Blog: Your guide to cookies, web analytics, and GDPR compliance
…tracking, or opted out of tracking. Types of cookies Matomo uses: Matomo by default uses first-party cookies, set on the domain of your site. Cookies created by Matomo start with:…
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FAQ: How do I go cookieless (disable all cookies) for a visitor?
…you can simply disable cookies for all sites. Disable cookies for a specific site when you are using Matomo On-Premise or Matomo Cloud See also: List of cookies used by…
FAQ: What cookies are created by the Matomo JavaScript Tracking client?
Table of contents Default Cookies Optional Cookies Usage Details _pk_id _pk_ses _pk_ref _pk_cvar _pk_testcookie matomo_sessid mtm_consent_removed mtm_cookie_consent _pk_hsr _pk_uid MatomoAbTesting Matomo creates cookies and similar tools (we’ll refer to them…
FAQ: How do I track a visitor without cookies when they have not given consent for tracking cookies?
…page view. (Then all visitors will be tracked, but tracking cookies will be disabled.) Please note this requires Matomo 3.14.0. Segmenting people by consent Visitors that have cookies disabled will…
FAQ: When cookies are disabled by a visitor (cookieless tracking), how does it impact Matomo reports accuracy?
…browser has cookies disabled, or when the Matomo JavaScript code runs cookieless (disabled cookies via call to disableCookies()), or if you are importing server logs in Matomo, which do not…
FAQ: How do I enforce tracking without cookies
…to automatically update the JavaScript tracker to ensure all trackers do not use cookies. Additionally, Matomo will ignore all received tracking cookies on the server side. Cookies will be disabled…
FAQ: How do I prevent YouTube from placing cookies when tracking YouTube videos?
…your browser for the domain .youtube.com and it happens even if cookies are disabled in the Matomo JavaScript tracker. The YouTube iFrame API currently sets two cookies named VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE and…
FAQ: How do I enable Secure cookie flags in all tracking cookies?
What are Secure Cookies? Secure cookies is a type of cookie which is transmitted over encrypted HTTP connection. When setting the cookie, the Secure attribute instructs the browser that the…
FAQ: How do I segment people that have been identified using tracking cookies?
…only for people that have not given cookie consent or where cookies were not used (eg because cookies were disabled in the visitor’s browser) create the segment like this: Please…