Tracking
8 terms in this category.
Advertising ID
A resettable per-device identifier iOS and Android give to apps for ad tracking.
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Browser Fingerprinting
Identifying a user by combining many small browser and device attributes into a unique signature.
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CNAME Cloaking
A technique where a site disguises third-party tracking requests as first-party using DNS aliases.
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Server-Side Tagging
Sending analytics and ad events from a first-party server instead of directly from the browser.
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Supercookie
A tracking identifier stored in a place that survives normal cookie deletion.
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Third-Party Cookie
A cookie set by a domain other than the one in the address bar, used to track users across sites.
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Tracker
Code, pixel or request that collects information about a user across websites.
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Tracking Pixel
An invisible image used to silently report a page view or event back to a tracker.
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