What your browser tells every website

None of this needed your permission.

Any website can read this information the moment it opens.

When you got here

We paid for you to see our ad.

Reading the link you arrived on…

The ad you tapped

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How we sorted Victoria

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Sorting people into groups lets an advertiser pay a different price for each group and say something different to each one.

Your privacy settings

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What we're telling Meta and Google

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Google Analytics tells us how many people visited and how long they stayed, as totals. Meta's pixel does more. When someone reaches the end of this page, Meta looks for other people who behave like them and shows our ad to more of those people. It's called optimising for conversions, and it's behind most ads you see on Instagram and Facebook.

One question

Can we see where you are?

What happens when you press ‘Allow’? Your browser will reveal your location. See how accurate it is.

Apps and sites ask for your location to show you what's nearby. Advertisers value it more than almost anything else, because where you live, which other people are nearby and where you go, say a lot about your income and habits.

There are multiple examples of (and lawsuits against) shops offering cheaper prices for more affluent people in well-off suburbs. This is called dynamic pricing and there's no law against it.

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