What does americanexpress.com track?
americanexpress.com loaded no advertising or analytics trackers before consent.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading www.americanexpress.com/de-de once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 0
- Tracking cookies
- 0
- Third-party hosts
- 2
- Cookies in total
- 8
Consent banner
No known consent management platform was detected on the page.
Companies contacted before consent
None.
Other third parties (content delivery, consent, functional, unclassified)
- aexp-static.com40 requestsUnclassified
www.aexp-static.com, icm.aexp-static.com
Cookies set before consent
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent-id | Unclassified | americanexpress.com | 12 months |
| akaalb_online | Unclassified | online.americanexpress.com | Session |
| akaalb_www_homeall_v0 | Unclassified | www.americanexpress.com | 1 day |
| akaalb_www_homepageus_v18 | Unclassified | www.americanexpress.com | Under a day |
| axplocale | Unclassified | americanexpress.com | Session |
| _abck | Functional | americanexpress.com | 12 months |
| TS01a91ed4 | Functional | americanexpress.com | Session |
| bm_sz | Necessary | americanexpress.com | Under a day |
The page also wrote 2 keys to local storage, which works like a cookie but isn't sent with requests.
Understanding this page
- How to see which cookies and trackers a website loads
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The rules that actually govern cookie banners — the ePrivacy Directive, the GDPR consent standard, the Planet49 ruling, the strictly-necessary exemption, and what "reject" has to offer compared with "accept.
- Consent management platforms explained
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