Cookies policy

When you first visit Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles website, we will ask you to select your preferences for the cookies that are placed on your computer or device.

You are able to change your cookie preferences at any time on Volkswagen-vans.co.uk website. Please be aware however, that you are unable to opt out of ‘necessary’ cookies, which allow us to distinguish you from other users when you visit our website and ensure our website functions correctly on your device

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What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text file that is saved to the hard drive of your computer or device (such as your mobile phone or tablet) when you access a website.

Cookies are a well-known technology that is used by most websites in order to make the website work, or work more efficiently. Cookies do not harm your device.

Our cookies collect information anonymously, so they cannot be used to personally identify you.

What do Cookies do?

Cookies enable us to collect information on a number of things, including recognising your device (so we can display the mobile version or tablet version of our website if you are viewing on a mobile device).

Cookies also show us how you use Volkswagen Vans website and which pages you visit and allow us to customise your experience. They also provide information that helps us monitor and improve our website's performance.

How do Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles use cookies?

We have divided our cookies into categories, and you are able to customise which cookies you allow onto your device, by category. You can also view a full list of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ cookies and third-party cookies that are used on this website in the table below.

Necessary

These are the cookies that are essential for our website to operate effectively. They include cookies that allow you to access restricted areas of our website, or remember your cookie preferences. Necessary cookies can only be disabled by changing your internet browser settings, although this may mean our website will not display or function properly.

Marketing

Marketing cookies are third-party cookies, pixels, web beacons and other storage technologies (including from Facebook) which are used to provide you with advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests for measurement purposes. This may result in you seeing these advertisements on our website and on other websites you visit. If you disable Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ marketing cookies, you will still see advertisements when you view our website, or other websites, but these will not be personalised to you.

Analytics

These cookies allow us to recognise and keep track of the number of visitors to our website, and see which pages you view. This allows us to improve the functionality and design of our website, for example by ensuring you can easily find the content you are interested in.

Personalisation

We use personalisation cookies to understand how you use our website across all your devices, by matching your devices to you. This will include us keeping track of your browsing history and activity to help us identify you. This will allow us to provide you with targeted and personalised marketing on our website, by email (if you have consented to email marketing) and on other websites through other marketing channels.

Your consent 

Cookies and associated personal information used for essential purposes.

In accordance with data protection laws, we do not request your consent to use these cookies as they are necessary to ensure this website works properly.

Cookies and associated personal information used for non-essential purposes.

We will only store or read cookies on your device for non-essential cookies and process associated personal information (or allow our third party services providers and partners to do so) if you have given, and not withdrawn, your consent. We request this using the cookie tool that appears when you visit any page of this website.

How to provide your consent for non-essential cookies and associated personal information.

When you visit this website for the first time, you will be prompted with a request to provide your consent for non-essential cookies and the personal information we receive as a result of their use. You can consent to all non-essential cookies or choose to consent to cookies by their individual categories of purposes of use by selecting, in each case, by selecting the appropriate option.

If you do not provide your consent for these cookies, we will neither use them nor process any personal information in connection with them. Consequently, your provision of any personal information associated with the cookie is voluntary and you may withdraw your consent at any time. Any use of the cookie or associated personal information before you withdraw your consent will be valid and lawful. Please see our Privacy Statement for further information regarding your data protection rights.

Withdrawing your consent to cookies

You may withdraw consent that you have previously provided for cookies in one of three ways depending on the type of cookie:

  • Using the cookie tool we make available from this website. You can access the cookie tool by clicking on the “Manage Cookies” link in the footer of each page of this website and withdraw your consent by setting the option for the relevant category of cookie to the “off” position. Please note email tracking cookies cannot be turned off using this tool.
  • Adjusting the settings in your web browser. Most web browsers are set by default to accept all cookies. However, you may have the option to configure your web browser settings in such a way that the cookie information is displayed before storage, or to categorically reject them. You can find details on the various available settings for cookies and related changes for the most common web browsers by clicking on the relevant link below:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=enOpens an external link

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookiesOpens an external link

Microsoft Edge: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacyOpens an external link

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferencesOpens an external link

Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/Opens an external link

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=cs_CZ&viewlocale=en_USOpens an external link

Please note that any change to your web browser settings will only apply to the particular web browser for which you have adjusted your settings. If you use more than one web browser on a device, you must change the settings separately for each browser and, depending on the browser, for each device. Additional information regarding cookies may be available within the “help” feature of the browser or operating system or the operating manual for your device.

