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Sets cookies
Yes
Sends PII
No
Cross-site tracking
No
Consent required
Advertising / Marketing
Transfer mechanism
Standard Contractual Clauses
Cookies
obuidoutbrain_cid_fetchoutbrain_click_id

Overview

Content discovery and native advertising platform. Serves content recommendations on publisher sites and tracks conversions for advertisers. Places pixels to build audience segments and measure content engagement.

Detection capabilities

Signature count
2
Detection methods
network
Property types
hostname

Performance impact

Performance Impact

Requests per page
2

Common mistakes

  • 1Firing Outbrain pixels without advertising consent, particularly on conversion/thank-you pages
  • 2Not disclosing native advertising content recommendations as advertising in the privacy notice
  • 3Allowing the Outbrain widget to load on article pages before advertising consent is obtained

Compliance considerations

Sets cookies and fires pixels for content recommendation tracking and conversion attribution. Advertising consent is required as Outbrain builds cross-site interest profiles for content targeting. Ensure the privacy notice discloses native advertising tracking as distinct from editorial content.

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