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First-Party Data

First-party data is information a business collects directly from its own audience, on its own domain — through first-party cookies, account logins, and details people submit. Because it is gathered first-hand rather than bought from or shared by another company, it stays accurate and privacy-compliant (GDPR, CCPA) and does not depend on third-party cookies, which browsers increasingly block.

  • Customer Data — first-party data is the broad category of everything you collect first-hand, including anonymous signals; Customer Data is the personal-information subset (email, phone, name) AnyTrack hashes and forwards to ad platforms.

AnyTrack is built on first-party data. It sets its identifiers as first-party cookies on your own domain_atcid (an anonymous visitor ID, two-year TTL), _atcid-pt (the session timestamp), and _atutm (the last campaign parameters). It then collects the conversions and customer details that happen on your site and delivers them server-side to ad platforms via the Conversion API, enriching each session (Session Enrichment) so attribution and match quality survive without third-party cookies.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ was last reviewed on 2026-06-28

Is first-party data the same as personal data?
No. First-party data is any information you collect first-hand on your own domain, including anonymous signals like cookies and session data. Personal data (email, phone, name) is one subset of it. AnyTrack hashes personal data before sending it to ad platforms.
What first-party cookies does AnyTrack set?
AnyTrack sets _atcid (an anonymous visitor ID with a two-year TTL), _atcid-pt (the session timestamp), and _atutm (the last campaign parameters the visitor arrived with) — all on your own domain.