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What strictly necessary cookies does the Â鶹ԼÅÄ use?

Updated: 23 January 2024

List of strictly necessary cookies

This list will be constantly updated, therefore we recommend checking it from time to time.

Cookie nameWhat it's for

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Provides a redirection URL during sign in & registration events.

AMAuthCookie

Temporary cookie used to manage sign in.

uk-script.dotmetrics.net

Session Temp Internet Cookie. This cookie collects information about a general site visit to the tagged site.

uk-script.dotmetrics.net

Device key cookie. This cookie is an identifier of the device as seen by the system. Its purpose is to store information about the device to allow measurement of website traffic.

uk-script.dotmetrics.net

Session Temp Timed Cookie. This cookie collects information about the current tagged site that you have accessed.

uk-script.dotmetrics.net

Unique User Identity Cookie. Collects information about the current user (your unique ID, creation time, current tracking mode and version).

amlbcookie

Server side management of sign in.

announcement

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie that ensures you only see announcements in the Radioplayer web console once per session.

atidvisitor / atuserid / idrxvr

The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s analytics system uses cookies to gather information regarding visitor activity on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's websites and other Â鶹ԼÅÄ online services. The data gathered is sent to AT Internet, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's analytics partner, for analysis and reporting. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ uses this information to help improve the services it provides to its users.

AWSALB/AWSELB

Manages web traffic and balances traffic load.

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Reports back error messages in posting comments.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ-Latest-Blogs

Records the ID of the latest Â鶹ԼÅÄ Blog accessed.

_cb_ls / _cb_svref / _chartbeat2 / _chartbeat5 / _chartbeat4 /_cb / _cb_cp

Chartbeat is used to understand engagement with pages by tracking how far a user gets on a page and where they're clicking.

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Academy page language setting.

ckns_atkn_pa

Indicates which Account is signed in, even if an associated Children’s Profile is currently active.

ckns_bbccom_beta

To present the correct version of the site.

ckns_bbcTvVod

Manages the Banner asking users to confirm that they have a TV Licence to be able to watch Â鶹ԼÅÄ programmes in iPlayer. The Cookie is set to display TV Licence advisory notice every every 3 months.

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Used to synchronise the analytics device ID between the native and web layers of iOS/Android apps, e.g. Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sport

ckns_eds

Suppresses surveys already seen.

ckns_explicit

Stores whether or not a browser has explicitly actioned the cookie banner. 

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Counts redirects in the sign in flows so that the Â鶹ԼÅÄ can degrade gracefully during instances of infinite redirects.

ckns_idtkn / ckns_atkn / ckns_id / ckns_pp_id

Indicates that a user is signed in.

ckns_iplayer_activity

Indicates a user has recently interacted with iPlayer website.

ckns_iplayer_experiments

Used for iPlayer improvement experiments to give a user the correct variation of a test where personalisation is enabled in Â鶹ԼÅÄ Account.

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Stores voting history per user.

ckns_jwt

Indicates the state of the sign in session.

ckns_mvt

Identifies visitors included in website optimisation tests to understand if the website is operationally efficient and delivering the right customer experience.

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Counts how often the footer "promo" cards fail to load, so we can tell browsers to stop further attempts to loads.

ckns_nonce

Helps to keep Â鶹ԼÅÄ accounts secure while signed in.

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Stores if the browser visiting the page is in the UK, EU & the device type they use when they visit (Mobile, Tablet or Desktop). Used by Â鶹ԼÅÄ products to load specific services such as cookie compliance messaging and to optimise the page loading to reduce data usage and page loading times.

ckns_orb_nofig

Remembers any failures on pages using our older, deprecated global navigation (ORB).

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Counts how often the footer "promo" cards fail to load, so we can tell browsers to stop further attempts to loads.

ckns_otsi_enabled

Indicates we already have an authenticated user that can be signed in without the user having to re-enter their credentials.

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Stores parental guidance confirmation that you're over 16.

ckns_pgPIN

Stores Parental Guidance PIN number.

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Stores Parental Guidance Lock state.

ckns_policy

Stores current user's cookies settings.

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Cookie storing date and time the user saw the Â鶹ԼÅÄ cookie banner, allows us in the future to redisplay cookie banner for compliance reasons, with new wording or updates to browsers who only viewed the banner before the new wording date.

ckns_privacy

Stores whether or not a browser has been displayed the privacy policy banner. 

ckns_profile

Indicates that the Children’s Profile is currently active, rather than the signed in Parent Account.

ckns_realm

Tracks the area of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ website a user is signed in to.

ckns_rtkn

Refresh token (refresh expired access and identity tokens).

