What does rfc-editor.org track?
Before any consent, rfc-editor.org loaded 0 tracking companies and set 2 advertising or analytics cookies.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading www.rfc-editor.org once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 0
- Tracking cookies
- 2
- Third-party hosts
- 2
- Cookies in total
- 4
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)
- ietf.org6 requestsUnclassified
analytics.ietf.org, static.ietf.org
Cookies set before consent
The longest-lived tracking cookie it set was _pk_id.13.9010, lasting about 13 months.
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| _pk_id.13.9010 | Analytics | www.rfc-editor.org | 13 months |
| _pk_ses.13.9010 | Analytics | www.rfc-editor.org | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | rfc-editor.org | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | ietf.org (third party) | Under a day |
The page also wrote 1 key to local storage, which works like a cookie but isn't sent with requests.
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