We may place small text files called ‘cookies’ on your device when you visit our website. These files do not contain personal data, but they do contain a personal identifier allowing us to associate your personal data with a certain device. Many websites use cookies and you can find out more about them at www.aboutcookies.org.
These files serve a number of useful purposes for you, including:
We use different types of cookies on our website. Some of these cookies are placed by us, while others are placed by our third-party plug-ins, suppliers or advertisers. These cookies may be deleted from your device at different times, such as at the end of your browsing session (when you leave the website) or after a pre-set amount time, or they may persist on your device until you delete them.
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
We use both session cookies and persistent cookies on our website. You can see the cookies we use in the following table:
| Vendor | Cookie Name | Cookie Type | Cookie Function | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensighten | VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_ PRIVACY_ |
Necessary | Stores whether the user has given his consent for the corresponding cookie category. | 1 year |
| Ensighten | VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_ PRIVACY_BANNER_ VIEWED |
Necessary | Stores the information whether the user has seen the cookie policy banner. | 1 year |
| Adobe | adbCDP | Analytics | stores how many dots are in the top-level domain name, i.e. "2" for www.volkswagen.fr and "3" for www.volkswagen.co.za. | 2 years |
| Adobe | AMCV_* | Analytics | stores the visitor's Adobe Experience Cloud ID, also called "MID". The MID is saved in a key-value pair with the following syntax: mid|Experience Cloud ID. This permanent identifier enables data sharing through the whole Adobe Cloud. | 2 years |
| Adobe | AMCVS_* | Analytics | Stores the value "1" for the active session. This indicates that a session is active. Other solutions in the experience cloud may require this information. | Session |
| Adobe | demdex | Analytics | stores the timestamp of the last synchronization call with the "Demdex" service. It is a 3rd party cookie and is therefore able to identify a user across domains in relation to Adobe products. | 180 days |
| Adobe | dextp | Analytics | This cookie stores the time of the last call for data synchronization. | 180 days |
| Adobe | dpm | Analytics | This cookies stores the information that a user id had been requested. | 180 days |
| Adobe | everest_g_v2 | Analytics | stores the browser and the "surfer-ID". | 2 years |
| Adobe | mbox | Analytics | contains various values that can be used to manage how visitors experience the campaigns. For example, a session ID and a browser ID that identifies the user's browser (as long as cookies are not deleted). | 2 days |
| Adobe | mboxEdgeCluster | Analytics | Identified the Adobe Target Edge Server. | 30 mins |
| Adobe | s_cc | Analytics | set and read by the JavaScript code to determine if cookies are enabled (simply set to "true"). | Session |
| Adobe | s_ecid | Analytics | stores the user identification string from the cookie "AMCV_*" in the format MCMID|<ECID>. | 2 years |
| Adobe | s_ivc | Analytics | stores a value "true" and thereby verifies the visitor's activity within 30 days. | 1 year |
| Adobe | s_vnc365 | Analytics | stores a timestamp and the number of visits of a visitor. In this way, it is possible to determine how often a visitor returns within 30 days. | 1 year |
| Adobe | sc_prevpage | Analytics | stores the name of the previous page. | Session |
| Adobe | sc_prop32 | Analytics | stores the application name. An application in the Volkswagen context is a platform like the CMS sites or the car configurator or CarNet. | 2 years |
| Smartdigital | smartSignals2UiD | Analytics | contains an anonymous unique ID for a website user. This ID is used to recognize the user over different sessions. The data collected in this way is used for analysis and anonymous personalization of the site. | 2 years |
| DSID | Advertising | Used to link the activity across devices if a user previously signed in to their Google Account on another device. Google does this to coordinate the ads a user sees across devices. | 14 days | |
| IDE | Advertising | Used for advertising serve on Google. | 540 days | |
| NID | Advertising | Used to customize ads on Google properties, like Google Search or Google display. Google uses such cookies to know which adverts a user may have already seen. | 182 days | |
| _sm_au_c | Advertising | This cookie is used to check if a user has been authenticated. | End of session | |
| Fr | Advertising | Facebook’s primary advertising cookie, used to deliver, measure, and improve the relevancy of ads. | 90 days | |
| Oo | Advertising | Used to record advertising opt outs | 5 years | |
| Ddid | Advertising | Used to open a specific location in an advertiser's app upon installation | 28 days | |
| _fbc | Advertising | Used to deliver, measure, and improve the relevancy of ads | 90 days | |
| _fbp | Advertising | Identifies browsers for the purposes of providing advertising and site analytics services | 90 days | |
| Sizmek | OT1, OT2 | Advertising | records page views as part of visitor engagement with the site | 90 days |
| Sizmek | Activityinfo. Activity info* | Advertising | records activities on web page so as to appreciate activities that produce conversions | 90 days |
| Sizmek | Eboptout | Advertising | allows visitor to opt out of interest based advertising | 5 years |
| Sizmek | Targeting info, targeting info 2, targeting info# | Advertising | allows for delivering ads based on a visitor's collecion of visits to advertiser’s website | 90 days |
| Sizmek | U2,U# | Advertising | Used to uniquely identify user's browser or device via an anonymous ID | 90 days |
| Sizmek | r1, r# | Advertising | session cookie that protects the server and client from redirect loops | Close of browser |
| Sizmek | OT_* | Advertising | session cookie which records the number of page views since session start | Close of browser |
| thetradedesk.com | EDAAT | Advertising | Stores a temporary security token used only on EEDAA opt out pages like www.youronlinechoices.com/. | 1 Hour |
| thetradedesk.com | TDID | Advertising | The main cookie and ID used to recognize web-browser profiles over time across sites | 365 days |
| thetradedesk.com | TDCPM | Advertising | Records which partners the trade desk has matched ID’s to prevent redundant matching calls | 365 days |
| thetradedesk.com | TTDOptOut | Advertising | Stores a static value recording a user’s choice to opt out. | 5 years |
| thetradedesk.com | TTDOptOutOfDataSale | Advertising | Stores a static value recording a user’s choice to opt out of data sharing to third parties. | 5 years |
| Vicinity Media | Vicinity_id | Advertising | Unique identifier for the session | 14 days |
| Vicinity Media | Vic_loc | Advertising | Used to store geolocation info from the navigator | session |
| Vicinity Media | Vic_loc_error | Advertising | If there is an error with the navigator store the error | session |
| Captify | Captify_VW_POLO_LP | Advertising | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning users device | 13 months |
Your internet browser generally accepts cookies automatically, but you can often change this setting to stop accepting them. You can also delete cookies manually. You can read how to do this at https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-and-delete-cookies
Deleting or no longer accepting cookies may prevent you from accessing certain aspects of our website where cookies are necessary or cause the website to forget your preferences. Deleting cookies may not prevent you from seeing advertisements on our website, but such advertising may be less relevant to you.
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