AliExpress Cookie Notice
Effective as of May 16, 2024
This AliExpress Cookie Notice supplements the AliExpress.com Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") and describes how we use cookies and similar technologies, and handles personal information that we collect through cookies and similar technologies, on our digital properties that link to this Cookie Notice, including our website and AliExpress 's mobile application.
【About Cookies】
We use cookies and similar tools (we refer to them collectively as “cookies”) to provide our services, understand how our customers use our service in order to make improvements, serve advertisements, including interest-based advertising, and share information about the use of our site with our analytics, advertising and social media partners. We use Cookies for several reasons, for example:
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We use essential or strictly necessary Cookies to enable us to remember goods added to your shopping basket and to recognize you when you sign into your account.
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We use social media Cookies. You may register for Platform membership and “share” Platform content through social media such as Facebook and X.
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We also use Cookies to enable us to track and target the interests of Platform visitors to enhance the experience on our Platform by researching visiting patterns and conducting interest-based advertising; assisting our partners in tracking user visits to the Platforms; and to track progress and participation in promotions and the success of our email marketing campaigns. We use first-party and third-party Cookies for these purposes.
【Categories】
Cookies set by the site or app owner (in this case, AliExpress) are called “first party Cookies”. Cookies set by third parties other than the site or app owner are called “third party Cookies”. Third party Cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your device both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
By function, the Cookies we used are categorized as follows:
Essential Cookies: These Cookies are strictly necessary for enabling access and use of our Platform. They provide necessary functionality to ensure the proper performance, security and functionality of our Platform. These Cookies cannot be disabled.
Types of Cookies | Who serves these Cookies | How to refuse |
Essential Cookies： | aliexpress.com ali_apache_id, xman_f, xman_t, xman_us_f, xman_us_t, aep_common_f, aep_usuc_f, intl_locale, intl_common_forever, cna, isg, acs_usuc_t, _m_h5_tk_enc, _m_h5_tk, sgcookie, x5sec, cbc, x_router_us_f, _baxia_sec_cookie_, JSESSIONID, XSRF-TOKEN | Essential Cookies cannot be disabled |
Analytics Cookies: These Cookies collect information in aggregate form to help us determine and understand how users interact with and use our Platform. We use this information to help us to improve and optimize our Platform and its security.
Types of Cookies | Who serves these Cookies | How to refuse |
Analytics Cookies: | aliexpress.com _ga, _gat, _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmt, _utmz, AB_STG, AB_DATA_TRACK, AB_ALG, Google Analytics (please see below for further information) | To refuse these Cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading "How can I control Cookies?" |
Personalization/Advertising Cookies: These Cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Types of Cookies | Who serves these Cookies | How to refuse |
Personalization / Advertising Cookies: | aliexpress.com Facebook RTB House Criteo Moloco Remerge TikTok Taboola Clicktech Opera Microsoft | To refuse these Cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading "How can I control Cookies?" |
Marketing Cookies：Marketing Cookies help us to ensure that provide you with more targeted and relevant marketing. We will also use marketing Cookies to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing communications by monitoring open rate and conversions.
Types of Cookies | Who serves these Cookies | How to refuse |
Marketing Cookies: | Aliexpress.com Google | To refuse these Cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading "How can I control Cookies?" |
Social Media Cookies: These Cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Platform through third party social networking and other websites. These Cookies may also be used for advertising purposes too.
Types of Cookies | Who serves these Cookies | How to refuse |
Social Networking Cookies: | Aliexpress.com Facebook Pinterest | To refuse these Cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading "How can I control Cookies?" |
【More information about Cookies】
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to our Platform. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Platform or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Platform to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Platform from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
How can I control Cookies?
Non-essential Cookies allow you to have enhanced experience when using certain features of AliExpress. Please be aware that if you choose to block Cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use those features, and preferences that are dependent on Cookies may be lost.
You can manage your cookies through use of our Cookie Management Tool【Cookie Preferences】on our Platform.
You can also manage your preferences by configuring the privacy setting of the browser you are using to access the Platform or the "privacy setting" of your device. As the means by which you can refuse Cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. If you adjust the privacy setting in the browser, your mobile device will continue collecting data unless you adjust the privacy setting of the device, and vice versa.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
Certain features of the Platform depend on Cookies. Please be aware that if you choose to block Cookies, you may not be able to use those features, and any preferences that are dependent on Cookies may be unavailable or lost.
