Third-party cookies come from services integrated into the Website
Third-party cookies are placed by other services integrated into the Website, such as analytics or advertising platforms. As an example, if you click a partner's link to reach Surfshark's site, a third-party cookie might be used to track that interaction so the partner can provide you with relevant offers.
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These are placed by other services that are integrated into our Website, like analytics or advertising platforms.
if you click a partner's link to reach our site, a third-party cookie might be used to track that interaction so that the partner can provide you with relevant offers
Qualifications & exceptions
The partner-link scenario is given as an example and uses 'might'.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third-party service providers Surfshark currently uses
Surfshark lists third-party service providers it currently uses, with each provider's purpose, a link to its privacy policy and how to disable it. The introduction says the providers it currently uses 'include' those listed, and the table sits under the section on specific cookies Surfshark collects.
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What specific cookies Surfshark collects?
Third-party service providers we currently use include:
Service provider Purpose Privacy policy How to disable
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced as 'include', which does not say it is exhaustive.
Each provider's own privacy policy is linked but not supplied in this document.
Not stated here
The table does not name the cookies each provider sets or say what personal information each receives.
The TikTok privacy-policy link points to a page whose address names the EEA, which the policy does not explain for other audiences.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Essential payment, security and platform providers cannot be turned off
Five providers are listed with purpose Essential and 'Cannot be turned off': Adyen, Apple, Cloudflare, PayPal and ProcessOut. The table does not say what Apple does for the Website.
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Adyen Essential
Cannot be turned off
Apple Essential
Cannot be turned off
Cloudflare Essential
Cannot be turned off
Paypal Essential
Cannot be turned off
ProcessOut Essential
Cannot be turned off
Qualifications & exceptions
Marked 'Cannot be turned off' in the How to disable column.
Not stated here
The table gives no detail about what each Essential provider does beyond the Essential label.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Analytics, advertising and functionality providers with an opt-out link
Five providers have an opt-out link in the How to disable column: AppsFlyer (analytics, advertising), Google (analytics, advertising, functionality), Meta (analytics, advertising), TVSquared (analytics, advertising) and Zendesk (functionality).
The opt-out is each provider's own opt-out link; Surfshark's table does not describe its steps.
Not stated here
The linked opt-out pages are not supplied in this document, so this card cannot say what each opt-out does or whether it stops all data collection or only targeted advertising.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Providers disabled through application or browser settings
Six providers say to change your application or browser settings to disable cookies: Iterable (analytics, advertising, functionality), Microsoft (advertising), Purchasely (functionality, analytics), TikTok Information Technologies (advertising), Typeform (functionality) and OpenAI (advertising). No separate opt-out link is given for them.
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Iterable Analytics, advertising, functionality
Please change your application or browser settings to disable cookies
Microsoft Advertising
Please change your application or browser settings to disable cookies
Purchasely Functionality, Analytics
Please change your application or browser settings to disable cookies
TikTok Information Technologies Advertising
Please change your application or browser settings to disable cookies
Typeform Functionality
Please change your application or browser settings to disable cookies
OpenAI Advertising
Please change your application or browser settings to disable cookies
Qualifications & exceptions
The disabling route is application or browser settings, not a provider-specific opt-out.
Not stated here
The table does not say what disabling these cookies in browser settings affects, beyond section 4's warning that rejecting cookies may limit functionality.