Cookies
Updated: 24/12/2025
What are cookies?
Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code that often contain a unique identification code. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to save this file on your computer or mobile device and gain access to information. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of the visit and how you use a particular website or mobile application.
Why do we use cookies
Cookies make sure that during your visit of our online shop you remain logged in, all items remain stored in your shopping cart, you can shop safely and the website keeps running smoothly. The cookies also ensure that we can see how our website is used and how we can improve it. Furthermore, depending on your preferences our own cookies may be used to present you with targeted advertisements that match your personal interests.
What type of cookies do we use?
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Some of the following actions can be performed by using these cookies.
- Store articles in a shopping cart for online purchases
- Save your cookie preferences for this website
- Saving language preferences
- Log in to our portal. We need to check whether you are logged in.
Performance cookies
These cookies are used to gather statistical information about the use of our website, also called analytics cookies. We use this data for performance and website optimization.
Functional cookies
These cookies enable more functionality for our website visitors. These cookies can be set by our external service providers or our own website. The following functionalities may or may not be activated when you accept this category.
- Live chat services
- Watch online videos
- Social media sharing buttons
- Login to our website with social media
Advertising / tracking cookies
These cookies are set by external advertising partners and are used for profiling and tracking data across multiple websites. If you accept these cookies, we may show our advertisements on other websites based on your user profile and preferences.
These cookies also save data about how many visitors have seen or clicked on our advertisements in order to optimize advertising campaigns.
Unclassified
These cookies are still in the classification process. They will show up in one on the following categories; Necessary, Performance, Functional or Advertising.
How can I switch off or remove cookies?
You can choose to opt out of all but the necessary cookies. In the settings of the browser, you can change the settings to ensure that cookies will be blocked. Most browsers provide you with an explanation on how to do this in the so-called ‘help-function’. However, if you block the cookies, it is possible that you will not be able to enjoy all the technical features our website has to offer and it may negatively affect your user experience.
We have made it easy to manage your consents.
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The cookies we use on our website
Updated: 05/01/2026, 10:09
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
| __cf_bm [2x] | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | .www.panmacmillan.com.au, .fonts.net | 30 minutes | Cloudflare | Cookie |
| cf_clearance | This cookie specifies the duration our website is accessible to a visitor that successfully completed a previous Captcha or JavaScript challenge. | .panmacmillan.com.au | a year | Cookie | |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | panmacmillan.com | 6 months | Cookie First | Cookie |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | panmacmillan.com | Persistent | Cookie First | Local storage |
| cookiefirst-id | This cookie contains your unique ID so CookieFirst can identify unique visitors to this website. | panmacmillan.com | Persistent | Cookie First | Local storage |
| KfkVSKBw | Required for the forms to function correctly. | macmillan.formstack.com | a day | Formstack | Cookie |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | .panmacmillan.com | a year | Cookie | |
| 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 random 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. | macmillan.formstack.com | Session | Cookie |
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor to track how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .panmacmillan.com | a year | Google LLC. | Cookie |
| _ga_******** | This cookie stores a unique ID for a website visitor and tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer. to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .panmacmillan.com | a year | Google LLC | Cookie |
| _gat_UA-**** | The _gat_UA cookie is a variation of the Google Analytics _gat cookie. It is used to limit the collection of data on high-traffic websites. The cookie is set by the Google Analytics tracking code and it contains the unique ID of the tracking account or website to which it relates. The _gat_UA cookie is typically used to throttle the request rate, which means it limits the amount of data that Google Analytics can collect from the website. | .panmacmillan.com | a minute | Google LLC | Cookie |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor to track how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .panmacmillan.com | a day | Google LLC | Cookie |
| wt.mcp.data | Stores temporary technical values and state information required by the analytics platform to function correctly during the user's session. | panmacmillan.com | Persistent | Mapp | Local storage |
| wt.mcp.lscom | Used to verify if the user's browser supports Local Storage and to synchronize analytics data across multiple open tabs. | panmacmillan.com | Persistent | Mapp | Local storage |
| wtstp_rla | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | A technical cookie used to manage the rate of data requests sent to the analytics server. | Session | Mapp | Cookie |
| wtstp_ttv2_s_306840111891766 | Stores session data regarding the marketing channel or campaign that brought the user to the website | .panmacmillan.com | Session | Mapp | Cookie |
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
| mid | This is an Instagram cookie that enables social media functionality within the site. | .instagram.com | a year | Cookie |
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
| ar_debug | This cookie stores and tracks conversions | .region1.google-analytics.com | 3 months | Cookie |
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
| 306840111891766 | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | panmacmillan.com | Persistent | Local storage | |
| wt.mcp.w306840111891766 | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | panmacmillan.com | Persistent | Local storage | |
| wt_mcp_sid | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | .panmacmillan.com | 30 minutes | Cookie | |
| wteid_306840111891766 [2x] | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | .panmacmillan.com, panmacmillan.com | 6 months | Cookie | |
| wtsid_306840111891766 [2x] | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | .panmacmillan.com, panmacmillan.com | Session | Cookie | |
| wtstp_nv | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | .panmacmillan.com | 6 months | Cookie | |
| wtstp_nv_s | Identifies if a user is a new or returning visitor for statistical analysis. | .panmacmillan.com | Session | Mapp | Cookie |
This cookie policy has been created and updated by the Cookie Consent Tool.