What does thestar.com track?
Before any consent, thestar.com loaded 17 tracking companies and set 31 advertising or analytics cookies.
That's more tracking companies than 97% of the 2,450 sites we scanned.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading www.thestar.com once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 17
- Tracking cookies
- 31
- Third-party hosts
- 71
- Cookies in total
- 51
Consent banner
The page loaded Google Funding Choices, a consent management platform. Everything below was recorded before anyone answered it. 17 tracking companies still loaded while it was unanswered.
Companies contacted before consent
9 of the 32 companies it contacted before consent were unclassified.
- Google Ads22 requestsAdvertising
ad.doubleclick.net, stats.g.doubleclick.net, www.google.de, securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Blockthrough8 requestsAdvertising
btloader.com, api.btloader.com, cdn.btloader.com, cdn.api.btloader.com
- Amazon Advertising6 requestsAdvertising
aax-eu.amazon-adsystem.com, config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com, client.aps.amazon-adsystem.com, c.amazon-adsystem.com
- Microsoft Advertising4 requestsAdvertising
bat.bing.com, bat.bing.net
- Rakuten Advertising (LinkShare)2 requestsAdvertising
tag.rmp.rakuten.com, consent.linksynergy.com
- Magnite1 requestAdvertising
micro.rubiconproject.com
- Lotame1 requestAdvertising
tags.crwdcntrl.net
- Meta7 requestsSocial media
connect.facebook.net, www.facebook.com
- Pinterest6 requestsSocial media
ct.pinterest.com, s.pinimg.com
- X (Twitter)5 requestsSocial media
t.co, analytics.twitter.com, static.ads-twitter.com
- LinkedIn4 requestsSocial media
snap.licdn.com, px.ads.linkedin.com
- Reddit3 requestsSocial media
www.redditstatic.com, pixel-config.reddit.com, alb.reddit.com
- YouTube2 requestsSocial media
www.youtube.com
- Google Analytics17 requestsAnalytics
www.googletagmanager.com, region1.analytics.google.com
- Segment6 requestsAnalytics
cdn.segment.com, api.segment.io
- Adobe4 requestsAnalytics
dpm.demdex.net, torontostarnewspaperslimited.demdex.net, cm.everesttech.net
- Marfeel2 requestsAnalytics
sdk.mrf.io
Other third parties (content delivery, consent, functional, unclassified)
- townnews.com55 requestsUnclassified
bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com
- blazingcdn.net23 requestsUnclassified
cdn59755463.blazingcdn.net
- ad-delivery.net11 requestsUnclassified
ad-delivery.net
- cityspark.com7 requestsUnclassified
cdn-p.cityspark.com, cdn.cityspark.com
- newsroom.bi7 requestsUnclassified
events.newsroom.bi, icu.newsroom.bi
- webtrends-optimize.com6 requestsUnclassified
c.webtrends-optimize.com, pat.webtrends-optimize.com
- dns-finder.com2 requestsUnclassified
ab.dns-finder.com
- engagefront.com2 requestsUnclassified
dashboard.engagefront.com
- theweathernetwork.com1 requestUnclassified
engagefront.theweathernetwork.com
- Sourcepoint3 requestsConsent banner
launchpad-wrapper.privacymanager.io, launchpad.privacymanager.io, geo.privacymanager.io
- Google45 requestsFunctional
www.gstatic.com, fonts.gstatic.com, fundingchoicesmessages.google.com, www.google.com
- Viafoura5 requestsFunctional
tyrion.viafoura.co, cdn.viafoura.net, i.viafoura.co
- jsDelivr2 requestsContent delivery
cdn.jsdelivr.net
- unpkg2 requestsContent delivery
unpkg.com
- Amazon Web Services2 requestsContent delivery
dv-c3e594c6d429469e90b54478358619c3.ecs.us-east-1.on.aws
Cookies set before consent
The longest-lived tracking cookie it set was AMCV_19A568F454F72DAF0A4C98A6%40AdobeOrg, from Adobe, lasting about 13 months.
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Advertising | youtube.com (third party) | 6 months |
| _fbp | Advertising | thestar.com | 3 months |
| _gcl_au | Advertising | thestar.com | 3 months |
| _pin_unauth | Advertising | thestar.com | 12 months |
| _rdt_uuid | Advertising | thestar.com | 3 months |
| AMCV_19A568F454F72DAF0A4C98A6%40AdobeOrg | Advertising | thestar.com | 13 months |
| AMCVS_19A568F454F72DAF0A4C98A6%40AdobeOrg | Advertising | thestar.com | Session |
| bcookie | Advertising | linkedin.com (third party) | 12 months |
| demdex | Advertising | demdex.net (third party) | 6 months |
| dpm | Advertising | dpm.demdex.net (third party) | 6 months |
| everest_g_v2 | Advertising | everesttech.net (third party) | 12 months |
| guest_id | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| guest_id_ads | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| guest_id_marketing | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| lidc | Advertising | linkedin.com (third party) | 1 day |
| muc_ads | Advertising | t.co (third party) | 13 months |
| personalization_id | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| rmuid | Advertising | linksynergy.com (third party) | 12 months |
| s_ecid | Advertising | thestar.com | 13 months |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Advertising | youtube.com (third party) | 6 months |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Advertising | youtube.com (third party) | 6 months |
| _ga | Analytics | thestar.com | 13 months |
| _ga_4T2EB147B8 | Analytics | thestar.com | 13 months |
| _ga_6FZFMVVWVN | Analytics | thestar.com | 13 months |
| _vfa | Analytics | thestar.com | 12 months |
| _vfb | Analytics | thestar.com | Under a day |
| _vfz | Analytics | thestar.com | Under a day |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Analytics | thestar.com | 12 months |
| compass_uid | Analytics | thestar.com | 6 months |
| FCCDCF | Analytics | thestar.com | 13 months |
| s_cc | Analytics | thestar.com | Session |
| ___nrbi | Unclassified | thestar.com | 6 months |
| ___nrbic | Unclassified | thestar.com | 6 months |
| _rdt_em | Unclassified | thestar.com | 3 months |
| _twpid | Unclassified | thestar.com | 13 months |
| _twsid | Unclassified | thestar.com | 13 months |
| 7469_lv | Unclassified | newsroom.bi (third party) | 30 days |
| 7469_s | Unclassified | newsroom.bi (third party) | Session |
| 7469_u | Unclassified | newsroom.bi (third party) | 6 months |
| 7469_ut | Unclassified | newsroom.bi (third party) | 30 days |
| csparkW_ga | Unclassified | www.thestar.com | 13 months |
| csparkW_ga_39CWM68PTE | Unclassified | www.thestar.com | 13 months |
| local_ga | Unclassified | thestar.com | 13 months |
| local_ga_B4CQN4KW3R | Unclassified | thestar.com | 13 months |
| __cf_bm | Functional | twitter.com (third party) | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | t.co (third party) | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | linkedin.com (third party) | Under a day |
| __Secure-YNID | Functional | youtube.com (third party) | 6 months |
| li_gc | Functional | linkedin.com (third party) | 6 months |
| test_cookie | Functional | doubleclick.net (third party) | Under a day |
| YSC | Functional | youtube.com (third party) | Session |
The page also wrote 22 keys to local storage, which works like a cookie but isn't sent with requests.
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