Introduction

This page sets out the cookie policy of Military 1st ("we", "us" and "our") and explains how we use cookies on our website.

By using our website (the "website"), you acknowledge your acceptance of the provisions in our cookie policy.

We may amend our cookie policy at any time and all changes will be made on this page. The changes will take effect once they have been posted on the website. Therefore, you should review these terms on a regular basis. By continuing to use the website after the posting of such changes, you will be deemed to have accepted those changes.

You can access your cookie settings at any time by clicking here: My Cookie Settings.

What is a cookie

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers, which are transferred to your computer's hard drive or mobile device when you visit the website. The cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to another website that recognises that cookie.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Types of cookies used on the website

The cookies We use are analytical cookies that are split between performance cookies and functionality cookies.

Performance cookies collect information about how you use the website. They allow Us to recognise and count the number of visitors to the website and allows Us to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps Us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that you find what you are looking for more easily. These cookies do not collect information about your identity. The information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve the performance of the website. By using the website you agree that we can place these types of cookie on your device.

Functionality cookies allow the website to remember the choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced features. These cookies are also used to remember changes you have made to text size, font and other parts of the web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised and they do not gather information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you have been on the internet. By using the website you agree that we can place these types of cookie on your device.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the reasons why we use them in the table below.

We use two types of cookies on this website; strictly necessary and performance cookies. We offer the user the ability to disable any performance (non-essential) cookies we use.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

List of cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.

Cookie Name Description Cookie Type
PHPSESSID Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general-purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a randomly generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. 1st Party
private_content_version Appends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server. 1st Party
persistent_shopping_cart Stores the key (ID) of a persistent cart to make it possible to restore the cart for an anonymous shopper. 1st Party
form_key This cookie is used to facilitate content caching on the browser to make pages load faster. 1st Party
store Tracks the specific store view/locale selected by the shopper. 1st Party
login_redirect Preserves the destination page the customer was navigating to before being directed to log in. 1st Party
mage-messages Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper. 1st Party
mage-cache-storage This cookie is used to facilitate content caching on the browser to make pages load faster. 1st Party
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation This cookie is used to facilitate content caching on the browser to make pages load faster. 1st Party
mage-cache-sessid The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the Admin cleans up local storage and sets the cookie value to true. 1st Party
product_data_storage Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products. 1st Party
user_allowed_save_cookie Indicates if the shopper allows cookies to be saved. 1st Party
mage-translation-storage Stores translated content when requested by the shopper. 1st Party
mage-translation-file-version Stores the file version of translated content. 1st Party
section_data_ids Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions such as display wish list, checkout information, etc. 1st Party
recently_viewed_product Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation. 1st Party
recently_viewed_product_previous Tracks the specific store view/locale selected by the shopper. 1st Party
recently_compared_product Stores product IDs of recently compared products. 1st Party
recently_compared_product_previous Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. 1st Party
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site's analytics reports. 1st Party
_gid This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. 1st Party
_gat_ This is a pattern-type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high-traffic volume websites. 1st Party
mage-banners-cache-storage Stores banner content locally to improve performance. 1st Party
__cf_bm This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. 3rd Party
AWSALBCORS For continued stickiness support with CORS use cases after the Chromium update, we are creating additional stickiness cookies for each of these duration-based stickiness features named AWSALBCORS (ALB). 3rd Party
_gcl_au Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 1st Party
CMID These cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products users were looking at. 3rd Party
dpm Adobe Audience Manager - data management platform uses this cookie to record information around synchronisation of IDs. 3rd Party
_kuid_ This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. 3rd Party
_uetvid This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. 1st Party
CMPRO These cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products users were looking at. 3rd Party
anj This cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with an AppNexus partner. 3rd Party
_fbp Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers 1st Party
uuid2 This cookie allows targeted advertising through the AppNexus platform - collects anonymous data on ad views IP adddress, page views, and more. 3rd Party
PugT Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads. 3rd Party
IDE This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. 3rd Party
CMPS These cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products users were looking at. 3rd Party
uid This cookie provides a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gathers data about activity on the website. This data may be sent to a 3rd party for analysis and reporting. 3rd Party
criteo This cookie is set by Outbrain and it is used to analyse technical data about the website 3rd Party
demdex This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modelling, reporting, etc. 3rd Party
_uetsid This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. 1st Party
MUID This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. 3rd Party
__zlcmid Live chat widget sets the cookies to store the Zopim Live Chat ID used to identify a device across visits. 1st Party
mv_tokens_eu-v1 Exchange Mediavine cookie. 3rd Party
requestId Magento cookie. 1st Party
mg_dnt Magento cookie. 1st Party
visitor-id Media.net cookie. 3rd Party
am_tokens_eu-v1 Exchange Mediavine cookie 3rd Party
opt_out Postrelease cookie 3rd Party
cto_bundle Magento cookie. 1st Party
data-c-ts Media.net cookie. 3rd Party
tv_UICR Tremorhub cookie. 3rd Party
KRTBCOOKIE_97 Pubmatic cookie. 3rd Party
ayl_visitor Omnitagjs cookie. 3rd Party
tvid Tremorhub cookie. 3rd Party
cf_clearance Dotdigital cookie. 3rd Party