Using tools provided by the following industry bodies for opting-out of third party cookies for targeted advertising:  

 

How long do Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles cookies stay on your device?

The length of time that our cookies will stay on your device varies from cookie-to-cookie. Some are known as ‘session cookies’ which will only stay on your device whilst you are viewing our website. Other cookies, known as ‘persistent cookies’ will stay on your device for a longer period. Some ‘persistent cookies’ will expire after a certain length of time, and others will stay on your device until they are deleted.

More Information?

If you would like to find out more information about cookies and their uses, or your privacy online, you may find the Information Commissioner’s website useful – www.ico.org.ukOpens an external link

What cookies do Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles use?

Necessary cookies

<b>Necessary cookies</b>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_BANNER_VIEWED

Ensighten Privacy

1 year

This cookie is set after a user closes the cookie policy notification.

VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_MODAL_VIEWED 

1 year

These cookies are set after a user closes the cookie consent modal to configure the cookie settings.

VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_Analytics

1 year

VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_Personalisation

VWD6_ENSIGHTEN_PRIVACY_Marketing

1 year

VidegoApp

Pixel

Enables user to watch videos on the website

garageConfigurations

Configurator

Functional cookies set by the Configurator.  Enables user to permanently save a configuration in a "virtual garage" and enables "do not ask again" functionality.

suppressConfigurationLossWarning

suppressConfigurationLossWarningGarage

idpLastDomain​

LivePerson

Session

Last domain used for login for Remember me functionality​

s.browser​

For transports based on HTTP (long-polling and callback-polling), CoBrowse sends a HTTP cookie with the handshake response, marked as HttpOnly, called s.browser. The cookie identifies the browser. See BAYEUX_BROWSER for details. Cookie is removed when the browser is closed.​

WSHumanClickSiteNumber​

Site identifier​

WSHumanClickWebSession​

Appserver web session identifier​

session_id​

Conversational Cloud agent session identification​

LivePersonID

LivePerson chat identifier. Note: We do not currently use this data although we do store it.​

LPCKEY-SiteId​

Token for retrieving conversation data in the client only.​

LPCID-SiteId​

Token for retrieving conversation data in the client only.​

lpPmCalleeDfs​

For cross domain communication logic​

lpTabId​

Tab identifier — uses to share LivePerson data between different browser tabs​

LPVisitorID​

Visitor ID as identified in LivePerson. Identifies a browser as long as cookie is not deleted.​

LPSessionID​

Current active (or last) monitoring session.​

WSHumanClickServer​

Logical name of appserver handling the site​

LPSID-SiteID​

Current active (or last) monitoring session.​

LPVID

Visitor ID as identified in Conversational Cloud. Identifies a browser as long as cookie is not deleted.​

agentSessionKey​

Agent session identifier in the appserver​

idpLastSiteId​

Last site id for Remember me functionality​

-lpuw​

1 day

Session state​

UIConf​

Stores conversation settings (features, logic etc.)​

Storage_expiration-SiteId​

Timestamp for last storage usage (used for secure storage logic)​

lpMessaging-

Stores the JWT token and authentication code in messaging scenarios for messaging window recovery on navigation and cross tabs​

lpStrMap​

Manages storages keys (used for secure storage logic)​

lpLastVisit-​

Forever

Last visit timestamp​

live_advisor

Used Vehicle locator

N/A

Functional cookies set by the Used Vehicle Locator. These cookies allow users to search for used vehicles.

_mdx_nearestDealer

N/A

_mdx_zip

N/A

sd_survey_client

Smart Digital

1 year

This cookie contains a random user id and meta data information regarding the surveys the user has taken part to (e.g. survey id, display timestamp etc.)

ttec_dwf_guid

TTEC Digital Worker Factory

Session

These cookies allow user to interact with our chatbot tool. 

ttec_dwf_partialsurvey

connect.sid

ttec_dwf_sessions

Local storage; no expiry

visitor_id#####-hash

Pardot (Salesforce)

3650 Days

The visitor hash cookie contains the account ID and stores a unique hash.. This cookie is a security measure to make sure that a malicious user can’t fake a visitor from Pardot and access corresponding prospect information.

lpv<accountid>

Every 30 minutes

This LPV cookie is set to keep Pardot from tracking multiple page views on a single asset over a 30-minute session. For example, if a visitor reloads a landing page several times over a 30-minute period, this cookie keeps each reload from being tracked as a page view.

psyma_participation

Psyma

   30 days

Saves a numeric value to ensure a participant will not be invited to the survey more than once. Will not save any personal data.

incap_ses_{Proxy-
ID}_{Internal-Site-ID}.
Example:
incap_ses_473_2374409

Rackspace

Session

This cookie is used to relate HTTP requests to a certain session
(AKA visit - re-opening the browser and accessing the same site is supposed
to be considered different visits).

nlbi_{Site-ID}.
Example: nlbi_2374409

This cookie ensures requests by a client are sent to the same origin
server.

