Cookie Policy
Last updated 5 September 2023
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Our Cookie Policy

Introduction

The Business of Fashion values your privacy and only uses cookies to ensure our site is reliable, secure and provides the best experience. When you accept the use of cookies on our site, this helps us to make the site better by remembering your preferences, customising content or advertising and enhancing your experience of our journalism, insight, events and job opportunities.

This policy applies to all BoF website applications which link to this policy and are published by The Business of Fashion Ltd. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about the way we use your information or cookies, please contact our customer service team on: support@businessoffashion.com

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which are placed on your browser when you visit a website. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognise your device the next time you visit (using your IP address for example) and serve many purposes, such as remembering your username and preferences. Web beacons, pixels or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all information collected in this way.

You can choose what level of information is collected via these means at any point using the button at the top of the page.

How we use cookies

We group our cookies into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary

Essential cookies and other technologies are required for our website to function properly. They help us to ensure you can use your account securely to access the full range of information and services available to you, to process payments and refunds, access and manage your data securely and send important service communication.

Preferences and Performance Analytics

When you use our website, we collect the following information, which enables us to create the best experience for you:

Analytics - this information helps us to understand your usage of our website and improve our features and services. For example, which of our pages are mostly frequently visited. We may also use pixel tags in email messages to tell us whether emails have been opened, to assure that we are only sending messages that are of interest to our users.

Advertising - your interactions enable us to understand what is relevant to you and to personalise the advertising you see on our site and other websites you may visit.

Marketing - information about what you engage with enables us to tailor updates about events, offers and promotions of most relevance to you.

We limit the use of third party cookies to trusted BoF Partners, including Google Analytics, DoubleClick, Shopify, Madgex, LeadPages, Typeform, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Embedded Content

We include content from other platforms inside our articles. For example, YouTube videos, Instagram posts or Twitter tweets). You will need to accept cookies from these third-parties in order to view this content.

We limit the use of third parties to trusted BoF Partners, including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Flourish.

The Cookies we use

Please see our full cookie list below.

Essential

COOKIE DESCRIPTION DURATION MORE INFORMATION
bof_cc Used to manage cookie consent 182 days BoF
did Used to log you in securely Per session Auth0
did_compat Used to log you in securely Per session Auth0
auth0 Used to log you in securely Per session Auth0
auth0_compat Used to log you in securely Per session Auth0
AWSALB Used to ensure our site is performing correctly 15 minutes Amazon
AWSELB Used to ensure our site is performing correctly 15 minutes Amazon
AWSALBCORS Used to ensure our site is performing correctly 15 minutes Amazon
ab.storage.sessionId.[your-api-key] Used to send important service communication Per session Braze
ab.storage.deviceId.[your-api-key] Used to send important service communication Per session Braze
__cf_bm Used to ensure our site is secure 30 minutes Cloudflare
cf_ob_info Used to ensure our site is secure Per session Cloudflare
cf_use_ob Used to ensure our site is secure 1 minute Cloudflare
__cfruid Used to ensure our site is secure Per session Cloudflare
dd_cookie_test_* Used to check for cookie support 1 minute DataDog
_dd_s Used to help monitor and improve site performance 4 hours DataDog
sp Used to understand the number of times you visit our website 1 year Snowplow
_sp_id.* Used to understand engagement on our site between sessions 2 year Snowplow
_sp_ses.* Used to understand if this is your first session on our site 30 minutes Snowplow
_sp_root_domain_test_* Used to help monitor and improve site performance Per session Snowplow
_ra_session_state Used for membership payment Per session Recurly
BRTBCK_PTC Used to process membership cancellations Persistent Brightback
BRTBCK_JWT Used to process membership cancellations Persistent Brightback
PHPSESSID Used to grant access to our online events Per session TicketTailor
enforce_policy Used to ensure payments are secure 1 year Paypal
ts Used to ensure payments are secure Per session Paypal
ts_c Used to ensure payments are secure 399 days Paypal
trsce Used to ensure payments are secure Per session Paypal
l7_az Used to ensure payments are secure 1 day Paypal
x-csrf-jwt Used to ensure payments are secure 30 days Paypal
nsid Used to ensure payments are secure Per session Paypal
x-pp-s Used to ensure payments are secure Per session Paypal
blaize_tracking_id Used to manage access to our content Per session Zephr
blaize_session Used to manage access to our content Per session Zephr
cookie-message_ Used to gather cookie consent Persistent Madgex
LoginCookieCheck Used to check if you have provided cookie consent Per session Madgex
{sitename}_JobSeekerSiteSession Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent Madgex
AnonymousUserId Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent - 2 years Madgex
BrowserSession Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent - 30 mins Madgex
JobSearchCriteria Used for the Job Search functionality Per session Madgex
JobSearchResultIds Used for the Job Search functionality Per session Madgex
JSMRI Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent - 5 years Madgex
RSAnonymousUserId Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent - 2 years Madgex
RSBrowserSession Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent - 30 minutes Madgex
SessionId Used for the Job Search functionality Per session Madgex
CompatibilityCheck Used for the Job Search functionality Persistent Madgex
DoubleSubmit_BoFCareers_ResponsiveJobSeeker Used to ensure our job search functionality is secure Per session Madgex
User_RecruiterServices Used to ensure our job search functionality is secure Per session Madgex
User_WebSite Used to ensure our job search functionality is secure Per session Madgex
ResponsiveJobSeeker Used to ensure our job search functionality is secure Persistent Madgex
UrlCSRF_{SiteName} Used to ensure our job search functionality is secure Persistent Madgex
FixedFacetDefaults Used to monitor and improve the user experience Persistent Madgex
Logon_RecruiterServices Used to log you in securely Per session Madgex
Logon_WebSite Used to log you in securely Per session Madgex
oidc_st Used to log you in securely Persistent Madgex
Remember_MeWebSite Used to monitor and improve the user experience Persistent - 1 month Madgex
RememberMeActivated_Website Used to monitor and improve the user experience Persistent - 1 month Madgex
CulturePreference Used to monitor and improve the user experience Persistent Madgex
m_extPopupShow Used to monitor and improve the user experience Per session Madgex
MdgxArticlesLastSearchParams Used to monitor and improve the user experience Per session Madgex
_MadgexTracking Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
_MadgexTracking_gid Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
_utmv######### Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
{sitename}_JobSeekerSiteSession_Utm Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
iPhoneClickThroughJobID Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
JBEClickThroughID Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
JBEClickThroughJobID Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
m_shb Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
m_au Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
m_sid Used to monitor jobs and applications Per session Madgex
cookietest To check if users have cookies enabled Per session Shopify
secure_customer_sig Used to log you in securely Per session Shopify
_cmp_a Used to manage customers privacy settings Per session Shopify
_secure_session_id Used to manage purchases Per session Shopify
_orig_referrer Used to manage purchases Per session Shopify
_shop_pay_experiment Used to ensure transactions are secure Per session Shopify
shopify_pay_redirect Used to ensure transactions are secure Per session Shopify
_pay_session Used to ensure transactions are secure Per session Shopify
localization Used to display correct payment information Per session Shopify
cart_currency Used to display correct payment information Per session Shopify
keep_alive Used to display correct payment information Per session Shopify

