The policy states that OpenRouter uses first-party and third-party cookies to collect information about user activities over time and across third-party websites and online services, including for the purpose of delivering content tailored to user interests.
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This provision authorizes cross-site behavioral tracking through third-party cookies, a data practice that engages both GDPR consent requirements and CCPA opt-out rights, and that the policy links to marketing and content personalization purposes.
This new provision explicitly discloses third-party cookies and cross-site tracking for behavioral purposes, which was previously only vaguely referenced in the general 'Cookies and Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising' provision.
View full change record →Under these terms, OpenRouter and its third-party cookie partners may track user activity across websites and online services over time; users can disable performance and functional cookies through browser settings, though strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled.
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"We use first-party and third-party cookies for the following purposes: to make our Site function properly, to improve our Site and Services, to make login to our Site or Service easier (such as by remembering your User ID), to recognize you when you return to our Site, to track your interaction with the Site, to enhance your experience with the Site and Service, to remember information you have already provided, to collect information about your activities over time and across third party websites or other online services in order to deliver content tailored to your interests; and to provide a secure browsing experience during your use of our Site.Excerpt from OpenRouter's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Cross-site behavioral tracking via third-party cookies is subject to GDPR consent requirements under the ePrivacy Directive as implemented in EU member states, requiring opt-in consent prior to placement of non-essential cookies.
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This provision authorizes cross-site behavioral tracking through third-party cookies, a data practice that engages both GDPR consent requirements and CCPA opt-out rights, and that the policy links to marketing and content personalization purposes.
Under these terms, OpenRouter and its third-party cookie partners may track user activity across websites and online services over time; users can disable performance and functional cookies through browser settings, though strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled.
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