Last updated: 16 July 2020.
Welcome to our cookie policy
Copart is committed to providing you with the best experience when it comes to using our website or electronic services. This cookie policy will inform you what cookies we use when you visit our website or use the electronic services and how you may disable cookies if you so wish.
This cookie policy should be read in accordance with our privacy policy which sets out how Copart respects your privacy and protects your personal data.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer's hard drive when you visit a website. They are used for a lot of different purposes, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently and enhancing your experience when visiting a website. For example, they can remember your preferences.
The cookie itself does not contain personal information although it will enable us to relate your use of Copart websites to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites.
Are they safe?
Cookies are safe, they are small text files; they can't look into your computer or read any personal information nor do they carry viruses or install anything harmful on your computer.
Which cookies do we use?
Depending on their function and purpose, the cookies we use can be divided into the following categories: necessary cookies, analytical cookies, functional cookies, targeting cookies.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies enable navigation and functionality within our website. These cookies are used to ensure that our website operates correctly and they cannot be deactivated in your systems. Strictly necessary cookies are not used for advertising purposes and are also not used to collect behavior-based information about the users of our website.
We use the following strictly necessary cookies:
| Cookie Name | Lifespan | Hostname | Default Description |
| G2JSESSIONID | SESSION | www.copart.de | Copart Internal |
| PG2AGSESSIONID | SESSION | g2auction.copart.de | Copart Internal |
| copartTimezonePref | SESSION | copart.de | Copart Internal |
| incap_ses_* | SESSION | www.crashedtoys.com | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| copartg2auction | PERSISTENT | g2auction.copart.de | Copart Internal |
| copartmember | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Copart Internal |
| uc_session | SESSION | dropboxusercontent.com | DropBox |
| incap_ses_* | SESSION | www.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| stickycookie | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Copart Internal |
| visid_incap_XXXXXX | PERSISTENT | www.copart.com | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
| visid_incap_XXXXXX | PERSISTENT | g2auction.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
| visid_incap_XXXXXX | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
| userLang | SESSION | www.copart.de | |
| timezone | SESSION | copart.de | |
| visid_incap_XXXXXX | PERSISTENT | www.crashedtoys.com | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
| usersessionid | PERSISTENT | www.copart.de | Copart Internal |
| incap_ses_* | SESSION | copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| test_cookie | PERSISTENT | doubleclick.net | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange |
| visid_incap_XXXXXX | PERSISTENT | www.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
| incap_ses_454_242121 | SESSION | www.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| incap_ses_455_242121 | SESSION | www.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| visid_incap_242121 | PERSISTENT | www.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
| ubvs | PERSISTENT | sell.copartdirect.com | This cookie name is associated with software from Canadian company Unbounce. The service allows site owners to test the effectiveness of different versions of web pages, and ensure that visitors consistently see the expected version of a page. |
| incap_ses_454_242093 | SESSION | www.copart.com | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| ___utmvmtFBuISXBZ | PERSISTENT | copart.de | |
| ___utmvatFBuISXBZ | PERSISTENT | copart.de | |
| __cfduid | PERSISTENT | copart.com | |
| ubvt | PERSISTENT | copartdirect.com | This cookie name is associated with software from Canadian company Unbounce. The service allows site owners to test the effectiveness of different versions of web pages, and ensure that visitors consistently see the expected version of a page. |
| incap_ses_* | SESSION | g2auction.copart.de | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | PERSISTENT | copart.de | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
| _uetvid | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Copart Internal |
| incap_ses_* | SESSION | www.copart.com | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
| ubpv | PERSISTENT | sell.copartdirect.com | Copart Internal |
| ubrs | SESSION | sell.copartdirect.com | Copart Internal |
| OptanonConsent | PERSISTENT | copart.de | 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. |
| appMode | PERSISTENT | g2auction.copart.de | Copart Internal |
| s_depth | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Copart Internal |
Functional Cookies
We use functional cookies to store user decisions that influence the behavior of our website. With the help of functional cookies, we can offer personalized functions such as content tailored to individual user needs. For example, we can save your preferred language selection so your preference is displayed when you revisit our website.
We use the following functional cookies:
| Cookie Name | Lifespan | Hostname | Default Description |
| ___utmvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | copart.de | ___utmv |
| ___utmvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | g2auction.copart.de | ___utmv |
| ___utmvc | PERSISTENT | g2auction.copart.de | This cookie enables the function of Google Analytics. |
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies are used in order to improve the quality of our website and its content. These types of cookies give us information about the behavior of our users and help us to identify and eliminate difficulties or errors in the use of our website. It also enables us to evaluate the efficiency of our advertising measures and improve the quality of the advertising that is displayed to our users.