From

Ensighten Privacy

Expiry

1 year

How the cookie functions

This cookie is set after a user closes the cookie policy notification.

Analytics cookies

<b>Analytics cookies</b>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

AMCVS_*

Adobe

Session

These cookies enable our website analytics which help us understand how users are browsing our website. We use this information to identify changes we can make to improve customer experience.

AMCV_*

2 years

s_cc

Session

s_invisit

Session

s_vnum

30 days

ngwAnalyticsStatus

TBC

sc_appvn

2 years

sc_prevpage

Session

sc_prop32

Session

s_sq

Session

s_vi

2 years

s-fid

2 years

s-ecid

Session

adCDP

TBC

sc-v0

Session

sc_v49

Session

sc-v44

Session

sc_pCmp

7 days

sc_v17

Session

_ga

Google Analytics

24 Hours

Used to distinguish a user on the used vehicle locator. More information about Google Analytics cookies can be found hereOpens an external link.

_gat_UA_81481535-1

60 seconds

Google analytics tracking cookie which allows us to track all website analytical data on the used vehicle locator. More information about Google Analytics cookies can be found hereOpens an external link.

_gat_UA_81481535-2

60 seconds

Google analytics tracking cookie which allows us to track national locator and individual dealer landing pages on the used vehicle locator. More information about Google Analytics cookies can be found hereOpens an external link.

_gid

unlimited

Used to distinguish a user on the used vehicle locator. More information about Google Analytics cookies can be found hereOpens an external link.

CONSENT

   

Google consent is set to capture for location when using Google maps. More information about Google Analytics cookies can be found hereOpens an external link.

_cs_id

Content Square

13 months fixed

Contains the following data separated by dots:

  • The user ID
  • The timestamp (in seconds) of user creation
  • The number of visits for this user
  • The last pageview timestamp (in seconds)
  • The last visit timestamp (in seconds)
  • The timestamp of the last time this visitor was drawn
  • It's own cookie expire date as a timestamp (in milliseconds)

Cookie SameSite attribute (since version 9.11.0), value can be :

  • None : (attribute is SameSite=None;) for crossDomain projects
  • Lax : (attribute is SameSite=Lax;) for none crossDomain projects
  • X : (no SameSite attribute set) for any project on browser that don't support SameSite cookie attribute

Cookie Secure attribute (since version 9.11.0), value can be :

  • 0 : cookie is not secure, default for none crossDomain project or on browser that don't support SameSite cookie attribute
  • 1 : cookie is secure, default for crossDomain project

_cs_s

30 minutes renewed on page view

Contains the following data separated by dots:

  • The number of pageviews for the current session

The recording state:

  • for the legacy recording pipeline: value 1 when NOT recorded / value 3 when recorded
  • for Malka recording pipeline: value 0 when NOT recorded / value 5 when recorded
  • for Malka recording pipeline: value 6 when recorded for sampled recording / value 7 when recorded for ETR

The ETR State

  • 0 when ETR Sampling is not allowed
  • 1 when ETR Sampling is allowed

The cookie expiry.

_cs_cvars

Session duration

Contains an encoded stringified object representing existing custom variables.

_cs_ex

30 days renewed on tag execution

If set, the user is excluded from tracking. Contains the timestamp of the last time this visitor was drawn.

_cs_c

13 months renewed on consent command

Contains the consent state:

  • 0 when not required (project has no sensitive data, or has masked all sensitive data)
  • 1 when not expressed
  • 2 when granted
  • 3 when withdrawn

Not required value is for projects having no sensitive data or having masked all their sensitive data. Visitors of such project will always have consent = 0.

_cs_optout

13 months fixed

If set, the user is optout

_cs_mk_ga, _cs_mk_aa

30 minutes

This cookie is used for the Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics integrations.

