List of functional cookies
This list will be constantly updated, therefore we recommend checking it from time to time.
| Cookie name | What it's for |
|---|---|
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_iknow_session |
Stores front-end session information in Bitesize. |
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ckns_news |
Contains settings used in the delivery and development of BBC services on TVs. |
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ckns_sport |
Contains settings used in the delivery and development of BBC services on TVs. |
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ckns_weather |
Stores localisation information for weather content on BBC TV services. |
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ckps_acad_lang |
Stores BBC Academy page language setting. |
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ckps_academy_overlay_beta_accept |
Stores Opt in preference for BBC Academy beta site. |
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ckps_breaking_seen |
Stores the last article seen to prevent the banner repeating the last breaking news story. |
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ckps_cbbc_channel_banner_hidden / ckps_cbeebies_channel_banner_hidden |
Remembers the user's choice in hiding a banner that suggests CBBC brands that they may be interested in. |
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ckps_hploc |
Saves the location for the weather widget on bbc.com. |
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ckps_iplayer_cdn |
To keep track of dismiss history of CDN modal which informs that users can see non-safeguarded contents. |
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ckps_iplayer_unsupported |
Stores when the user has dismissed the banner informing them that they are using an unsupported operating system e.g iOS 5. |
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ckps_kl_lang |
Stores the language to be served. |
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ckps_language |
Stores user language settings. |
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ckps_tviplayer_region |
Stores the iPlayer TV region. |
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ckps_onwardJourney |
Stores user preference for Continuous Play on/off and other player settings, on a per-product basis. |
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ckps_smpj2OptIn |
Stores user's preference for use of BBC Media Player on Android. |
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ckps_smpSettings |
Stores the accessibility and other customisation of BBC media player. |
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ckps_tap_explicit |
Stores parental guidance settings, favourited content (for non-signed in users), content consumption information (for non-signed in users), previous search terms, region setting, media quality setting, subtitle setting, beta mode setting, information on promotional banners seen and settings used in the delivery and development of BBC services on TVs. |
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ckps_tviplayer_category_view |
Stores the type of sort a user select in on the iPlayer category page (e.g A to Z). |
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ckps_tviplayer_enablePersUpsell |
Displays iPlayer banner for enable personalisation in iPlayer. |
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ckps_tviplayer_old_browser_dismiss |
Stores when the user has dismissed the banner informing them that they are using an unsupported browser e.g Internet Explorer 9. |
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ckps_tviplayer_upsell_dismiss |
Stores when the user has dismissed the banner informing about that we have an iPlayer mobile application. |
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csrf_token |
CSRF token used in Bitesize to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. |
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currentURL |
Things To Do uses it to remember the way you have your lists configured for the next time you visit the page. |
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ipbs |
Stores user and app settings. |
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locserv |
Stores users location data to provide the user with content relevant to their location. |
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rack.session |
Rack session based cookie management for Bitesize. |
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timezone_offset |
Stores the local timezone in Bitesize. |