We use the following performance cookies:
| Cookie Name | Lifespan | Hostname | Default Description |
| _ga | PERSISTENT | copart.de | 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 in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. |
| s_nr | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores date of visit and if visitor is new or returning |
| s_cc | SESSION | copart.de | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, determines whether cookies are enabled in the browser |
| s_ppv | SESSION | copart.de | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie. |
| s_xxxx | PERSISTENT | copart.com | This domain is owned by Adobe/Omniture. The main business activity is: Analytics |
| OAID | PERSISTENT | www.copart.de | Associated with the OpenX banner advertising platform for publishers. Records whether specific ads have been displayed. Reportedly used for performance only rather than user targeting. As a first party cookie it cannot be used to track across domains. |
| s_sq | SESSION | copart.de | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores information about the previous link clicked within the site |
| s_pv | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Adobe Analytics site tracking. |
| s_lv_s | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Adobe Analytics site tracking. |
| s_campaign | SESSION | copart.de | This domain is owned by Adobe/Omniture. The main business activity is: Analytics |
| s_ev1 | SESSION | copart.de | Adobe Analytics site tracking. |
| s_vi | PERSISTENT | copart.com | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, used to identify unique visitors, with an ID and timestamp |
| _gid | PERSISTENT | copart.de | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
| s_lv | PERSISTENT | copart.de | This cookie name is associated with Adobe Analytics (formerly Site Catalyst). It is used to identify the time (in days) between two visits by the same visitor (identified by an id number). |
| s_ppvl | SESSION | copart.de | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics to store information on the percentage of the page displayed to the end user. |
| ___utmvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | www.copart.de | |
| s_invisit | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, counts the visits made by a user to the site |
| _gat_UA- | PERSISTENT | copart.de | 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 appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| _gid | PERSISTENT | copartdirect.com | Copart Internal Site |
| ___utmvmVEuPEvV | PERSISTENT | www.copart.de | ___utmv |
| __cfduid | PERSISTENT | msgp.pl | Third Party |
| _ga | PERSISTENT | copartdirect.com | Google Analytics from Copart Internal Site |
| _gclxxxx | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Google conversion tracking cookie |
| s_fid | PERSISTENT | copart.de | This cookie name is associated with the analytics service provided by Adobe's Site Catalyst product suite. It is a new cookie introduced in 2013 as a 'fallback' visitor identifier where the s_vi cookie normally used for this purpose is blocked. It contains a randomly generated, unique id. |
| s_vnum | PERSISTENT | copart.de | Adobe Site catalyst cookie, track number of visits by a unique visitor |
| _fbp | PERSISTENT | de | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| _fbp | PERSISTENT | copart.de |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
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Targeting and Advertisement Cookies
We, or service providers commissioned by us, may use targeting cookies that serve to show you more relevant products on your interests. Targeting cookies also help us improve the efficiency of our advertising campaigns. For example, we can tailor the number of advertisements delivered to you based on your interests.
We use the following targeting cookies:
| Cookie Name | Lifespan | Hostname | Default Description |
| SRM_B | PERSISTENT | c.bing.com | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. |
| MUID | PERSISTENT | bing.com | This domain is owned by Mircosoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. |
| _uetsid | PERSISTENT | copart.de | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. |
| MUID | PERSISTENT | clarity.ms | 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. |
| YSC | SESSION | youtube.com | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | PERSISTENT | youtube.com | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos |
| CONSENT | PERSISTENT | youtube.com | 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. |
| OAGEO | SESSION | www.copart.de | Associated with the OpenX banner advertising platform for publishers. |
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button on our sites or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking site such as Facebook, or Twitter. The social network will record that you have done this. This information may be linked to targeting/ advertising activities.
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Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
Managed By |
|---|---|---|---|
|
fr |
The cookie contains a browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising. |
90 |
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_fbp |
The cookie deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third party advertisers |
90 |
|
| mid | Social Media Cookies | 90 |
How do I manage cookies?
General information about cookies and their handling as well as their permanent deactivation, if you basically do not want cookies, can be found on the BVDW website at: http://www.meine-cookies.org
Further information on cookies used for advertising purposes and how you can activate them can be found in the information provided by the internet advertising industry about behavioral advertising and online data protection at: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement / or http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ge/cookies-verwalten/
Please remember that not all functions of our website may be available if you block, delete, or deactivate cookies.
Closing remarks
This cookies policy may change from time to time, for example in the event of an amendment to the legislation or technical changes to our website. For these reasons we reserve the right to amend the cookies policy at any time, and without notification, and to use further or other cookies. The amended cookies policy applies respectively from the moment it is published and the latest version is always available on our website. If you do not agree to the revised policy, stop using our website. By continuing to use our website, once the changes to the policy have taken effect, you declare your agreement with the revised cookies policy.
If you have further questions about the use of cookies on our website, please contact our Data Protection Office at privacy@copart.de.