Cookie Policy

Last updated: September 18, 2026 · Effective: September 18, 2026

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how PD-Proxy ("PD-Proxy", "we", "us" or "our") uses cookies and similar browser storage technologies on our website at www.pdproxy.com. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally, including our strict no-logs commitment for the VPN service itself.

As a VPN and proxy provider operating since 2009, we spend our days helping people avoid being tracked online. It would make little sense for our own website to follow you around the internet, so we have kept it deliberately simple: we use only what is strictly necessary for the site to work, and nothing that profiles you or reports your visit to advertisers.

2. What are cookies and local storage?

2.1 Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a website asks your browser to store on your device. Each time your browser requests a page from that website, it sends the cookie back. Cookies are commonly used to keep you logged in, remember preferences such as language, and, on many sites, to track your behaviour across pages and across different websites for analytics and advertising.

Cookies are usually classified in two ways:

• First-party or third-party: first-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting; third-party cookies are set by a different domain, for example an advertising network whose code is embedded in the page. Third-party cookies are the main mechanism used for cross-site tracking.
• Session or persistent: session cookies are deleted when you close the browser; persistent cookies remain until a set expiry date or until you delete them.

2.2 Local storage and session storage

Modern browsers also offer web storage, which lets a website save small amounts of data directly in your browser:

• localStorage keeps data until it is deleted by the website or by you. It survives closing the browser.
• sessionStorage keeps data only for the current browser tab. It is erased automatically when you close the tab or window.

Unlike cookies, web storage is not sent to the web server with every request. It stays in your browser and can only be read by scripts running on the same website. That makes it a more private choice for the simple, local tasks we need, which is why our website uses web storage rather than cookies.

2.3 Similar technologies

Other tracking technologies include tracking pixels (tiny invisible images), device fingerprinting and embedded third-party scripts. We do not use any of these on our website or in our e-mails.

3. What our website uses

Our website uses only first-party, essential browser storage. We do not set any HTTP cookies for tracking, and we do not allow any third party to set cookies through our pages. The complete list of items we store is below.

All three items are strictly necessary for the features they support. Under the EU ePrivacy rules and similar laws, storage that is strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested does not require prior consent, but we still tell you about it here and in our cookie notice because we believe you should know exactly what is stored on your device.

3.1 What we do not use

• No advertising or remarketing cookies.
• No analytics or statistics services, including no third-party web analytics.
• No social-media buttons, pixels or embedded widgets that report your visit.
• No embedded videos, maps or chat widgets that set third-party cookies.
• No device fingerprinting.
• No tracking pixels in our e-mails.

3.2 Why we built it this way

Most commercial websites load a dozen or more third-party scripts: analytics packages, advertising tags, heatmap tools, chat widgets and social buttons. Each one can set its own cookies, read information about your device and report your visit to a company you have never dealt with. Taken together, they allow advertising networks to build a detailed profile of your interests as you move from site to site.

We think a privacy company should lead by example. Measuring how popular a page is would be convenient for us, but it is not worth compromising the privacy of the people who come to us precisely because they want less tracking. Instead, we rely on direct feedback from customers through our support team and on the anonymous, aggregate server-load statistics described in our Privacy Policy.

4. The "What is my IP" feature

Our What is my IP page shows you the public IP address that websites currently see when you visit them, along with its approximate location and network provider. It is a quick way to check whether your VPN is working, and it pairs well with our guide to DNS, IP and WebRTC leak testing.

To display this information, your browser sends a request directly to a third-party IP geolocation API, ipapi.co. Because the request comes from your browser, that service necessarily sees your public IP address (which will be a PD-Proxy server address if you are connected to our VPN) together with standard technical information such as your browser's user agent. The service returns the IP address and its approximate location, which our page then displays and caches in pd_ipinfo for the rest of your browsing session.

Please note:

• we do not receive or store the lookup result on our own servers;
• the third-party service processes the request under its own privacy policy;
• the location shown is approximate, usually at city or region level, and is based on public IP registration data, not on GPS or your device location;
• the lookup runs only when the feature is used on the page; if you prefer not to contact the third-party service, simply do not use the What is my IP feature, or block the request with a content blocker.

5. Our VPN apps do not use cookies

This Cookie Policy covers our website only. Our VPN applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS do not use cookies, web tracking or third-party advertising and analytics SDKs. The apps store your settings, such as your preferred protocol, kill-switch state and trusted Wi-Fi networks, and your login credentials locally on your device so that they can connect you. These settings never leave your device except to authenticate you with our account servers.

Once you are connected to PD-Proxy, the websites you visit may of course set their own cookies in your browser. A VPN hides your real IP address and encrypts your connection, but it does not block cookies set by the websites you choose to visit. For stronger privacy, combine the VPN with the browser controls described below, and read our article on why you should use a VPN for a wider view of online privacy.

6. How to control and delete browser storage

You are always in control of what is stored in your browser. Deleting our storage items is harmless: the cookie notice will simply appear again on your next visit, and the What is my IP lookup will run again when needed. The exact steps change occasionally between browser versions, but the general approach is as follows.

6.1 Other options

• Private or incognito windows: storage created in a private window, including localStorage, is discarded when you close the window.
• Close the tab: pd_ipinfo and pd_form are in sessionStorage and disappear automatically when you close the tab.
• Developer tools: in most desktop browsers you can press F12, open the Application or Storage tab and inspect or delete individual localStorage and sessionStorage entries for our site.
• Blocking storage: you can configure your browser to block all site data. Our website will still display correctly, but the cookie notice may reappear on every page and the What is my IP result will not be cached.
• Mobile browsers: Chrome and Firefox on Android and iOS have equivalent options under Settings > Privacy or Site settings.

6.2 Reducing tracking by other websites

Our own website is tracker-free, but many of the sites you visit are not. A few simple habits make a big difference:

• block third-party cookies in your browser settings; most modern browsers now offer this as a single switch;
• use a content blocker that stops known tracking scripts from loading;
• log out of social networks and large platforms when you are not using them, as their cookies can follow you across websites that embed their buttons;
• clear cookies and site data periodically, or configure your browser to clear them automatically when you close it;
• connect through PD-Proxy so that websites see our server's IP address instead of yours, which prevents IP-based tracking and location profiling.

7. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers can send a "Do Not Track" signal or a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal to tell websites that you do not want to be tracked or to have your personal information sold or shared. Because our website does not track you and we do not sell or share personal information, there is nothing for these signals to switch off. We treat your experience the same whether or not your browser sends them.

8. Legal basis

We rely on the "strictly necessary" exemption in the EU ePrivacy Directive and the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations for the storage items listed in section 3, and on our legitimate interest in providing a working website under the GDPR and UK GDPR. If we ever wished to introduce non-essential cookies, we would first ask for your consent through a clear opt-in, and would update this policy before doing so.

8.1 Your rights

Because the storage items we use contain no information that identifies you and never leave your browser, in most cases there is nothing about them for us to access, correct or delete on our side – you can inspect and delete them yourself as described above. If you have any concerns, the rights described in our Privacy Policy, including under the GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA/CPRA, apply in full, and you can exercise them by writing to [email protected].

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if we change the way our website works, for example if we add a new feature that needs to store something in your browser, or if the law changes. The "Last updated" date at the top of the page shows when this policy was last revised. We will not introduce advertising or analytics tracking without first updating this policy and, where required, asking for your consent. For significant changes, we will also show a notice on our website.

10. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or about the data stored by our website, please contact us:

You can also find answers to common questions in our FAQ and Knowledgebase.