Partner-domain cookies (_fbc, _fbp) on third-party sites
Meta's business partners may choose to share information with Meta from cookies set in the partners' own website domains, whether or not you have a Facebook or Instagram account or are logged in. Cookies named _fbc or _fbp may be set on the domain of the partner site you are visiting. Meta says that, unlike cookies on Meta's own domains, these cookies are not accessible by Meta when you are on a site other than the one where they were set, including Meta's own domains. It says they serve the same purposes as cookies in Meta's own domain: to personalise content (including ads), measure ads, produce analytics and provide a safer experience.
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Our business partners may also choose to share information with Meta from cookies set in their own websites' domains, whether or not you have a Facebook or Instagram account or are logged in. Specifically, cookies named _fbc or _fbp may be set on the domain of the business partner whose site you're visiting. Unlike cookies that are set on Meta's own domains, these cookies aren’t accessible by Meta when you're on a site other than the one on which they were set, including when you are on one of our domains. They serve the same purposes as cookies set in Meta's own domain, which are to personalise content (including ads), measure ads, produce analytics and provide a safer experience, as set out in this Cookies Policy.
Third-party websites and apps
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing from these cookies is described as the partner's choice ('may also choose').
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The policy does not say what information partners share from these cookies.
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Other companies' cookies on the Meta Products
Meta says yes, other companies use cookies on the Meta Products: to provide advertising, measurement, marketing and analytics services to Meta, and to provide certain features and improve Meta's services for you. Examples: other companies' cookies help tailor ads off Meta Products, measure their performance and effectiveness and support marketing and analytics; and certain features on the Meta Products, such as certain maps, payment and security features, use cookies from other companies to function.
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Yes, other companies use cookies on the Meta Products to provide advertising, measurement, marketing and analytics services to us, and to provide certain features and improve our services for you.
For example, other companies’ cookies help tailor ads off of Meta Products, measure their performance and effectiveness and support marketing and analytics. Certain features on the Meta Products use cookies from other companies to function, for example, certain maps, payment and security features.
Qualifications & exceptions
The 'certain features' examples (maps, payment, security) are examples, not a full list of features that rely on other companies' cookies.
Not stated here
The policy does not say which feature uses which company's cookies or what those companies do with the information.
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Other companies' own cookie use; read their policies
Third-party companies also use cookies on their own sites and apps in connection with the Meta Products. To understand how those companies use cookies, Meta tells you to review their policies, so this policy does not describe their practices. Separately, Meta's business partners may choose to share information with Meta from cookies set in their own website domains.
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Third party companies also use cookies on their own sites and apps in connection with the Meta Products. To understand how other companies use cookies, please review their policies.
Our business partners may also choose to share information with Meta from cookies set in their own websites' domains, whether or not you have a Facebook or Instagram account or are logged in.
Qualifications & exceptions
The partner-domain sharing is described as the partner's choice.
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Those companies' own cookie policies are not supplied and are not described here.
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List of Companies: partial, dated May 3, 2023
Meta lists the names and websites of 'some of' the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to the businesses that advertise on Facebook. The list is marked 'Last update: May 3, 2023'.
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Listed below are the names and websites of some of the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to us and the businesses that advertise on Facebook.
Last update: May 3, 2023
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced as covering 'some of' the companies, so it is not a complete list.
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'Facebook Services' is not defined in this document; it may mean the Meta Products or Facebook itself.
The list is dated May 3, 2023, earlier than the policy's December 12, 2023 effective date; the policy does not say whether the list was updated since.
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Listed cookie companies, part 1 of 8: Ada to Giphy
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Ada (ada.support); Adobe (mktoresp.com); Akamai (akamaihd.net); Amazon Web Services (amazonaws.com); Amazon Web Services (cloudfront.net); Chili Piper (chilipiper.com); Clarabridge (engagor.com); Giphy (giphy.com).
