__atuvc Cookie
Hi,
I believe the above cookie is set by AddThis. However upon adding the script below to our code, this cookie keeps returning when we refresh the page. Please can you advise how to stop this cookie being created? We would like all these non essential cookies removed to comply with the new EU regs.
<script type="text/javascript">
var addthis_config = { data_use_cookies:false }
</script>
Many thanks,
Lee.
5 Community Answers
The __atuvc cookie is created and read by our JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behavior for users.
The __atuvc cookie is created and read by our JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behavior for users.
Is there any way round this? This is an issue in Europe, otherwise the only real option we have in Europe is to use a different solution that does not use cookies.
Nevertheless could you advise how to remove it as the law requires it blocked (unless consent is required) in the EU from May 26th onwards. Else we cannot use AddThis.
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Once you get rid of it, you _may_ be able to keep it from coming back (i.e. making it a "regular" cookie rather than a "flash" cookie) by setting "ui_use_flash: false" in you Javascript structure "addthis_config". (This undocumented "feature" is rather speculative, and may be superceded by newer information from Addthis.)
It's a "flash cookie", and so removing it can be tricky; as you've found the usual cookie management procedures don't work with these. (It's stored redundantly in many places, and if even one copy remains when the browser next accesses it, it will re-create all the other copies:-) Google something like "remove flash cookie" for hints on how to deal with it.