Does FireBox use any cookies?
Yes, it sets cookies in the following two cases.
Visitor ID Cookie
A cookie with the name “fpfid” is used to identify uniquely each visitor.
- The value of the cookie has a unique ID for each visitor
- Does not exchange information with other cookies
- Does not transmit any data to a third party app
This cookie will only be stored in the visitor’s browser if any of the following requirements are met:
- The Analytics option is enabled
- The Opening Behavior > Opening Behavior > Show Frequency option is set to something other than “Every Time Page Loads”
- The Viewed Another Popup Publishing Rule is enabled
This cookie lasts for 24 hours and is recreated once expired.
Close Event Cookie
A cookie in the form firebox_ID is set every time a popup is closed. Typically is used by the plugin to decide if a popup should stay hidden. This affects popups that have the Behavior > Closing Behavior > “If the user closes the popup” option enabled.
Visitor Persistent & Session Cookies
Two cookies named fpfvp and fpfvs are used by FireBox when the Condition The New/Returning Visitor Condition is used in order to identify whether the user is new or returning.
The “fpfvp” cookie lasts for 1 year.
The “fpfvs” cookie lasts for 20 minutes.
No personal information such as IP address, User Agent string or the Joomla! User ID is stored in any cookie case.