It is to make sure the Adobe and Google dimensions and evars are set only once per 30 minutes.

It stores the value of the csMatchingKey which is a random number plus timestamp in milliseconds.

We set the cookie to be secure and SameSite None

_cs_inc

Immediately removed

Allows forcing tracking and recording of a user. If this cookie exists, no matter its value, the user will be tracked. Depending on its value, the user might also be recorded: If 5, forces session to be recorded for session replays.

_cs_rl_*

1 year, updates on every page view (but can be changed if needed).

This cookie is used for a few integrations we have that require us to generate replay links and put them into cookies.

Note that the cookie prefix is _cs_rl_ but the * will have other characters after depending on the integration. There might be one integration that only has _cs_rl as the cookie name.

_cs_t

Immediately removed

This is used to check if the browser supports cookies and if the tag must set the SameSite flag to None and the Secure flag to Yes.

_cs_same_site

Immediately removed

This is used to check if the browser supports the SameSite flag.

_cs_root_domain

This is used to get the root domain.

visitor_id#####

Pardot (Salesforce)

3650 days

The visitor cookie includes a unique visitor ID and the unique identifier for your account. The visitor value is the visitor_id in your Pardot account. This cookie is set for visitors by the Pardot tracking code.

Pi_opt_in#####

If Tracking Opt-in preferences is enabled, the pi_opt_in cookie is set with a true or false value when the visitor opts in or out of tracking. If a visitor opts in, the value is set to true, and the visitor is cookied and tracked. If the visitor opts out or ignores the opt-in banner, the opt-in cookie value is set to false. The visitor cookie is disabled, and the visitor is not tracked.

Pardot

A session cookie named pardot is set in your browser while you’re logged in to Pardot as a user or when a visitor accesses a form, landing page, or page with Pardot tracking code. The cookie denotes an active session and isn’t used for tracking.

_one_randomid

Thunderhead

2 years

This cookie is used to allow the Thunderhead tool to work. When consent has been provided, it allows us to collect and sometimes store data such as the devices you use, the products and services you interact with, and the ways in which you interact. For example, the website pages you visit and the online forms you complete.

_one_svr_randomid

This cookie is used to allow the Thunderhead tool to work. When consent is given, it allows Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to serve individuals with a tailored experience across email, social media and the website. It allows us to automatically transfer identity across web domains when the visitor’s browser permits 3rd party cookies. This provides a more seamless and consistent understanding of the customer across Volkswagen-vans domain.

From

Adobe

Expiry

Session

How the cookie functions

These cookies enable our website analytics which help us understand how users are browsing our website. We use this information to identify changes we can make to improve customer experience.

Marketing cookies

<b>Marketing cookies</b>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

APISID

Google

Session

This is part of a group of cookies used to remember user's most recent searches, previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and visits to an advertiser’s website.

IDE

1 year

SAPISID

Session

SID

2 years

SSID

Session

DSID

 

14 days

IDE

390 days

test_cookie

 

1 days

_gcl_au

 

30 days

FLC

Google Doubleclick

 

These cookies are used by Google AdSense DoubleClick for online advertising frequency capping and avoiding the duplication of ads on a page, meaning a user will not have to view the same ad over and over again.

_drt_

 

demdex

Adobe

6 months

These cookies are used for targeted advertising. Information collected may be used to understand your browsing behaviour and interests to serve you more relevant advertising. They will also be used to understand the effectiveness of the advertising you have been shown.

dpm

6 months

everest_g_v2

2 years

everest_session_v2

Session

MUID, MUIDB
_uetvid

Bing

390 days

Used to match to Bing ad exposure and allow retargeting.

_uetsid

 1 day

fr

Facebook

90 days

These cookies are used by Facebook to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads shown either on Facebook or other digital platforms powered by Facebook.

c_user

1 year

_fbp

90 days

bcookie

LinkedIn

1 year

These cookies are used by LinkedIn to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads shown on LinkedIn.

BizoID

6 months

lidc

1 day

lang

Session

bscookie

1 year

L1c

Current session

li_gc

2 years

UserMatchHistory

30 days

AnalyticsSyncHistory

30 days

BizoUserMatchHistory

6 months

BizoData

6 months

personalization_id

Twitter

730 days

This cookie is used by Twitter to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads shown on Twitter.

