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_sp_id*

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This is the number of times a website requested information from cookiedatabase about this particular “cookie” used on their website.  

One Response

  1. A detailed description as shared by the author on https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow/wiki/1-General-parameters-for-the-Javascript-tracker

    This cookie is called _sp_id.{{DOMAIN HASH}} by default. It is used to persist information about a user’s activity on the domain between sessions. It contains the following information:

    “An ID for the user based on a hash of various browser attributes
    How many times the user has visited the domain
    The timestamp of the user’s first visit
    The timestamp of the current visit
    The timestamp of the last visit
    The ID of the current session
    It expires after 2 years.”

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