Cookies and Sumdog
Updated 26 August 2025
At Sumdog we use essential cookies for the functioning and improvement of our website. These are anonymous. Other cookies are non-essential and help improve your experience and deliver you relevant content. You can consent to all cookies, decline all cookies or manage non-essential cookies.
Our Cookie Policy covers all sumdog.com domains including: sumdog.com, play.sumdog.com, learn.sumdog.com, content.sumdog.com and support.sumdog.com
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Necessary (18)
These cookies relate to the Sumdog product and apply to teachers and parent users who log in to the site.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Users affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cfruid | cardinalcommerce.com | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider as part of 3DS payment verification. | session | Parents |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is necessary for reCAPTCHA to make an assessment if the traffic to the site is legitimate or malicious | 180 days | Teachers, Parents, Students | |
| AEC | Facilitates Google SSO for teachers. Used by Google to prevent spam, fraud and abuse. | 180 days | Teachers, Parents, Students | |
| CONSENT | Facilitates Google SSO for teachers. Used by Google to store the user's privacy choices on Google services | 1 year | Teachers, Parents, Students | |
| NID | Facilitates Google SSO for teachers. Used by Google to remember the user's preferences on Google services | 180 days | Teachers, Parents, Students | |
| SOCS | Facilitates Google SSO for teachers. Used by Google to store the user's privacy choices on Google services | 1 year | Teachers, Parents, Students | |
| enforce_policy | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider to store the user's privacy preferences. | 1 year | Parents |
| l7_az | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider for security and fraud prevention. | 1 day | Parents |
| LANG | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider to store the user's language preferences. | 1 day | Parents |
| nsid | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider for security and fraud prevention. | Session | Parents |
| ts | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider for security and fraud prevention. | 1 year | Parents |
| ts_c | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider for security and fraud prevention. | 1 year | Parents |
| tsrce | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. Used by our payment provider for security and fraud prevention. | 3 days | Parents |
| x-pp-c | PayPal | Facilitates secure payments for parents. | Session | Parents |
| _sumdog | www.sumdog.com | Allows the user to log in and maintain an authenticated user session. | 1 day | Teachers, Parents, Students |
| CookieConsent | www.sumdog.com | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | Teachers, Parents, Students |
| XSRF-TOKEN | www.sumdog.com | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | Session | Teachers, Parents, Students |
| JWT | www.sumdog.com | Allow authenticated users to access other Sumdog services in a secure way | Session | Teachers, Parents, Students |
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These cookies help us to understand how visitors engage with the Sumdog site. We may use a set of cookies to collect information and report site usage statistics. Learn more about analytics cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Users affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _BEAMER_FIRST_VISIT | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 1 year | Teachers |
| _BEAMER_USER_ID | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 1 year | Teachers |
| _hjDonePolls | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 1 year | Teachers |
| _hjid | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 180 days | Teachers |
| _hjSession | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 30 days | Teachers |
| _hjSessionUser | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 1 year | Teachers |
| _hp2_id | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 1 year | Teachers |
| _hp2_props | Hotjar | Allows users to complete surveys and give feedback about user experience. | 1 year | Teachers |
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Necessary (4)
These cookies relate to the Sumdog product and apply to student users who log in to the site.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Users affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _sumdog | www.sumdog.com | Allows the user to log in and maintain an authenticated user session. | 1 day | Teachers, Parents, Students |
| CookieConsent | www.sumdog.com | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | Teachers, Parents, Students |
| XSRF-TOKEN | www.sumdog.com | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | Session | Teachers, Parents, Students |
| JWT | www.sumdog.com | Allow authenticated users to access other Sumdog services in a secure way | Session | Teachers, Parents, Students |
Website
These cookies apply to visitors on our website domains including learn.sumdog.com, content.sumdog.com and support.sumdog.com
Necessary (20)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. Learn more about necessary cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _cf_bm | hubspotusercontent-na1.net | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| _cf_bm | hubspotvideo.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | twitter.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hubspotusercontent-eu1.net | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hs-analytics.net | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hs-banner.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hsappstatic.net | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | 29 minutes |
| __cf_bm | hsforms.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hs-sites-eu1.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | sumdog.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | 30 minutes |
| __cf_bm | usemessages.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hsadspixel.net | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | session |
| __cf_bm | hubspot.com | Cloud flare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | 29 minutes |
| __hs_cookie_cat_pref | sumdog.com | The HubSpot Cookie Banner's consent preferences cookie. | 180 days |
| __hs_do_not_track | sumdog.com | Prevents the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot | 179 days |
| __Secure-ENID | google.com | This cookie is used by Google to remember your preferences and other information. | 395 days |
| _cfuvid | hubspot.com | This cookie is used to apply rate limits to traffic. It allows the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | session |
| _cfuvid | sumdog.com | This cookie is used to apply rate limits to traffic. It allows the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | session |
| _cfuvid | hsforms.com | This cookie is used to apply rate limits to traffic. It allows the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | session |
| hs_ab_test | sumdog.com | Used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they've seen before. | session |
Analytics (6)
These cookies help us to understand how visitors engage with the website. We may use a set of cookies to collect information and report site usage statistics. In addition to reporting site usage statistics, data collected may also be used, together with some of the advertising cookies described, to help show more relevant ads across the web and to measure interactions with the ads we show. Learn more about analytics cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _hstc | sumdog.com | Analytics tracking cookie | 179 days |
| hubspotutk | sumdog.com | Contains visitor's identity | 179 days |
| _hssc | sumdog.com | Analytics session cookie | 29 minutes |
| _ga_DEPR5Z6EEX | sumdog.com | Used to persist session state | 399 days |
| __hssrc | sumdog.com | Used to determine if a session is a new session | session |
| _ga | sumdog.com | ID used to identify users | 399 days |
Advertisement (5)
We use cookies to make our ads more engaging and valuable to site visitors. Some common applications of cookies are to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user; to improve reporting on ad campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. Learn more about advertisement cookies.
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| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | sumdog.com | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 90 days |
| IDE | doubleclick.net | This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite | 389 days |
| CLID | clarity.ms | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | session |
| ar_debug | google-analytics.com | This cookie is used by Google Ad Services to debug ads. | 89 days |
| _fbp | sumdog.com | Facebook analytics cookie | session |