Understanding tracking with Cookiedatabase.org

SNID

Summary

Cookie is used by:

Google Ads Optimization

The functionality is:

to provide ad delivery or retargeting.

The purpose is:

Marketing/Tracking

Expiration period: persistent

This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources.

Stored personal data: Unknown

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Popularity: 1594 requests

This is the number of times a website requested information from cookiedatabase about this particular “cookie” used on their website.

2 Responses

Paapst says:

October 19, 2020 at 8:57 am

Hi Simeon,

This cookie has not been verified yet by the vendor, but in the meantime, we assume that SNID has a similar function as NID and SID.
NID and SID have actually been in this database since 2019: https://cookiedatabase.org/cookie/google-ads-optimization/sid/ and https://cookiedatabase.org/cookie/google-ads-optimization/nid/
Simeon says:

October 15, 2020 at 6:19 pm

From Googles Cookie Page regards NID and SID cookies (which are not in this database):

Google uses cookies like NID and SID to help customize ads on Google properties, like Google Search. For example, we use such cookies to remember your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and your visits to an advertiser’s website. This helps us to show you customized ads on Google.