Categorizing Trackers

Once the scan is complete, the discovered cookies are classified into four categories:

Category Description
Required CookiesThese cookies are required to enable core site functionality.
Functional CookiesThese cookies help analyze site usage to optimize the website based on visitors’ behavior.
Advertising CookiesThese cookies are used by advertising companies to serve ads that are relevant to your interests.
Uncategorized CookiesThese cookies are those that are currently in the review process with TrustArc's data analysis team. While the metadata for Uncategorized cookies is being added, you control how you would like to group them.

 

NOTE: All cookies within the categorized tabs can be re-assigned to a different category, as necessary. If there are no cookies in a bucket, the UI will auto-hide that category from the user’s view.

 

You can use the search bar to search for either Trackers or Vendors, including manually added trackers and vendors. This also supports partial search.