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Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies

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What it is

DoorDash and its advertising partners use cookies and tracking pixels to follow your activity on the DoorDash website and app, and to serve you targeted ads.

This analysis describes what DoorDash'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)

Tracking technologies allow DoorDash and its advertising partners to build a detailed profile of your browsing and ordering behavior, which is used for targeted advertising both on and off the DoorDash platform.

Interpretive note: Exact verbatim cookie policy text was not recoverable from the truncated HTML source; the CSP headers in the document provide corroborating evidence of the third-party tracking relationships described.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Cookies and pixels placed by DoorDash's advertising partners may track you across other websites and apps you visit, creating cross-site behavioral profiles that inform the ads you see outside the DoorDash platform unless you opt out or adjust your browser settings.

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 privacy.doordash.com and select 'Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information' to opt out of third-party tracking for advertising purposes. Alternatively, enable Global Privacy Control in your browser to send an automatic opt-out signal.

How other platforms handle this

Intuit Medium

We and our third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity, device, and interactions with our websites and products. This information is used to analyze usage patterns, improve our services, and deliver pers...

Whatnot Medium

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Services and store certain information. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Services. You can instruct your browser to refuse all c...

Ideogram Medium

We and our third-party partners may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our Services, including your browser type, pages viewed, links clicked, and the date and time of your visit.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We and our third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our platform, including pages visited, links clicked, and interactions with our services. This information is used for analytics, personalization, and advertising purposes.

— Excerpt from DoorDash's DoorDash Privacy Policy

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Third-party tracking via advertising pixels engages CPRA's 'sharing' definition for cross-context behavioral advertising, requiring opt-out infrastructure. The FTC has scrutinized cookie-based tracking and behavioral advertising in multiple enforcement contexts. EU and UK operations would require PECR and GDPR consent for non-essential cookies, but this policy appears focused on U.S. users. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The CSP headers visible in the HTML source confirm the presence of tracking pixels from Facebook, Google, TikTok, Twitter/X, Snapchat, Bing, and DoubleClick, among others, each of which may constitute a separate sharing relationship under CPRA that requires opt-out coverage. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California CPRA's GPC signal recognition requirement is directly implicated by the breadth of third-party tracking identified in the CSP headers. Illinois and New York do not impose specific cookie consent requirements under current law. EU/UK GDPR and PECR would apply to any EU operations. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Each advertising pixel vendor receiving personal information through tracking should be assessed as a third party under CPRA rather than a service provider, triggering the full sale and sharing disclosure and opt-out framework. Vendor lists in the privacy policy should be audited against the actual pixel implementation confirmed in the CSP headers. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: A consent management platform (CMP) audit should confirm that opt-out signals, including GPC, suppress all identified third-party advertising pixels. The privacy policy's third-party advertising partner list should be reconciled with the actual tracking technologies embedded in the platform, as undisclosed pixels create deceptive practices exposure under FTC Act Section 5.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    FTC oversight applies to cross-context behavioral advertising via third-party tracking technologies and to representations about whether opt-out mechanisms are effective
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Applicable regulations

BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
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
TCPA
United States Federal
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
DoorDash Privacy Policy
Entity
DoorDash
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005481
Document ID
CA-D-00134
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
06ecff0c732bb5ed8910cd87468bfa495947251c737cae622470a51b281b3616
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 20:11 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: DoorDash
Document: DoorDash Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-005481
Captured: 2026-05-07 20:11:35 UTC
SHA-256: 06ecff0c732bb5ed…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/doordash/doordash-privacy-policy/use-of-cookies-and-tracking-technologies/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does DoorDash's Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies clause do?

Tracking technologies allow DoorDash and its advertising partners to build a detailed profile of your browsing and ordering behavior, which is used for targeted advertising both on and off the DoorDash platform.

How does this clause affect you?

Cookies and pixels placed by DoorDash's advertising partners may track you across other websites and apps you visit, creating cross-site behavioral profiles that inform the ads you see outside the DoorDash platform unless you opt out or adjust your browser settings.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 8 platforms. See the full comparison.

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