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Ada
ada.support
Adobe
mktoresp.com
Akamai
akamaihd.net
Amazon Web Services
amazonaws.com
Amazon Web Services
cloudfront.net
Chili Piper
chilipiper.com
Clarabridge
engagor.com
Giphy
giphy.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 2 of 8: Google to Google
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Google (doubleclick.net); Google (google-analytics.com); Google (google.com); Google (googleadservices.com); Google (googleapis.com); Google (googletagmanager.com); Google (gstatic.com); Google (youtube-nocookie.com).
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Google
doubleclick.net
Google
google-analytics.com
Google
google.com
Google
googleadservices.com
Google
googleapis.com
Google
googletagmanager.com
Google
gstatic.com
Google
youtube-nocookie.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 3 of 8: Google to Mapbox
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Google (youtube.com); Google (ytimg.com); Hive Streaming (hivestreaming.com); Jio (jio.com); Linkedin (adsymptotic.com); Linkedin (licdn.com); Linkedin (linkedin.com); Mapbox (mapbox.com).
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Google
youtube.com
Google
ytimg.com
Hive Streaming
hivestreaming.com
Jio
jio.com
Linkedin
adsymptotic.com
Linkedin
licdn.com
Linkedin
linkedin.com
Mapbox
mapbox.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 4 of 8: Maxar to Paypal
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Maxar (digitalglobe.com); Measurement Lab (measurement-lab.org); Measurement Lab (measurementlab.net); Microsoft (bing.com); Microsoft (office.net); Microsoft (virtualearth.net); OSM (openstreetmap.org); Paypal (paypal.com).
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Maxar
digitalglobe.com
Measurement Lab
measurement-lab.org
Measurement Lab
measurementlab.net
Microsoft
bing.com
Microsoft
office.net
Microsoft
virtualearth.net
OSM
openstreetmap.org
Paypal
paypal.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 5 of 8: Pinterest to Stackla
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Pinterest (pinterest.com); Plaid (plaid.com); Plotly (plot.ly); Recruitics (recruitics.com); Reddit (reddit.com); Reddit (redditstatic.com); Salesforce (herokuapp.com); Stackla (stackla.com).
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Pinterest
pinterest.com
Plaid
plaid.com
Plotly
plot.ly
Recruitics
recruitics.com
Reddit
reddit.com
Reddit
redditstatic.com
Salesforce
herokuapp.com
Stackla
stackla.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 6 of 8: Tealium to Topps Digital Services
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Tealium (tiqcdn.com); Tenor (tenor.co); Tenor (tenor.com); The Trade Desk (adsrvr.org); Topps Digital Services (gmgpulse.com).
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Tealium
tiqcdn.com
Tenor
tenor.co
Tenor
tenor.com
The Trade Desk
adsrvr.org
Topps Digital Services
gmgpulse.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 7 of 8: Trusty Pay With My Bank to Twitter
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: Trusty Pay With My Bank (paywithmybank.com); Twitter (ads-twitter.com); Twitter (t.co); Twitter (twimg.com); Twitter (twitter.com).
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Trusty Pay With My Bank
paywithmybank.com
Twitter
ads-twitter.com
Twitter
t.co
Twitter
twimg.com
Twitter
twitter.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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Listed cookie companies, part 8 of 8: V Rich App to Zendesk
Meta's List of Companies names these companies and domains, among the companies that use cookies on the Facebook Services to provide services to Meta and to businesses that advertise on Facebook: V Rich App (vrich619.com); Vidyard (vidyard.com); Visa (cardinalcommerce.com); Zendesk (smooch.io); Zendesk (zendesk.com).
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V Rich App
vrich619.com
Vidyard
vidyard.com
Visa
cardinalcommerce.com
Zendesk
smooch.io
Zendesk
zendesk.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Each row pairs a company with a domain; a company with several domains appears in several rows.
The list says it names 'some of' the companies, so it is partial.
Not stated here
The list does not say what each company does, which cookies it sets, or what information it receives.
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More about online advertising: outside resources
Meta says the advertising companies it works with generally use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn how advertisers generally use cookies and the choices they offer, it points to three resources: the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
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More information about online advertising
The advertising companies we work with generally use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn more about how advertisers generally use cookies and the choices they offer, you can review the following resources:
Digital Advertising Alliance
Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
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The linked resources are not supplied, so the advertisers' own practices and choices are not described here.