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title: "Privacy and consent with SXA Storefront"
slug: "privacy-and-consent-with-sxa-storefront"
abstract: "Overview of the cookies used with SXA Storefront."
---
# Privacy and consent with SXA Storefront

The [Global Privacy Guide](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/privacy-checklist.html) provides guidance on how to configure Sitecore for privacy compliance. You can inform shoppers that your storefront uses cookies by [adding a cookie warning to your storefront site](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/sxa/102/sitecore-experience-accelerator/add-a-cookie-warning-message-to-your-site.html).

SXA Storefront uses the following cookies:

| Cookie | Component | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| _RequestVerificationToken | Antiforgery | Used indirectly through the use of the default ASP.NET anti-forgery, System.Web.Security.AntiXss. |
| sc_commerce_global_cookie | [Commerce Tracker](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/sitecore-experience-commerce/the-commercetracker-and-cms-only-mode.html) | Used to track a shopper. Present only in [CMS-only mode](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-cms-only-mode-to-run-sitecore-without-the-xdb.html). By default, this cookie is not used. |

> [!note]
> For a list of cookies used by Sitecore that are not Commerce-specific, see [Cookies used by Sitecore](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/cookies-used-by-sitecore.html). For information about how to configure the lifetime of the cookie, see [Configure the analytics cookie lifetime](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-analytics-cookie-lifetime.html).