What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, including remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website. Sugatsune uses cookies for the following four types of purposes:

1) Security type cookies: these cookies are passive and do not record any specific information about visitor behavior and they do not contain any personal identifying information. These cookies are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of this website. If you disable them, portions of this website may not function properly, including but not limited to your ability to submit information through forms on this site.

2) Local information and preference type cookies: These include information about what language users prefer information in, whether visitors have agreed to have cookies, geographical information (whether the current website has the most pertinent information for the user) and other forms of untracked and anonymous information.

3) Browser settings cookies: These cookies store browser settings, enabling the website to provide the optimal experience for users. Disabling these cookies may prevent portions of this site from operating as intended.

4) Tracking cookies: these cookies are designed to improve user experience and store general information about how visitors engage with the site. Below is the list of cookies that are set on visitors’ browsers when they visit this website:

Internal cookies on Sugatsune’s website (hosted on our servers)

ASP.NET_SessionId
This cookie is used to identify users and is required in order to verify whether they are logged in or not.

SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE
This cookie tracks whether a user has visited the website before. This cookie stays in user’s browsers for one year after being initially set.

SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE
This cookie is used to identify user requests and interactions with the website, including which web pages were visited, how long they visited for and specifics about site interaction. This cookie is set when users first visit the website and disappears when the website is closed.

sc_test_combination
: Is used to store information about which version of the website user is currently viewing. This includes sections of the website customized to the visitor based on information that appears relevant. (This may or may not be present for all visitors)

sxa_site
Is used to store the name of general information about visitor usage and context in order to personalize contents. (This may or may not be present for all visitors)

CookieAccept
This cookie keeps track of whether a user has accepted cookies or not.

ARRAffinity
This website is hosted on the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform. This cookie is added by default and keeps track of which Azure server is being used.

geolocation
This cookie keeps track of general location information. This information is used as a guide to show visitors the applicable website based on their geographical location.

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Keeps track of whether users are logged in or not.

Keep-Position
Keeps the browser in the same place during search when the all cancel for filters is pressed.

External cookies (run by third parties)

1P_JAR
Set by Google. Sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics. Google’s policies can be viewed at https://policies.google.com/technologies/types

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Google Analytics cookie used to identify users

_gid
Google Analytics cookie used to identify users

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These cookies are placed on your browser by Google Analytics used to collect data about how visitors use our site. We use the data collected to analyze how users interact with Sugatsune’s site and ways to improve information accessibility and link visibility. The cookies mostly collect anonymous data although Google does keep track of IP addresses. Example data we collect includes the number of visitors to the website, how visitors arrived at the website, how long visitors stayed and how they interacted with the website.

For more details about Google Analytics cookies, please visit the following website:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?