Newcastle United | Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By browsing or selecting ‘Accept’ on our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy. You may adjust your settings, decline or withdraw consent at any time.

For information about how we collect and use your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy at https://shop.newcastleunited.com/pages/newcastle-united-privacy-policy.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings, but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website. 

  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose so that they can serve you with relevant advertising on their websites.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below, including retention periods.

Strictly Necessary First Party Cookies

Cookie

Description

localization

Shopify store localization (1 year)

cart_currency

Used in connection with shopping cart (1 year).

cart

Used in connection with shopping cart (1 week)

keep_alive

Used in connection with buyer localization (30 minutes)

_pandectes_gdpr

Used for the functionality of the cookies consent banner (1 year).

GlobalE_Consent

Used for consent in locales outside of the UK (Session)

GLBE_SESS_ID

Used to identify session from locales outside of the UK (1 year)

_shopify_essential

Used for the stores core functionality (cart, checkout, login etc.) (Session)

_shopify_test

Used to check if a user’s browser supports cookies. (Session)

_ab

Used for the core function of Shopify admin (1 year)

master_device_id

This is used as the device identified. (1 year)

storefront_digest

Used to store a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants (or anyone with the password) to preview a password-protected store without having to re-enter the password on every page view. (1 year)

_tracking_conset

 

Tracking a user’s privacy preferences (1 year)

_shopify_country

Stores a user’s preferred currency on site. (30 minutes)

shopify_pay_redirect

Used to store a redirect URL for the Shopify Pay (Shop Pay) service during the checkout process. (1 year)

shopify_pay

Used to facilitate the Shop Pay accelerated checkout experience by logging the buyer into their Shop Pay account on subsequent visits to the same store. (1 year)

discount_code

Used to store a discount code that has been provided by a customer (Session)

shop_pay_accelerated

Used to facilitate the Shop Pay accelerated checkout experience by logging the buyer into their Shop Pay account on subsequent visits to the same store. (1 year)

order

Used for general customer browsing or essential store functionality. (3 Weeks)

login_with_shop_finalize

Used to facilitate the login process with Shop (Shop Pay) duringcheckout. (5 minutes)

_identity_session

Used for merchant authentication. (2 years)

_master_udr

Permanent device identified (Session)

auth_state_*

Used by Shopify to maintain the user's authentication state during login or checkout flows. (25 minutes)

user_cross_site

Facilitates authentication (1 year)

identity-state

Used for authentication (1 day)

_merchant_essential

Used to ensure the core functionality of merchant-facing surfaces. (1 year)

_shopify_essential_

Used to ensure the core functionality of merchant-facing surfaces. (1 year)

skip_shop_pay

Used by Shopify to bypass the standard Shop Pay accelerated checkout screen or popup if certain conditions are met. (1 year)

 

Strictly Necessary Third-Party Cookies

ftr_ncd

This cookie identifies the browser between browsing session (1year).

forterToken

It identifies the browser between browsing sessions (1 year).

 

 

Performance First Party Cookies

 

_orig_referrer

Tracks user referral source (2 weeks).

_landing_page

Tracks landing pages (2 weeks).

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics (1 year).

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics (30 minutes).

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing and referrals (30 minutes).

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics relating to marketing and referrals (30 minutes).

 

Performance Third-Party Cookies

Cookie

Description

Third Party

_gcl_*

Used for advertising and conversion measurement. (3 months)

Google

_ga

Enables the service to distinguish one visitor from another (2 years).

Google

_clck

Used for MicrosoftClarity analytics (1 year)

Microsoft

AWSALBCORS

Ensures the website operates correctly and efficiently.

Amazon (AWS)

 

Targeting Third-Party Cookies

Cookie

Description

Third Party

_ttp

To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience (including ads) on TikTok (1 year).

TikTok

ar_debug

A technical debugging cookie used by advertising platforms. (3 months)

Teads

_fbp

Cookie is placed by Facebook to track visits across websites (3 months).

Facebook

_tt_enable_cookie

Used to identify a user (1 year).

TikTok

_shopify_marketing

Used by Shopify to store marketing data related to a user's interaction with the storefront or checkout. (1 year)

Shopify

IDE

A targeting and advertising cookie set by Google's DoubleClick service. (1 year)

Google

 

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Last Updated: 12 December 2025