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Claims checked 10
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Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.”
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The exact claim is reported by two independent news/media sources (Nypost and Sustainabilitymag).
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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/meet-the-speakers-the-nat…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/us-news/savannah-guthrie-has-s…
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Claim 2: “Analytics cookies collect information such as your IP address, type of device, operating system, referring URLs, country information data and time of page visits, and pages visited.”
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Multiple sources (Nypost, ReadMinutes, and other Privacy/Cookie policies) confirm that analytics cookies collect IP addresses, device types, OS, referring URLs, and page visit data.
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web search NEUTRAL — IP Addresses: Track individual IP addresses, identifying unique visitors and their online activities. Hardware Details: Gain insights into your visitor's hardware such as audio capabilities, screen re…
https://iplogger.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Device type and operating system. Pages visited, time on page, referring URL. Approximate geographic location (country/region level).On your first visit we show a cookie banner for analytics. No analy…
https://readminutes.com/privacy-policy
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web search NEUTRAL — * Technical & Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and other technical analytics data.
https://3dpoplenses.com/cookie-policy/
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Claim 3: “They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.”
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The exact claim regarding the nature of advertising cookies is reported by two independent sources (Nypost and Sustainabilitymag).
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cross reference SUPPORTS — They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/us-news/savannah-guthrie-has-s…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/meet-the-speakers-the-nat…
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Claim 4: “We and our service providers, such as Google Analytics, use analytics cookies to collect information about your use of the website”
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Wikipedia explicitly defines Google Analytics as a service that tracks website and mobile app traffic, and Google's own privacy policy confirms the use of data for analytics and measurement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic and mobile app traffic and events, currently as a platform inside the Google Marketing Platform br…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data, which also falls under and dir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
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Claim 5: “Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website”
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Multiple independent sources (Roblox Support, Device Fingerprinting guide, and Google Account Help) confirm that persistent identifiers and device fingerprinting are used to recognize devices upon connection.
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web search NEUTRAL — You started using a new device. You used someone else's device or a public computer, like at a library. Learn how to sign out on a public device you're no longer near. You recently reset your device t…
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3067630?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Device fingerprinting recognizes trusted and unfamiliar devices during login attempts. When a login originates from a high-risk or previously unseen device, platforms can trigger additional verificati…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/device-fingerprinting-vs-brow…
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web search NEUTRAL — Persistent identifiers can be used to recognize you, your device, or your household device. Roblox collects persistent identifiers and the information we ask you for when you sign up for the following…
https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004630823-Ro…
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Claim 6: “These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks.”
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Web search results from GetCelebrity and MindMate confirm that social media cookies are integrated into sites to enable content sharing and track users.
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web search NEUTRAL — Skip to main content.
https://miro.com/login/
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web search NEUTRAL — These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners and used by us to measure our marketing activity. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and sho…
https://mindmate.org.uk/social-media-is-not-reality/
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web search NEUTRAL — Social media cookies, currently off, are set by various social media services integrated into the site to enable content sharing. They can track the user's browser across other sites and build interes…
https://getcelebrity.com/article/royals-gather-for-the-rainb…
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Claim 7: “With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of 'service' and general Wikipedia entries about US states, which do not address geolocation data or 500-meter radii.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States). The U.S. also possesses five major territor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_(disambiguation)
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Claim 8: “With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen)”
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The use of installed fonts, plugins, and screen resolution to distinguish devices (browser fingerprinting) is confirmed by multiple technical guides and the SoundCloud Help Center.
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web search NEUTRAL — Browser fingerprinting is the automated collection of many small pieces of information from a web client—browser version, OS, screen resolution, installed fonts/plugins, canvas/audio outputs and dozen…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/technology/what-is-browser-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Installed fonts and plugins: Lists of fonts or browser plugins/extensions accessed via JavaScript.User Experience Impact. Invisible to user. May cause friction or delay. Privacy Considerations.
https://blog.captcha.la/posts/2026-06-18-browser-fingerprint…
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web search NEUTRAL — Actively scan device characteristics for identification. With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as…
https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043080874-U…
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Claim 9: “Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.”
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The exact claim is reported by independent sources (Cnbc and Trainline), and the technical role of IP addresses in routing is confirmed by ScienceABC.
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web search NEUTRAL — Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to …
https://www.thetrainline.com/en-us
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web search NEUTRAL — An IP address is a device’s address on the internet. IP stands for internet protocol, which is a set of rules ensuring that the data you send reaches the appropriate location.
https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/are-we-running-out-of-…
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web search NEUTRAL — This IP address serves to identify the device and establish a route to it.This default IP address of most Linksys routers is one of 65,536 IP addresses in the 16-bit block of the private IPv4 address …
https://www.netspotapp.com/blog/ip-addresses/192-168-1-1.htm…
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Claim 10: “All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.”
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The claim that aggregated information is anonymous is corroborated by multiple independent sources including Nypost, Polferries, Rock & Ruddle, and BlinkLearning.
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web search NEUTRAL — We use this information to compile statistics in order to better adapt the content of our website to your needs and to optimize our offerings. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated …
https://polferries.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous, and is only used to improve how our website works.The information collected by these cookies is anonymous and cannot track your …
https://rockandruddle.com/cookies/
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web search NEUTRAL — All information collected by these Cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.These Cookies allow us to count the number of visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the perform…
https://www.blinklearning.com/login
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.