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Website Tracking Technologies

The technologies our scanner detects and that appear in website tracking litigation: what each one transmits, when, and its litigation context. Also see tracked cases and the methodology.

Risk scores, classifications, statistics, and technical findings are informational guidelines based on observed website behavior and publicly available litigation activity, statutes, court decisions, legal commentary, and other public sources. They are not legal advice, legal opinions, or determinations of liability.

Elfsight

Embedded widget

Elfsight provides embeddable website widgets — review carousels, social feeds, chat buttons, forms, and pop-ups — delivered from Elfsight's servers into the host page.

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Opt-out preference signal

Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a browser- and device-level privacy preference signal, not a tracking technology in the usual sense. Rather than collecting data, it communicates a visitor's opt-out preference to the webs…

Google Analytics

Analytics

Google Analytics (currently GA4) is the most widely deployed website analytics platform, used to measure traffic, engagement, conversions, and audience characteristics.

Hotjar

Session replay

Hotjar is a behavior analytics suite offering session recordings, heatmaps, surveys, and feedback widgets, widely used by marketing and UX teams.

Live Chat Widgets (category)

Live chat

Live chat widgets (Intercom, Drift, Tidio, LiveChat, tawk.to, and many others) embed a third-party conversation interface into a website, often with visitor tracking and 'typing preview' features.

Mailchimp

Email marketing

Mailchimp is an email marketing and automation platform; websites commonly embed its signup forms, pop-ups, and site tracking script to connect visitor behavior to email campaigns.

Meta Pixel

Advertising pixel

The Meta Pixel is a JavaScript snippet provided by Meta Platforms that website operators install to measure advertising performance, build retargeting audiences, and optimize ad delivery across Facebook and Instagram.

Microsoft Clarity

Session replay

Microsoft Clarity is a free behavioral analytics tool that records how visitors use a website, producing session replays, heatmaps, and interaction analytics.

Session Replay (category)

Session replay

Session replay is a category of tools (Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, FullStory, Mouseflow, Lucky Orange, and others) that record a visitor's on-site behavior — mouse movement, clicks, scrolling, and DOM changes — and recons…

TikTok Pixel

Advertising pixel

The TikTok Pixel is TikTok's advertising measurement script, installed by websites to track conversions from TikTok ads and build retargeting audiences.

Zocdoc

Scheduling

Zocdoc is a healthcare appointment marketplace; medical practices commonly embed Zocdoc booking buttons and widgets on their websites so patients can schedule directly.

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