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Cookies and Third-Party Tracking Technologies

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What it is

Windsurf and its third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, and pixel tags to collect information about your browser, IP address, page interactions, and online activity across different services over time.

This analysis describes what Windsurf'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

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The policy authorizes cross-service tracking by third-party analytics partners, including Google Analytics, meaning user activity may be observed across websites and services beyond windsurf.com under the analytics partners' own practices.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Third-party analytics partners, including Google Analytics, may use tracking technologies to collect data about your online activity across different services and over time; the policy states you can modify cookie settings through your browser, though doing so may affect service functionality.

How other platforms handle this

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...

Palantir Medium

We use Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and other third-party analytics and advertising tools to collect information about how visitors use our website. This may include information about your device, browser, IP address, and pages visited.

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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We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store Personal Information, including your browser type, operating system version, domains, IP address, the URL of the page that referred you, referring/exit pages and information about your interactions with our Website (such as the time of your visit to our Website, page views, where you have clicked and Website traffic trends). ... Our third-party partners, such as analytics partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services.

— Excerpt from Windsurf's Windsurf Privacy Policy

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Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the EU ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Directive) as implemented in EU member states, which requires prior informed consent for non-essential cookies. The UK ICO's guidance on cookies applies to UK users. CCPA and CPRA may treat certain cookie-based data sharing as a sale or sharing of personal information, triggering opt-out rights. The policy does not describe a cookie consent management mechanism for EEA or UK users. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The use of Google Analytics and other third-party analytics partners for cross-service tracking creates exposure under the ePrivacy Directive if consent has not been obtained before non-essential cookies are set. The absence of a described cookie consent manager in the policy text creates a gap for EEA and UK compliance documentation. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EEA users require prior consent for analytical and advertising cookies under the ePrivacy Directive as interpreted by national data protection authorities. California users may have the right to opt out of the sharing of personal information via cookies under CPRA. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers should assess whether their employees' use of windsurf.com results in third-party tracking data being collected and shared with analytics vendors, and whether this is consistent with their own data governance policies. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should confirm whether a cookie consent management platform is implemented on windsurf.com for EEA and UK visitors. The Google Analytics disclosure should be evaluated in light of EU data protection authority guidance on the use of Google Analytics.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has jurisdiction over unfair or deceptive practices related to online tracking and third-party data collection disclosures.
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Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
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
Windsurf Privacy Policy
Entity
Windsurf
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-011521
Document ID
CA-D-00486
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
ca691298a1c366388f0a1f48ecc65849f0a7d07d6de5b840c646e62cf6239715
Analysis generated
April 30, 2026 05:21 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Windsurf
Document: Windsurf Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-011521
Captured: 2026-04-30 05:21:09 UTC
SHA-256: ca691298a1c36638…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/windsurf/windsurf-privacy-policy/cookies-and-third-party-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 Windsurf's Cookies and Third-Party Tracking Technologies clause do?

The policy authorizes cross-service tracking by third-party analytics partners, including Google Analytics, meaning user activity may be observed across websites and services beyond windsurf.com under the analytics partners' own practices.

How does this clause affect you?

Third-party analytics partners, including Google Analytics, may use tracking technologies to collect data about your online activity across different services and over time; the policy states you can modify cookie settings through your browser, though doing so may affect service functionality.

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