Overview
Teads is a native video advertising platform that serves in-stream and outstream video ads on publisher sites. It loads a video player, injects ads into content pages, and measures viewability, play rates, and completion metrics.
What This Script Does
- Loads a video player that renders in-article or outstream video advertisements
- Sets cookies for frequency capping, audience targeting, and campaign attribution
- Tracks viewability metrics including time-in-view, play rate, and video completion percentage
- Makes requests to Teads' ad servers to fetch video creative and report engagement data
- Participates in programmatic ad auctions via header bidding integrations
Consent & Compliance
- Category: Marketing
- GDPR: Requires consent. Teads sets tracking cookies for audience targeting and shares data through programmatic advertising auctions.
- CCPA: Qualifies as a sale/share of personal information. User data is shared with advertisers through programmatic bidding.
- ePrivacy: Requires consent for cookies used for ad targeting, frequency capping, and audience measurement.
Should You Block This Without Consent?
Yes. Teads is a video advertising platform that tracks users for targeted ad delivery. It provides no essential site functionality and should be blocked until the user consents to marketing cookies.
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teads.tvMarketingFrequently Asked Questions
Does Teads require consent before loading?
Yes. Teads is a video advertising platform that sets cookies for audience targeting, frequency capping, and campaign attribution. Under GDPR and ePrivacy, explicit consent is required before loading Teads scripts. Under CCPA, sharing behavioral data through programmatic auctions qualifies as selling personal information.
What tracking does the Teads video player perform?
Teads loads a video player that renders in-article and outstream ads. It sets cookies for user identification and frequency capping, tracks viewability metrics like time-in-view and video completion rates, participates in header bidding auctions, and transmits engagement data to Teads ad servers for campaign reporting.
How does ConsentStack manage Teads on my site?
ConsentStack detects Teads scripts and classifies them under the marketing consent category. The video player and all associated tracking pixels are blocked until a visitor grants marketing consent. Once consent is given, ConsentStack releases the Teads scripts to load. If consent is denied or withdrawn, Teads remains blocked.
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