Overview
Demand-side platform (DSP) for programmatic advertising. Places tracking pixels for conversion measurement, audience building, and cross-device targeting. Operates the Unified ID 2.0 identity solution for cookieless advertising.
Detection capabilities
- Signature count
- 1
- Detection methods
- network
- Property types
- hostname
Performance impact
Performance Impact
- Requests per page
- 1
Common mistakes
- 1Generating UID2 tokens from user emails without obtaining explicit consent for this specific processing
- 2Firing Trade Desk pixels before advertising consent is obtained
- 3Not disclosing participation in programmatic RTB and the associated data sharing in the privacy notice
Compliance considerations
Sets cookies and fires pixels for conversion tracking and audience building in programmatic advertising. Participates in real-time bidding auctions. The Unified ID 2.0 initiative involves email-based identity resolution — requires explicit consent for UID2 token creation. Advertising consent is required for all tracking functionality.
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