What is the pt cookie?
We don't have a vendor description for this cookie yet, but our scan shows it's set by iSpot.tv, and it typically lasts 13 months. It's listed as analytics.
Our October 2026 scan found it on 11 sites (0% of the 2,450 we scanned), set before any consent.
- Purpose
- Analytics
- Belongs to
- iSpot.tv
- Set as
- First-party on 9% of sites, third-party on 91%
- Typical lifetime
- 13 months
Sites that set pt before consent
The highest-ranked 11 of 11 sites.
- amazon.com33 tracking companies
- tapad.com12 tracking companies
- aternos.org19 tracking companies
- verizon.com20 tracking companies
- audible.com25 tracking companies
- aarp.org30 tracking companies
- simplisafe.com31 tracking companies
- ispot.tv4 tracking companies
- dish.com18 tracking companies
- toyota.com19 tracking companies
Show 1 more site
- homes.com17 tracking companies
How to stop it
Declining non-essential cookies in a site's consent banner should stop pt being set on later visits. Blocking third-party cookies in your browser settings stops the third-party kind everywhere, and clearing cookies for a site removes any it already set.
Understanding this page
- How cookie lifetimes work, and why a 13-month _ga matters
What a cookie's "expires" field actually controls, why Google Analytics ships a 2-year default that many sites cut down to 13 months, and how Safari's 7-day cap on script-set cookies changes the picture.
- First-party vs third-party cookies (and why "first-party" still tracks you)
What the distinction actually means technically, why browsers only block one of the two, and how CNAME cloaking, server-side tagging and cookies like _ga let sites keep tracking under their own domain.
- How to block or limit trackers
Browser privacy settings, content blockers, Global Privacy Control and clearing cookies compared honestly — what each one actually stops, what it doesn't, and what it costs you in return.