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Persists statistics tracking when users move between different Â鶹ԼÅÄ websites.

ckns_session

Indicates that a user has signed in recently. Provides additional security for accessing sensitive information in the Â鶹ԼÅÄ account settings.

ckns_sounds_experiments

Used for Sounds improvement experiments to give a user the correct variation of a test where personalisation is enabled in Â鶹ԼÅÄ Account.

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Stores a unique identifier for the signed in session.

ckns_sscid

Analytics device ID for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Affiliates (World Service, GNL).

ckns_stateless

Controls user journey based on web session type, i.e. stateless or stateful.

uk-script.dotmetrics.net

Site ID Cookie. Indicates which site or what site category is in question.

ckns_sylphid

This cookie value can be disabled by turning off personalisation, it stores the hashed user ID to track signed in activity.

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Ensures that feedback about pilots on Taster is only submitted from legitimate Â鶹ԼÅÄ websites.

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Remembers how many times Taster disclaimer banner has previously been shown and if the user has explicitly dismissed it.

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Stores audience members ratings to pilots on Taster, and answers to feedback questions.

ckns_telescope/ckns_telescope_(\d+)

Stores voting history per user.

ckns_usip

Manages sign-in prompting logic in News and Sport.

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Stores the number of times a user has dismissed the mandatory sign in banner.

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Displays mandatory sign in banner.

ckps_bbcTv

Determines if a user has accepted the tv license banner and if they have, we don’t display the banner again.

ckps_id_ptrt

Provides a redirection URL at the end of sign in & registration events.

ckps_sounds_stations

Stores the last two live radio stations you’ve listened to, in order to personalise the homepage.

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Stores content consumption information for non-signed in users, and information on promotional banners seen for Â鶹ԼÅÄ services on TVs.

ckps_tap_users

Stores credentials information for signed in users on Â鶹ԼÅÄ services on TVs.

ecos.dt

Stores information about Online Quality Survey.

guid

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie in the Radioplayer web console that sets an identifier for each unique browser to allow aggregated analysis. 

i00 Kantar for BARB

Shares anonymous data about use of online and mobile media players with the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), to understand how many people watch online, and how much they watch.

 

identitytoken

Indicates that a user is signed in.

identitytoken (Transversal)

Remembers the visitor between sessions. Mainly for logging statistics. If not present, could not track repeat visits.

interstitial

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie in the Radioplayer web console to ensure you only see any radio station-provided advertising once per session.

lastplayed

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie in the Radioplayer web console to remember the last station you listened to.

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In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie in the Radioplayer web console to remember the stations you've listened to, for your Recents list.

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Maintains a visitor's session. Mainly for logging statistics. If not present, could not track a user journey.

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Stores a game token for the Nightfall game, so a user's progress can be attributed to them.

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Stores a game token that allows Nightfall game session tokens to be renewed. Needed to authenticate a user so their game progress can be attributed to them.

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Identifies visitors included in website optimisation tests to help improve the customer experience.

_pk_cvar

Used by the Matamo (formerly Piwik) 3rd party statistics tool. Provides enhanced metrics on top of Transversal's native statistics tracking.

_pk_id

Used by the Matamo (formerly Piwik) 3rd party statistics tool. Provides enhanced metrics on top of Transversal's native statistics tracking.

_pk_ref

Used by the Matamo (formerly Piwik) 3rd party statistics tool. Provides enhanced metrics on top of Transversal's native statistics tracking.

_pk_ses

Used by the Matamo (formerly Piwik) 3rd party statistics tool. Provides enhanced metrics on top of Transversal's native statistics tracking.

preferences

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie in the Radioplayer web console to remember whether you've seen certain one-time messages.

presets

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie in the Radioplayer web console to remember radio stations you've added to your My Stations (favourites).

primed

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a cookie that allows the Radioplayer web console to work well on Safari on iOS devices.

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In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, used for analytics in the Radioplayer web console to recognise your device each time you visit. 

sa_labels

Allows the Â鶹ԼÅÄ to track which links on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ website a user has clicked on, so that we know what the previous Â鶹ԼÅÄ page was the user came from.

seencookieanno

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a Radioplayer cookie that records whether you've been shown the message describing how cookies are used to store station favourites.

SID

Remembers routes a user takes through the website/quizzes.

site24x7rumID

Allows site availability to be measured based on actual visitor usage rather than polling from external machines every few minutes.

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In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a Radioplayer cookie that helps make the A-Z station list work well by storing the last letter viewed.

volume

In Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds, a Radioplayer cookie that remembers your last volume level value.

Rebuild Page

The page will automatically reload. You may need to reload again if the build takes longer than expected.

Useful links

Demo mode

Hides preview environment warning banner on preview pages.

Theme toggler

Select a theme and theme mode and click "Load theme" to load in your theme combination.

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