When customers visit my Bowling World 2000 website to purchase products the ekmPowershop system will use the following cookies:
Name |
Purpose | Content | Expires |
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ekm_USERNAME | Temporary cookie generated to test if cookies are enabled on the visitors browser. | TestCookies=ACTIVE&RS=FALSE& logged_in=USERNAME&ServerID=*** |
72 hrs (3 days) |
ekm_pp_USERNAME | Stores a unique reference to visitors cart contents. Stores authentication details for customer logged in section. | Unique ID | On Exit |
ekm_tmp_ORDERNUMBER | Stores a reference to the visitors order number after an order has been generated. | Unique ID | On Exit |
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Cookies are used to allow customers easy access to the whole site, allow them to open user accounts which provide extra information for the customer, allows the site to recognise a returning customer and eases the necessity of form filling. Without these cookies alot of the navigation would be difficult. They are essential for this site as they are for most e-commerce web sites. Again none of the personal/private information supplied directly to this site is available either directly or indirectly to any other party excepting the essentail disclosure of name and address to the carriers of the products ordered.
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