Cookies

Updated: 1/1/2023

We use various cookies on our website to deliver the best experience to visitors. We are also committed to being transparent about the cookies we use and giving you the ability to control what cookies are placed on your device.
This Notice provides an overview of what cookies are, the specific cookies we use on our website, details on how those cookies function, and how you can control the use of those cookies.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that websites save on our local device when you visit a site. When you return to a website or visit another website, the website may read the cookie. This allows websites to do a variety of things, such as remembering site preferences, creating a record of a visitor’s online activity, or identifying what parts of a site are visited most often.

What cookies do we use on this site?

We use cookies to ensure our site functions properly, to better understand how visitors use and interact with our site, and to promote effective marketing and advertising. As described below, cookies can be broken down into three large categories: Essential, Analytic, and Marketing.

Essential

Essential cookies are cookies needed to ensure our site functions properly. They are used for things such as allowing you to navigate our site, saving account registration information, remembering your preferences, and completing purchases.

We use the following Essential cookies on this site:

Cookie Name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
.ASPXANONYMOUS ASP.NET_SessionId	ACCO Brands	70 days Session	These cookies are utilized by ASP.Net to prevent forgery attacks and anonymously identify visitors to remember selections across pages.
_cflb	Cloudflare	1 day	These cookies are utilized by Cloudflare to manage traffic on our website and to facilitate a seamless browsing session across multiple windows.
ARRAffinity ai_session ai_user	Microsoft	Session Session 1 year	These cookies are utilized by Microsoft Azure to deliver a more stable visitor experience by distributing traffic on the website to particular servers.
production.connect.cid	ChatLingual	24 hours	These cookies are utilized by ChatLingual for customer session management. If a customer starts a chat and then refreshes the page, ChatLingual uses the cookie to determine the identity of the customer and, when relevant, give them the opportunity to resume the chat.
visitor_id-hash visitor_id	ACCO Brands	10 years 10 years	These cookies are utilized by our website to identify a visitor's account ID. They also prevent a malicious actor from accessing information and impersonating a visitor.
ClientCountry Country locationConsent	ACCO Brands	1 year 1 year 1 year	These cookies are utilized by our website to identify the country in which a visitor is located.
_madid EPi_NumberOfVisits	ACCO Brands	1 year 1 year	These cookies are utilized by our website to remember selections across pages and improve visitor browsing experience.
MarketId	ACCO Brands	1 year	This cookie is utilized by our site to identify the geographic market in which a visitor is located.
DataBrand	ACCO Brands	1 year	This cookie is utilized by our site to identify the relevant brand within ACCO Brands.
CookieControl/Eucookie	ACCO Brands	90 days	This cookie is utilized by our site to remember visitor cookie preferences.
Language	ACCO Brands	1 year	This cookie is utilized by our website to identify the visitor's selected language for the website.

Analytic

Analytic cookies are cookies we use to better understand how visitors use and interact with our site. They are used for things such as measuring how many visitors enter our website, what parts of our website are most visited, and how long they remain on our website.

We use the following Analytic cookies on this site:

Cookie Name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
__utma ga* _gcl_au	Google	2 years 2 years 90 days	These cookies are utilized by Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
_hjFirstSeen _hjid _hjIncludedinSessionSample _hjIncludedinSessionSample _hjTLDTest ajs_anonymous_id	HotJar	Session 1 year Session 30 Minutes Session 1 year	These cookies are utilized by HotJar in order to provide analytics on our website, such as whether this is the first time a visitor has visited the site or whether it is a repeat visit.
Bcookie Lang Lidc lissc	LinkedIn	2 years Session 1 day 1 year	These cookies are utilized by LinkedIn to collect information regarding visits to LinkedIn, visitors' language preferences, and the device used to access LinkedIn.

Marketing

Marketing cookies are cookies we use to understand what sources drive customers to our website, to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, and to tailor advertisements.

We use the following Marketing cookies on this site:

Cookie Name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
ps-location	Price Spider	29 days	This cookie is utilized by Price Spider to present relevant advertisements to visitors and to limit the number of times the same visitor receives an advertisement.

How does our website interact with cookies placed by other websites?

Our website may read cookies placed by other websites. This can be done to identify if a visitor has been redirected to our site or whether a visitor clicked on an advertisement. Cookies placed by other websites may also identify that you have redirected to those sites from our website, as is the case with our marketing affiliates. We are unable to control cookies placed by other websites.

How can you manage the cookies placed on your device?

When you navigate to our website, you will see a popup at the bottom of the page that you can use to modify your cookie preferences. You can also alter your preferences at any time by clicking the “C” in the bottom corner of the website or via the site’s Cookie Notice (depending on the website).

Separately, you can modify your browser settings. Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can block or restrict cookies on your device or delete existing cookies by adjusting your browser preferences. Each browser handles this a bit differently, so you should review your browser’s specific preferences. In some cases though, blocking or restricting cookies may mean that sites don’t function properly or don’t remember credentials you entered previously.

Who can you contact with any questions about this Notice?

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the cookies used on the website, you can contact DataPrivacy@acco.com at any time.