assets.pixlee.com: How Pixlee Tracks Your Content Engagement

Pixlee’s tracker, assets.pixlee.com, is used by e-commerce brands to manage user-generated content and monitor how you interact with visual marketing tools. It gathers data on your behavior, creating privacy concerns. Here’s what you need to know.

What Is assets.pixlee.com?

This domain supports Pixlee TurnTo, a platform for showcasing user-generated content like photos and reviews on brand websites. It tracks your engagement with this content to build marketing insights, compromising your privacy in the process.

Data It Collects

When you interact with Pixlee content, it captures:

• IP Address: Reveals your location, often tied to your home or office.
• User ID: A unique tag linking your actions across sessions.
• Behavioral Data: Logs clicks and engagement with visual content.
• Session ID: Connects your actions during a single visit.
• Device Type: Identifies your device, like ‘iPhone 13’ or ‘Windows PC’.
• Browser Type: Records your browser, such as ‘Chrome 112.0’.
• Operating System: Logs specifics like ‘iOS 16.1’ or ‘Windows 11’.
• Timestamps: Captures every action with exact timing.

This data builds a profile of how you engage with brand content.

Who Gets Your Data?

Pixlee shares your information with:

• E-commerce Brands: Companies using Pixlee for marketing insights.
• Third-Party Analytics Providers: Entities processing data for Pixlee.
• Cloud Service Providers: Infrastructure like AWS storing your data.
• Legal Authorities: Data disclosed if required by law.

How to Protect Yourself

At Privacy Auditor, we’re committed to protecting your digital privacy. Here’s how to minimize tracking by assets.pixlee.com:

• Use Tracker Blockers: Privacy Auditor’s paid service can block Pixlee scripts.
• Mask with a VPN: Hide your IP using a VPN like Mullvad.
• Avoid Interacting: Limit clicks on user-generated content displays.
• Disable JavaScript: Block scripts with browser settings or NoScript, though functionality may break.
• Clear Cookies Regularly: Delete cookies to disrupt tracking.

Layer these protections for better security.

Sources

• Pixlee Privacy Policy: https://www.pixlee.com/privacy-policy
• Pixlee Documentation: https://help.pixlee.com/

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