counter
that increments the value of 'cookie_test' on each request and to check
if cookies are enabled in the browser.
session
myswep.swepgroup.com activeAccountPanels This cookie name is used to open B2B account panels depending on
previous user behavior.
session
myswep.swepgroup.com cookie_test This cookie name is used to implement a counter that increments the
value of 'cookie_test' on each request and to
check if cookies are enabled in the browser.
few seconds
myswep.swepgroup.com cc-_OgKqwIVOH4AAAF91hpGHU8I This cookie is used for managing user sessions 19 Days
myswep.swepgroup.com pgid-SWEP-B2B-Site This cookie is used for managing user sessions session

Third Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
www.clarity.ms CLID This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics service that provides insights into user behavior on websites. 1 year

 Performance cookies

These Cookies make it possible to monitor and analyze user behavior, including assessing the impact of advertisements on our websites. The information collected through this type of Cookie is used to measure the activity of the Website in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by users of the service.  

You can accept or reject the installation of these Cookies. 

First Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
swepgroup.com _mkto_trk This cookie is associated with an email marketing service provided by
Marketo. This tracking cookie allows a website to link visitor behaviour to the
recipient of an email marketing campaign, to measure campaign effectiveness.
1 year
www.swepgroup.com s_tslv This cookie holds a Unix timestamp of the current time. It is used for time
tracking related metrics within Adobe Analytics.
1 year
www.swepgroup.com s_inv This cookie is used for time tracking related metrics within Adobe Analytics. session
myswep.swepgroup.com RT The roundtrip (RT) Boomerang cookie is used by Akamai to measure page
load time and/or other timers associated with the page.
6 days
www.swepgroup.com ecid This cookie is used to set and store a unique visitor ID which is used by Experience
Cloud Solutions. The purpose of this cookie is to allow persistent ID tracking in the 1st-party
state and is used as a reference ID if the AMCV cookie has expired.
session
www.swepgroup.com s_nr30 Adobe Analytics site tracking. 1 month
swepgroup.com _clsk Used by Microsoft Clarity to connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity
session recording.
few seconds
swepgroup.com AKA_A2 This cookie is generally provided by Akamai and is used for the Advanced Acceleration
feature, which enables DNS Prefetch and HTTP2 Push.
few seconds
www.swepgroup.com s_tslv This cookie holds a Unix timestamp of the current time. It is used for time tracking related
metrics within Adobe Analytics.
1 year
swepgroup.com _clck This cookie is related to Microsoft Clarity analytics service. It is used to collect information
about how visitors interact with the website, which helps in creating reports and improving the site.
1 year
www.swepgroup.com s_nr30 Adobe Analytics site tracking. 1 month
dthermx.swepgroup.com ai_session This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects
statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique
anonymous session identifier cookie.
few seconds

Third Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
everesttech.net everest_g_v2 This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising 1 year
everesttech.net everest_session_v2 This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising Session
clarity.ms MUID Used to store and track visits across websites. 1 year
c.clarity.ms ANONCHK Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising.
Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0.
few seconds
demdex.net demdex This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor
identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc.
5 months
c.clarity.ms SM This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website
for internal analytics.
Session
881-zll-087.mktoweb.com __cf_bm This is a CloudFoundry cookie few seconds
c.clarity.ms MR This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website
for internal analytics.
6 days

Targeting cookies

These Cookies are those that store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on this or to carry out certain treatments and advertising actions. Similarly, through the use of these Cookies you may receive advertisements about our services on third party websites.  

You can accept or reject the installation of these Cookies. 

First Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
swepgroup.com AMCVS_xxxxxAdobeOrg This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a
unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users
across their domains and services.This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe
Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier.
session
swepgroup.com kndctr_805E03B95ED66DF40A495
C96_AdobeOrg_identity
This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique
visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier.
1 year
swepgroup.com kndctr_805E03B95ED66DF40A495C
96_AdobeOrg_cluster
This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique
visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their
domains and services.
few seconds
swepgroup.com AMCV_xxxxxAdobeOrg This cookie is used to identify a unique visitor for tracking purposes by Adobe Experience Cloud.
This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor
identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their
domains and services.
1 year

Third Party

Host Cookie Name Description Lifespan
youtube.com YSC YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects
user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data
other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad
range of their own and other websites.
Session
c.bing.com MR This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. 6 days
assets.adobedtm.com kndctr_805E03B95ED66DF40A495
C96_AdobeOrg_consent
If you know anything about this host and its uses please add your contributions here. few seconds
youtube.com __Secure-xxxxxxx YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user
data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other
Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range
of their own and other websites.
5 months
youtube.com VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data
through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google
services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own
and other websites.
5 months
youtube.com VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos 5 months
c.bing.com SRM_B This domain is owned by Mircosoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. 1 Years
bing.com MUID This domain is owned by Mircosoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. 1 Years
dpm.demdex.net dpm This domain is owned by Adobe Audience Manager. The main business activity is online profiling
for targeted marketing.
5 months

Privacy Preference Centre  

You can choose which cookies (apart from those that are strictly necessary) you wish us to place on your device by setting your preferences in the Privacy Preference Centre which is accessible through the Cookie Banner. You can always change your settings and revoke your consent at any time.  

Disabling Cookies 

You can also choose to disable cookies through browser settings. The effect of disabling cookies depends on which cookies you disable but, in general, the website may not operate properly if all cookies are switched off. If you want to disable cookies on our website, you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Below you find links to follow for the most widespread browsers.  

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome

Safari

Mozilla Firefox

Opera 6.0 and further

Contact Us 

If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us at Compliance@swep.net

Updating this Cookie Policy 

We may update our use of cookies from time to time and consequently we may update this policy. We therefore recommend that you check this policy regularly. We will notify you of any significant changes by way of a notice on our website or by contacting you directly wherereasonably possible. 

 Last updated on May 14th 2025