What is the pxcts cookie?
A short-lived token set by PerimeterX (HUMAN Security) as part of its bot-detection challenge flow.
Our October 2026 scan found it on 23 sites (1% of the 2,450 we scanned), set before any consent.
- Purpose
- Necessary
- Belongs to
- HUMAN Security (PerimeterX)
- Set as
- First-party on 96% of sites, third-party on 4%
- Typical lifetime
- Session
Sites that set pxcts before consent
The highest-ranked 23 of 23 sites.
- linkedin.com0 tracking companies
- roblox.com0 tracking companies
- walmart.com2 tracking companies
- target.com5 tracking companies
- techcrunch.com38 tracking companies
- zillow.com4 tracking companies
- fiverr.com7 tracking companies
- apnews.com14 tracking companies
- change.org6 tracking companies
- netgear.com3 tracking companies
Show 13 more sites
- variety.com9 tracking companies
- wayfair.com2 tracking companies
- ti.com1 tracking company
- theglobeandmail.com8 tracking companies
- billboard.com9 tracking companies
- samsclub.com2 tracking companies
- deadline.com5 tracking companies
- seekingalpha.com0 tracking companies
- iherb.com3 tracking companies
- rei.com3 tracking companies
- skyscanner.net2 tracking companies
- zoominfo.com4 tracking companies
- boredpanda.com14 tracking companies
Related cookies
Other cookies from HUMAN Security (PerimeterX).
How to stop it
Declining non-essential cookies in a site's consent banner should stop optional cookies, though a necessary cookie like this one may still be set. 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.
Description written by CookieTosser, for a cookie the Open Cookie Database doesn't cover.
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