Personalisation, Performance Analytics & Embedded Content

COOKIE DESCRIPTION DURATION MORE INFORMATION
_gads Used to measure performance of ads 13 months Google
_gpi Used to serve relevant ads 13 months Google
IDE Used to serve relevant ads 13 months Google
NID Used to serve relevant ads 6 months Google
GoogleAdServingTest Used to check for consent to cookies Per session Google
_ga Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 2 years Google
FPID Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 2 years Google
FPAU Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 90 days Google
FPLC Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 20 hours Google
_ga_* Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 2 years Google
_gid Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 24 hours Google
_gat_gtag_UA_* Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 1 minute Google
_gat Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 1 minute Google
_gat_mpgaTracker1 Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 1 minute Google
_gat_UA-* Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 1 minute Google
_gcl_au Used to monitor website analytics and improve our service 90 days Google
lidc Used to monitor user analytics 24 hours LinkedIn
ln_or Used to monitor user analytics 24 hours LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory Used to monitor user analytics 30 days LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory Used to monitor user analytics 30 days LinkedIn
bcookie Used to monitor user analytics 1 year LinkedIn
bscookie Used to monitor user analytics 1 year LinkedIn
li_gc Used to check for consent to cookies 6 months LinkedIn
LANG Used to determine language preferences Per Session LinkedIn
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Used to detect and resolve issues with the service 180 days YouTube
yt-remote-connected-devices Used to check for video preferences Persistent YouTube
yt-remote-device-id Used to monitor video analytics Persistent YouTube
yt.innertube::nextId Used to monitor video analytics Persistent YouTube
yt.innertube::requests Used to monitor video analytics Persistent YouTube
YSC Used to ensure videos are secure Per session YouTube
fr Used to serve relevant ads 90 days Facebook
_fbp Used to serve relevant ads 90 days Facebook
_shopify_y Used to monitor purchase analytics 1 year Shopify
_y Used to monitor purchase analytics 1 year Shopify
_landing_page Used to monitor purchase analytics 2 weeks Shopify
_s Used to monitor purchase analytics 30 min Shopify
_shopify_s Used to monitor purchase analytics 30 min Shopify
recentlyViewed Used to monitor purchase analytics Per session Shopify
_shopify_d Used to monitor purchase analytics Per session Shopify
locale_bar_accepted Used to monitor purchase analytics Per session Shopify
key Used to monitor purchase analytics Per session Shopify
_shopify_sa_p Used to monitor purchase analytics 30 min Shopify
_shopify_sa_t Used to monitor purchase analytics 30 min Shopify
_shopify_ga Used to monitor user and purchase analytics Per session Shopify
_obid Used to identify website visitiors 1 year SoPro
_obid_visit Used to monitor the number of website visitors 4 hours SoPro

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More information

Further information about our data processing can be found in our Privacy Policy.

If you have any queries regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact our customer service team on support@businessoffashion.com.

This policy is effective from 8 June 2023.

Any changes we may make to this cookie policy will be posted on this page. If changes are significant, we may choose to notify you by email.

Cookies and similar technologies change regularly as our third-party partners make changes and we add additional services.
We endeavour to keep the policy up to date and accurate, and we will review it in full twice a year.