I am creating my GDPR privacy policy and need to get a list of the cookies that Adsense uses and the purpose of each cookie. I've searched but can't seem to find the information anywhere.
Does anyone know of a list of cookies for Adsense?
engine
1:52 pm on Aug 7, 2020 (gmt 0)
Here's Google's explanation of cookies used in all sectors. Scroll down to the advertising section. [policies.google.com...]
not2easy
2:30 pm on Aug 7, 2020 (gmt 0)
Here are some resources I refer to for current info, this first one offers a guide on how to comply: https://aboutcookies.org/ https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ (US) https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ (EU) https://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/faq.aspx https://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Jon12345
3:26 pm on Aug 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
Thanks for the links, although I have seen many of those already.
My privacy policy has a table to fill out with the following information:
Name of cookie, First/Third Party, Provider, Purpose. I have tables filled out for all the other cookies on my site, such as Google Analytics. But I cannot find the list of cookies for Adsense. I thought it would be easier to find. It seems impossible!
not2easy
3:49 pm on Aug 10, 2020 (gmt 0)
Years ago when they first offered a method to 'opt out' of personalized ads, I went to the 'aboutads.info' site and clicked all the checkboxes. After thinking I had dealt with all the cookies listed there I found that those were not all the cookies used by Google's AdSense so I visited those two specifically related to Google (doubleclick.com/privacy and google.com/privacy_ads) where theirs were listed.
I turned them all off for personalized results, but I found that it required 3 passes to deal with them all. Apparently some of their Ad cookies are configured to rely on second, possibly even third cookies for their data so until the others were gone, they would not be affected. One way to see them all would be to install a new browser - possibly create a new user account on a computer - and then view cookies after a day or a week of use to be able to list them all. In FF anyway, you can see and delete any cookies. (Listed and searchable under Preferences > Privacy)
I do realize that even this would not ever produce a 100% complete list of all possible cookies because that would require you to accept all and visit an awful lot of ad-encrusted sites to come close. :(
Jon12345
12:49 pm on Aug 14, 2020 (gmt 0)
I've used a website called cookieserve.com to see what cookies get dropped. It even explains what they do, so it was very useful to me. All sorted now, I hope!
