How we use cookies

Cookies are small text files saved within your user profile on your computer containing small amounts of data. This data can vary from certain website preferences to remembering your login for a certain website. This information can be accessed by your browser for ease of use when browsing.

Account cookies

Cookies used within the tradetracker domain are related to your TradeTracker account. The majority of them are needed to make your account function properly. No personal information is stored within these cookies. Below is a detailed table containing information for each cookie used primarily for the domain “tradetracker.com”.

Name Type Description Expires
xmlhttpFunctional (1st party)Used to determine whether XMLHTTP is accepted on the user's device, which is needed to run certain functionalities within our software. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAt the end of the session
ttuser_*Functional (1st party)Whenever an affiliate or merchant logs onto our software successfully, certain encrypted user properties are stored within this cookie. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAt the end of the session unless the box "Keep me logged in" was ticked which results in this cookie expiring after 2 years
ttagency_*Functional (1st party)Whenever an agency logs onto our software successfully, certain encrypted user properties are stored within this cookie. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAt the end of the session unless the box "Keep me logged in" was ticked which results in this cookie expiring after 2 years
TT_allowCookiesFunctional (1st party)The visitors's opt-in cookie preference is stored within this cookie. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAfter 2 years
affiliateSiteIDsFunctional (1st party)The selection of affiliate websites the user wants to load within the private software section. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAfter 1 month
campaignIDsFunctional (1st party)The selection of merchant websites the user wants to load within the private software section. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAfter 1 month
companyIDFunctional (1st party)The selection of merchant websites the user wants to load within the private software section. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAfter 1 month
locale_*Functional (1st party)The user's language preference is stored in this cookie. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAfter 1 month

Tracking cookies

TradeTracker offers services which requires the tracking of traffic and performance from one website (the publisher) to the other (the merchant). As a regular online visitor, you will not be involved directly with these cookies. In order to make sure the correct website is attributed the correct statistics, TradeTracker uses cookies. Within these cookies, non-traceable and non-personal information of the visitor is stored. The refering publisher can be rewarded at a later stage for sending through traffic. A lot of services on the internet are still free of charge because these websites get rewarded for sending through traffic and the majority of internet users prefer using the internet in this manner rather than having to pay for each and every service. Below is a detailed table containing information for each tracking cookie used primarily for the domain "tradetracker.net".

Name Type Description Expires
__bctdatNon-functional (3rd party)Information related to the click. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAt the end of the session
__tdat*Non-functional (3rd party)In case an affiliate link is followed, this cookie registers the originating affiliate website, promotion material used and optionally a reference set by the affiliate to allow affiliates to be rewarded for sending customers to merchants. No personally identifiable information is stored within these cookiesDiffers per instance, with a maximum of 365 days
pi*Non-functional (3rd party)Used for campaigns running post impression. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieDiffers per instance, with a maximum of 100 days
_pk_*Non-functional (1st party)Piwik Analytics data is stored within these cookies, which is used to analyse traffic on our own website(s). No personally identifiable information is stored within these cookies.After 2 years
ufNon-functional (3rd party)Used for impressions, clicks and conversions. No personally identifiable information is stored within this cookieAfter maximum 1 year
__tgdat*Non-functional (3rd party)In case an affiliate link is followed, this cookie registers the originating affiliate website, promotion material used and optionally a reference set by the affiliate to allow affiliates to be rewarded for sending customers to merchants, concerning a particular tracking group. No personally identifiable information is stored within these cookiesDiffers per instance, with a maximum of 365 days

Deleting cookies

No personally identifiable information is stored within our cookies. However, if you do want to delete cookies you can do so by means of the settings in your browser. Cookies related to your TradeTracker account and analytics can be deleted by looking up cookies set on the tradetracker.com domain. Tracking cookies are set on the tradetracker.net domain. If you want to browse the internet in the future without having to deal with cookies, you can also consider setting up a "Private browsing" session within your browser, however you will need to login to each and every website again after you have closed that specific "Private Browsing" session. More information concerning cookies can be found here.