_twitter_sess

Session

muc_ads

730 days

eyeblaster

Sizmek

90 days

These third party cookies are used to collect information about users browsing behaviour for marketing purposes including digital display and social media advertising.

r1

Session

activitytest

Session

ActivityInfo2

90 days

A6

C6

D3

G2

u2

OT2

OT_[number]

Session

Targeting_Info3

90 days

TDCPM

Tradedesk

1 year

These third party cookies are used for Programmatic display advertising.

TDID

1 year

ATN

SEUNCY

6 months

Am-link

Astute Metrics

2 hours

This cookie stores the very first URL which is reached on the website. It is used for broad identification of visitor sources that can then be used to trigger the display of a specific phone number.

ad-id

Amazon

13 months

This cookie is used to match to Amazon advertising exposure and allow retargeting.

ad-privacy

13 months

tt_viewer

Teads

1 year

This cookie is used to match to Teads ad exposure and allow retargeting.

From

Google

Expiry

Session

How the cookie functions

This is part of a group of cookies used to remember user's most recent searches, previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and visits to an advertiser’s website.

Personalisation cookies

<b>Personalisation cookies</b>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

smartSignals2UiD

BBO - Smart Digital

2 years

This cookie contains an anonymous, unique user ID. It identifies the user across their different user sessions and anonymously tracks interactions with the website. The data is used for analysis and website optimisation and personalisation purposes. 

mbox

Adobe 

2 years

These cookies contain a number of values that allow the website to anonymously identify the user and track their interactions within the website. The data is used for website testing (Adobe Target) and personalisation purposes.

mBoxEdgeCluster

30 minutes

smartSignals2sUiD

SmartSignals - server-side-1st-party

1 year

This cookie is used for user tracking for website personalisation and optimisation purposes. It contains a userId, improved mechanism to better work with browser tracking prevention.

incap_visid_{Internal-Site-
ID}

Rackspace

Session

This cookie is used to relate sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific browser on a specific computer).

From

BBO - Smart Digital

Expiry

2 years

How the cookie functions

This cookie contains an anonymous, unique user ID. It identifies the user across their different user sessions and anonymously tracks interactions with the website. The data is used for analysis and website optimisation and personalisation purposes. 

The following cookies are used within the Northern Ireland Reservation tool (https://shopvolkswagenvans.mystorefront.co.uk).

Necessary Cookies

<b>Necessary Cookies</b><br>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

XSRF-TOKEN

Keyloop

15 minutes

These cookies enable the reservation website https://shopvolkswagenvans.mystorefront.co.uk to function correctly.

Right_panel_toggle (hide and show the right panel)

Silverbullet_session (App session)

15 minutes

cookiesDirective

1 year

interstitialSeen: browsing session ends

cookiesDisclosureCount

1 day

From

Keyloop

Expiry

15 minutes

How the cookie functions

These cookies enable the reservation website https://shopvolkswagenvans.mystorefront.co.uk to function correctly.

Analytics Cookies

<b>Analytics Cookies</b><br>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

_gid (to store and count pageviews)

Google Analytics

1 day

Google Analytics 4 cookies that allow us to collect website usage data on https://shopvolkswagenvans.mystorefront.co.uk

_ga

2 years

From

Google Analytics

Expiry

1 day

How the cookie functions

Google Analytics 4 cookies that allow us to collect website usage data on https://shopvolkswagenvans.mystorefront.co.uk

Marketing cookies

<b>Marketing cookies</b><br>

Cookie name

From

Expiry

How the cookie functions

eyeblaster

Sizmek (Amazon Ad Server)

90 days

Sizmek's cookies pick up a number of non-PII user details, including URL, device type, geography, and records that they have completed a certain action on the site.

r1

Session end

activitytest

Session end

fr

Meta

90 days

Allows match to exposed Facebook ads and later retargeting.

c_user

Identifies Facebook ID of logged in Facebook users. This allows matching to exposed Facebook ads and later retargeting.

datr

2 years

_fbp

90 days

Allows match to exposed Facebook ads and later retargeting.

ATN

Trade Desk

730 days

Used to match to Trade Desk ad exposure and allow retargeting.

TDCPM

365 days

TDID

SEUNCY

Used to allow retargeting through Semasion audience building.

From

Sizmek (Amazon Ad Server)

Expiry

90 days

How the cookie functions

Sizmek's cookies pick up a number of non-PII user details, including URL, device type, geography, and records that they have completed a certain action on the site.