api.cxense.com: How Cxense Tracks Your Behavior

Cxense’s tracker, api.cxense.com, monitors your online activity for content personalization and ad targeting, collecting data for analytics. This invasive tracking builds profiles, compromising your privacy. Here’s what it does.

What Is api.cxense.com?

This domain supports Cxense (now part of Piano), a platform for analytics and personalization, tracking how you interact with websites. It gathers extensive data for site owners and advertisers, creating privacy risks. As Privacy Auditors, we’re concerned about this intrusion.

Data It Collects

When you visit a site with Cxense, it grabs:

• IP Address: Tracks your location via your connection.
• Browsing History: Logs sites and content you view.
• Click Data: Records interactions with links or ads.
• User ID: Ties actions to a unique identifier.
• Device Type: Identifies your phone or desktop.
• Browser Type: Notes specifics like Chrome 121.0.
• Cookie IDs: Uses identifiers for tracking.

This data builds profiles for personalization.

Who Gets Your Data?

Your information is shared with:

• Website Owner: Uses Cxense for personalization.
• Third-Party Ad Partner: Accesses data for targeting.
• Government Entity: If legally required, per Piano’s policy.

How to Protect Yourself

At Privacy Auditors, we’re committed to your privacy. Here’s how to block this tracker:

• Use Tracker Blockers: Privacy Auditor’s paid service stops api.cxense.com scripts.
• Mask with a VPN: Hide your IP using a VPN like Mullvad.
• Switch Browsers: Use Firefox with tracking protection or Tor Browser.
• Clear Cookies: Delete tracking cookies regularly.

Combine these steps to reduce tracking risks.

Sources

• Piano Privacy Policy: https://piano.io/privacy-policy/

This is a legal disclaimer. All information is provided for educational purposes only.