Custom Domain Setup

A custom domain for your analytics setup improves privacy, performance, and security—all while giving you more control.

Privacy Benefits

With a custom domain, all tracking-related cookies are set on your own domain, not on ours (privacy.com) or any third-party domains like Facebook.com. This means you own and control the data collected, ensuring user privacy and compliance with data protection regulations.

• First-Party Cookies: Using a custom domain allows you to leverage first-party cookies, which are generally perceived as more trustworthy by users and are less likely to be blocked by browsers. This leads to more accurate data collection and a better understanding of user behavior.
• Stronger Content Security Policy (CSP): A custom domain enables you to implement a stricter CSP, further enhancing security by controlling the resources the browser is allowed to load. This helps prevent potential security vulnerabilities and protects your users from malicious attacks.

Performance Enhancements

A custom domain can improve website performance in several ways:

• Reduced Ad Tracker Interference: Ad trackers often block or slow down requests to third-party domains. By using your own domain, you minimize the impact of ad trackers on your website's performance, leading to faster loading times and a smoother user experience.
• Server-Side Cookie Management: Our custom domain implementation sets cookies server-side on your domain. These cookies tend to have longer lifespans and are less susceptible to browser restrictions, resulting in more persistent and reliable tracking.

How to Set Up Your Custom Domain

1. Enable the feature
   Contact your OursPrivacy account rep to turn on custom domains for your account.

2. Update your DNS
   You'll be given two records to add to your domain’s DNS settings. These point your domain to our infrastructure.

3. Adjust your install
   Once DNS changes propagate, we’ll help adjust your install configuration (e.g., GTM or JS SDK) to start using your new domain.

That's it! Your custom domain will be up and running, providing you with enhanced privacy, performance, and security.

Additional Features

In addition to proxying our Web SDK, your custom domain can also be used for:

• 1-pixel image tracking: The Ours 1-pixel image tracking URL also works with custom domains. Track user activity with our privacy-focused 1-pixel image tracking solution, hosted on your custom domain. This provides accurate tracking without relying on 3rd cookies or other potentially intrusive methods. See our documentation for more details: 1-pixel image tracking documentation
• Redirect tracking: The Ours redirect tracking also works with custom domains. Track redirects originating from your website using your custom domain. This allows you to monitor the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns and understand user flow. See our documentation for more details: Redirect tracking documentation

GTM Proxying with a Custom Domain

You can load your GTM container through your custom domain instead of directly from Google. This avoids third-party exposure and enhances privacy.

💡 Note: This setup supports HIPAA compliance.

Example

<script src="https://metrics.custom-domain.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-XXXX"></script>

Or use our managed proxy:

<script src="https://cdn.oursprivacy.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-XXXX"></script>

Activation Steps

1. In your OursPrivacy GTM template, go to Permissions → Inject Scripts, and add:
   https://metrics.custom-domain.com/*

2. In your GTM container, set the source to:
   https://metrics.custom-domain.com

Javascript Web SDK Custom Domain Setup

<!-- Ours Pixel Code -->
<script>
  // Step 1. paste script from the app here
  // Step 2. change cdn.oursprivacy.com/main.js => metrics.custom-domain.com/main.js
  // Step 3. Call ours('init') with the optional custom_domain parameter
    ours("init", "{{token}}", { custom_domain : "{{custom domain}}" });
</script>