Cookies information
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can manage and control them through your browser, including removing cookies by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave the site.
Types of cookie:
‘Session’ cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, i.e. until you leave the website.
‘Persistent’ cookies remain in your browser after the session (unless deleted by you).
‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website, such as webpages visited and any error messages; they do not collect personally identifiable information, and the information collected is aggregated such that it is anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website works.
‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website to remember any choices you make about the website (such as changes to text size, customised pages) or enable services such as commenting on a blog.
Use of cookies by PwC
The following table explains the way in which we use cookies on this website. By using this website, you agree that we can place these cookies on your computer/device for the stated purposes.
Provider |
Name |
Purpose |
Type |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strictly Necessary |
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pwc.com/ao |
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 It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category.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 user's 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. |
First party |
1 year |
www.pwc.com/ao |
JSESSIONID |
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.. |
First Party |
Session |
pwc.com/ao |
test |
This cookie is associated with Adobe Analytics. It checks to see if cookies are enabled. |
First Party |
Session |
| Functionality | ||||
pwc.com/ao |
mbox pwc!mboxPC pwc!mboxTrace |
Used by Adobe Target to generate dynamic content in a marketing box on the page. Contains the following values: PC ID - ID for visitor's browser. Removed when cookie deleted. Session ID - A unique ID for a user session. Check - checks if cookies are supported. Set on each page load. |
First Party |
2 years |
pwc.com/ao |
at_check |
Used by Adobe Target to check if cookies are enabled/supported on the browser |
First party |
Session |
| Targeting/Advertising | ||||
pwc.com/ao |
AMCV_
|
These are pattern type cookie names associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. They store a unique visitor identifier, and use an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their domains and services. |
First Party |
2 years
|
pwc.com/ao |
_fbp |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
Third Party |
3 months |
everesttech.net Demdex.net dpm.demdex.net Youtube.com Cloudflare/CloudFoundry |
everest_session_v2
|
This domains are owned by Adobe - Audience Manager. The main business activity is: Online profiling for targeted marketing This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manager perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. 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. This cookie is part of Cloudflare's bot management service and helps manage inbound traffic that matches criteria associated with the bots. |
Third Party |
Session
|
Retired Cookies
No longer in use, but may be present for returning visitors. These cookies can be deleted.
Provider |
Name |
Purpose |
Type |
Duration |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pwc.com/ao |
ak_bmsc |
This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. |
Third Party |
5 months |
|
Adobe Marketing Cloud Adobe Target |
AMCVS_93091C8B532955160A490D4D%40AdobeOrg
|
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. |
Third Party |
Session
|
|
pwc.com/ao |
test_cookie |
This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Google's real time bidding advertising exchange |
Third Party |
5 months |
|
pwc.com/ao |
PWC_WOD |
Webtrends Visitor Identification sessions set by the tag server. Visitor ID based on IP address. The cookie records site id, time of last access, time of start of visit and account ID. |
First Party Persistent |
10 years |
|
pwc.com/ao |
ACOOKIE |
Webtrends Visitor Identification set by Javascript. The cookie records Visitor id, time of last access and time of start of visit. |
Third Party Persistent |
2 years |
