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Cookies, Tracking Technologies, and Cross-Device Tracking

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What it is

Amazon uses cookies and tracking pixels to follow your activity across Amazon's own sites and on third-party websites across the internet, including to serve you targeted ads off Amazon.

This analysis describes what Amazon Marketplace's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Amazon's tracking technologies follow you beyond Amazon.com across the broader internet, building a detailed behavioral profile used for advertising — this is not limited to your activity on Amazon's own properties.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Amazon places tracking cookies that follow your internet browsing across third-party websites and uses this cross-site data to build advertising profiles and target you with personalized ads on and off Amazon — your browsing behavior on non-Amazon sites contributes to your Amazon advertising profile.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Opt Out of Arbitration
    Visit amazon.com/adpreferences while logged in. Select cookie preferences and opt out of interest-based advertising. For browser-level opt-out, also visit optout.aboutads.info or optout.networkadvertising.org.

How other platforms handle this

American Airlines Medium

American gets this information by using technologies, including cookies, web beacons, and mobile device geolocation to provide and improve our Interactive Services and advertising, including across browsers and devices (also known as cross-device linking). This technical information may be combined ...

Zendesk Medium

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our websites and services and store certain information. Tracking technologies used include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our services. You can instruct your browser to ...

GOAT Medium

We use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our Services. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and information about how you interact with our Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We use cookies, pixels, and other technologies (collectively, 'cookies') to recognize your browser or device, learn more about your interests, provide you with essential features and services, and to perform other functions such as: recognizing you when you sign in to use our services, keeping track of items stored in your shopping basket, conducting research and diagnostics to improve Amazon's content and services, preventing fraudulent activity, improving security, delivering content including ads that are relevant to your interests on Amazon sites and third-party sites, and reporting on the performance of Amazon's services and advertising.

— Excerpt from Amazon Marketplace's Amazon Privacy Notice

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) requires prior informed consent for non-essential cookies — this applies to Amazon's advertising and analytics cookies for EU/UK users. GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) (consent as lawful basis for tracking cookies). CCPA/CPRA §1798.121 (sensitive personal information) and §1798.120 (opt-out of sharing via cookies for advertising). FTC Act Section 5 for deceptive tracking disclosures. California's proposed regulations on dark patterns in cookie consent interfaces are directly relevant. Enforcement by EU/UK DPAs, CPPA, and FTC.

Full compliance analysis

Regulatory citations, enforcement risk, and due diligence action items.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has enforcement authority over deceptive or unfair tracking practices under FTC Act Section 5 and is conducting a commercial surveillance rulemaking covering cookie-based cross-site tracking.
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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
DMA
European Union
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Amazon Privacy Notice
Entity
Amazon Marketplace
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002544
Document ID
CA-D-00027
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
a23cea2f73d4abc5c5afb409abddc2dd8fcdba468f6f6eafd563f6f9bad8759c
Analysis generated
March 6, 2026 20:17 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Amazon Marketplace
Document: Amazon Privacy Notice
Record ID: CA-P-002544
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:17:05 UTC
SHA-256: a23cea2f73d4abc5…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon-marketplace/amazon-privacy-notice/cookies-tracking-technologies-and-cross-device-tracking/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Amazon Marketplace's Cookies, Tracking Technologies, and Cross-Device Tracking clause do?

Amazon's tracking technologies follow you beyond Amazon.com across the broader internet, building a detailed behavioral profile used for advertising — this is not limited to your activity on Amazon's own properties.

How does this clause affect you?

Amazon places tracking cookies that follow your internet browsing across third-party websites and uses this cross-site data to build advertising profiles and target you with personalized ads on and off Amazon — your browsing behavior on non-Amazon sites contributes to your Amazon advertising profile.

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