Cookie Policy

Cookies on our Website


This site, like many other sites, uses small text files called "cookies" to help customize your experience. Cookies are placed on your computer by websites you visit and 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 information below explains the cookies we use and how you can manage them.

What are cookies?

"Cookies" are small text files that are stored by the browser (e.g. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari) or by a mobile phone (e.g. Android or iPhone) on your computer or mobile device. They allow websites to store such things as user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a "memory" for the Website, enabling it to recognize a user and respond appropriately.

How do we use cookies?

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the tables below.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website and cannot be switched off. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website or use a shopping cart.

  • __RequestVerificationToken (Duration: Session)
    This cookie is essential for our site to stop cross-site request forgery.
  • login (Duration: Session)
    This cookie stores your authentication status after login.
  • ASP.NET_SessionId (Duration: Session)
    This cookie stores additional information about your authentication status.
  • Asi.Web.Browser.CookiesEnabled (Duration: Session)
    This cookie stores a value indicating whether or not your browser allows cookies.
  • cookieconsent_status (Duration: 12 months)
    This cookie stores your response when you choose to accept or reject cookies.
  • AnonymousCartId (Duration: 14 days)
    This cookie stores cart information when you choose to add an item to the cart before logging in.

Analytical/performance cookies

These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. When you reject cookies on our site these cookies will not be placed.

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized data about users in order to help us improve our website. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors, where the visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.  You may also choose to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics cookies across all websites.

  • _ga (Duration: Session)
    Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users.
  • _gid (Duration: Session)
    Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users.
  • _gat (Duration: Session)
    Google Analytics. Used to throttle request rate.
  • AMP_TOKEN (During: Session)
    Google Analytics. Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.

Functionality cookies

These cookies are used to provide enhanced functionality of our website, to make it easier to use, and to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). When you reject cookies on our site these cookies will not be placed.

Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. When you reject cookies on our site these cookies will not be placed.

Third-party cookies

Our Website may contain links to other third party websites or technologies that may place additional cookies that are out of our control and not covered by this cookie policy. These third-parties may set cookies on your computer once you click on the link or video player.  Please read the Privacy Policy for each of these sites to learn more.

How do I change my cookie settings?

When you choose to reject cookies on our Website we will block all cookies not considered strictly necessary. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by using the Manage Preferences Tool. Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. For more information about how to control cookies visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org. Please note that disabling or deleting cookies placed by our website my result in reduced functionality.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

If you are concerned about third party cookies generated by advertisers from Europe, you can turn some of these off by going to the Your Online Choices site.

More information

If you still have questions, please contact us at privacy@MPLassociation.org.