What does bestbuy.com track?
Before any consent, bestbuy.com loaded 0 tracking companies and set 1 advertising or analytics cookie.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading www.bestbuy.com once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 0
- Tracking cookies
- 1
- Third-party hosts
- 1
- Cookies in total
- 13
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)
- bbystatic.com1 requestUnclassified
assets.bbystatic.com
Cookies set before consent
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| SID | Advertising | bestbuy.com | Session |
| akacd_PR_www_bestbuy_com | Unclassified | www.bestbuy.com | Session |
| bby_cbc_lb | Unclassified | bestbuy.com | Under a day |
| bby_rdp | Unclassified | bestbuy.com | 1 day |
| bp | Unclassified | bestbuy.com | 12 months |
| CTT | Unclassified | bestbuy.com | 3 months |
| vt | Unclassified | bestbuy.com | 12 months |
| _abck | Functional | bestbuy.com | 12 months |
| ak_bmsc | Functional | bestbuy.com | Under a day |
| bm_lso | Necessary | www.bestbuy.com | 30 days |
| bm_s | Necessary | bestbuy.com | 31 days |
| bm_so | Necessary | bestbuy.com | 1 day |
| bm_sz | Necessary | bestbuy.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
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- Consent management platforms explained
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