The cookies used on our website are issued by the Musée du Louvre or by third parties.
2.1 Cookies issued by the Musée du Louvre
The Musée du Louvre's collections web site uses "technical cookies".
Technical cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website and are used by the provider for the technical management of the network. They allow you to use the main features of the website. As a result, they are essential and cannot be rejected.
They include the following:
PHPSESSID
Purpose: managing user session
Data collected: session identifier
Lifetime: session
lang_detect
Purpose: managing the language in which the website is displayed
Data collected: "fr" or"en"
Lifetime: 12 months
search_display_mode
Purpose: storing display preferences set by the user for search results pages
Data collected: number of results displayed per page and type of view
Lifetime: 12 months
artwork_expand
Purpose: storing display preferences set by the user for the following sections in artwork entries: "Bibliography", "Exhibitions", "Curated list of related objects"
Data collected: displayed by default/hidden by default
Lifetime: 12 months
filters_close
Purpose: storing display preferences set by the user for the Filter panel in search results
Data collected: displayed by default/hidden by default
Lifetime: 12 months
tarteaucitron
Purpose: storing user preferences regarding cookies
Data collected: declined/accepted
Lifetime: 12 months
2.2 Third-party cookies: analytical cookies
This category concerns cookies issued by a party other than the Musée du Louvre. The use of third-party cookies is governed by the conditions of use determined by the third party concerned.
The third-party analytical cookies used on our website are designed to create statistics and analyse the number of visitors to our website and how they use it in order to:
• improve the browsing experience of our website with the ultimate aim of ensuring that it best meets your needs;
• conduct research.
These cookies are not used for commercial purposes by the Musée du Louvre. They are not essential to proper functioning of the website..
Third-party cookies used on the collections website are issued by Google and listed below:
_ga
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Used to distinguish users.
Default expiration time: 12 months
_gid
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Used to distinguish users.
Default expiration time: 1 day
_gat
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Decription: Used to throttle request rate.
Default expiration time: 1 minute
AMP_TOKEN
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Decription: Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID.
Default expiration time: 30 seconds to 1 year
_gac_<property-id>
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Contains campaign related information for the user.
Default expiration time: 90 days
_utma
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Used to distinguish users and sessions.
Default expiration time: 12 months
_utmb
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Used to determine new sessions/visits.
Default expiration time: 30 minutes
_utmc
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Used to determine new sessions/visits.
Default expiration time: end of browser session
_utmt
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Used to throttle request rate.
Default expiration time: 10 minutes
_utmz
Purpose: user interaction measurement by Google Analytics
Description: Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site.
Default expiration time: 6 months