Google Analytics (More information) Our Platform uses Google Analytics, an internet analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google's Cookies allow us analyze use of the Platform by telling us which pages our users are viewing, which ones are most popular, what time of day our Platform are visited, if users have previously visited our Platform, from which website users are redirected to our Platform were and the like. The data generated by the cookie about your use of the Platform will be transmitted to Google and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
The Platform uses an anonymization tool of IP addresses so that the IP addresses are truncated within the EEA or UK. In some cases, non-truncated IP address may be transmitted to Google's servers in the US and then truncated there.
Google uses the data on behalf of AliExpress to evaluate your use of the Platform, to compile reports on website activity for the website operators and for other website activity and internet usage services. Google may disclose this information to third parties under the terms of the law or for further processing by third parties on behalf of Google. For more information about Google Analytics Cookies, visit: the Google Help pages and Privacy Policy: Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; and the Google Analytics Help Centre: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.
Through your browser settings, you can block Cookies; however, this can lead to problems with the use of some functionalities of the website. Through the add-on “Google Analytics Opt-out” you can through your current web browser opt-out to the use of Google Analytics from then on: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
California Do Not Track Notice
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals. Because there currently isn't an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
【Third-party SDKs】
To ensure the stable operation of the AliExpress mobile application or to implement related functions, we may integrate software development kits (SDKs) provided by third parties for the aforementioned purposes. We will exercise due diligence and conduct rigorous security monitoring of the software development kits (SDKs) used by our partners to access information, in order to protect data security.
The third-party SDKs we integrate primarily serve your needs. Therefore, we may adjust the third-party SDKs we integrate to meet new service requirements and business function changes. We will promptly disclose the latest information on integrated third-party SDKs in this statement. The third-party SDKs currently integrated into the AliExpress mobile application are listed below.
Category | Description of the purpose | Personal data processed | Legal basis |
Payment | Support in-app payments | Location Information MAC Address Bluetooth Information SSID Network Information IMEI, MEID File Directory IMSI Device Information BSSID Application List ICCID Carrier Information IP Address Sensor Information | Contractual necessity |
Application stability support | Ensure application stability | IP address Running application process information File directory System SHELL commands | ● Our legitimate interests to provide, operate and improve our application ● Contractual necessity |
Framework | Application Log collection is used to improve capabilities in R&D, operations, security and other scenarios. | System SHELL commands | |
Media management and image loading framework | Application information | ||
Security | Security protection for Application operation, network requests, account registration and login, etc. | Storage file, directory, and space status Application list Source Dir Running application tasks and process information File destination | |
Statistics | For statistical purposes | Storage file, directory, and space status IMEI, MEID Running application process information File directory Android ID | |
Platform services | H5 page display rendering | Photo album Application list Source Dir Sensor information Operator information File directory BSSID OAID Network information location information Currently running application process information Device information Application installation time Android ID | |
Support users from other channels to register, log in, and share content within the application. | |||
Provide other basic services for application | |||
Push | Push function | Application list BSSID OAID Source Dir Network information location information Currently running application process information Carrier information Device information Application installation time Android ID | |
Application function support | Application function support | IMEI，MEID BSSID MAC SSID Source Dir Currently running application process information Network information location information IP Address File directory | |
General components | Common application components, including but not limited to network, push notifications, UI, login, stability, exception monitoring, performance loading, etc. | Calendar Storage files, directories, space status Images, photos, videos Contacts Audio Photo Album Hardware Serial Number Location Information Android ID Device Information Sensor Information MAC Carrier Information ICCID Application Installation Time SSID Source Dir IMEI, MEID System Shell Commands File Directory IMSI GAID Application List Running Application Tasks and Process Information IP Address Account Information Clipboard Information Network Information BSSID OAID Bluetooth Information | |
Advertisement | Provide advertising services | OAID | ● Consent ● Or our legitimate interests to develop marketing activities and to promote our products and services to you |
【Changes to the Cookie Notice】
We reserve the right to modify this Cookie Policy at any time. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Cookie Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make and as required by applicable law, such as by posting an amended Cookie Policy on the Platform. We recommend that you review the Cookie Policy each time you visit our Service to stay informed of our privacy practices.
【Contact Us】
If you need any further information, or have any questions or comments about this policy you may contact us at any time.