Everything about Microsoft Advertising (Bing)

The _uetmsclkid cookie

_uetmsclkid is a cookie set by Microsoft Advertising (Bing), from Microsoft Corporation. Stores the Microsoft Advertising click ID so a conversion can be attributed to the ad.

Duration

90 days

Category

Advertising

Needs consent

Yes

Does the _uetmsclkid cookie require consent?

_uetmsclkid is used for advertising, so under the GDPR and the ePrivacy rules it may only be set after the visitor has agreed. Showing a banner is not enough on its own: the cookie must not be set before the visitor clicks accept.

Does your site set _uetmsclkid before consent?

A free scan loads your site the way a new visitor sees it and lists every cookie that is set before anyone has said yes, _uetmsclkid included.

How to put _uetmsclkid behind consent

Remove the Microsoft Advertising (Bing) snippet from your site and add your Microsoft Advertising (Bing) ID under Integrations in Consentify instead. Consentify then loads Microsoft Advertising (Bing) only after the visitor has accepted advertising, so _uetmsclkid is never set before consent.

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Other cookies set by Microsoft Advertising (Bing)

CookiePurposeDuration
_uetsidIdentifies the current browsing session so conversions can be attributed to it.1 day
_uetvidIdentifies the visitor across sessions for remarketing and cross-device tracking.13 months
MUIDMicrosoft's cross-site identifier, used to recognise the browser across Microsoft properties.13 months