Paste a URL. We scan it like a real visitor and log cookies set before consent. If marketing or ad tags load too early for visitors in the UK or EU, you can face complaints, urgent remediation, and potential regulatory penalties. See why this matters.
Initial scan shows marketing tags setting cookies before consent. Flagged items: analytics.js and ad_partner_id cookie.
| Name | Level | Domain | UK | EU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Marketing | .example.com | Fail: consent | Fail: consent |
| session | Strictly necessary | example.com | Pass | Pass |
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PrivacyProbe runs your site in the cloud using a real browser to capture every network request, cookie, and script. It pinpoints trackers that fire before user consent so your team can catch and fix them fast. Perfect when integrating new third-party tools or checking your CMP setup.
Each scan produces a cryptographically signed and timestamped bundle: HAR files and manifests. Great for developers debugging scripts or legal teams gathering proof. You can share a single URL with auditors, regulators, or partners to show exactly what happened — clearly and verifiably.
Set up recurring scans weekly or per release. PrivacyProbe automatically flags new cookies, domains, or changes in script behavior so you stay ahead of changes from dev and marketing.
PrivacyProbe opens your page like a first-time visitor but in the cloud, records what loads, then checks the results against UK and EU consent rules.
We spin up a fresh browser session (Mimicing Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave) with no cookies or cache, so the scan mirrors a brand-new visitor.
We capture scripts, requests, responses and set-cookie lines, linking each request–response pair to create a clear, replayable audit trail.
Report cookies used before UK/EU consent standards with our Pepe the Pengine AI helping to explain things.
PrivacyProbe helps every team catch pre-consent cookie risk early, share evidence quickly, and ship with confidence.
Launch campaigns without consent surprises by spotting pixels and trackers before they reach real visitors.
Get reliable checks even without a large internal team, so your cookie setup stays compliant as your site evolves.
Protect trust and reduce legal risk with a clear, board-ready view of what your site does before consent.
Debug tracker behavior quickly with evidence you can reproduce, diff, and wire into release workflows.
Review signed technical evidence confidently and collaborate with engineering on precise remediation steps.
For non-essential cookies and similar technologies, the key check is simple: if tracking starts before the user actively opts in, that is the point where the setup is likely breaching the consent requirement.
This includes analytics, advertising tags, remarketing scripts, social widgets, embedded media, A/B testing tools, and similar third-party or client-side tracking.
A banner is not enough on its own. The mechanism has to prevent non-essential cookies, tags, and requests from loading unless the user gives a clear opt-in.
On this check, the site is doing the core technical thing the consent rule requires: non-essential tracking does not run before user choice.
Non-essential cookies or third-party requests are loading before valid opt-in. That is the point where the setup is likely breaching the consent requirement.
UK-focused technical compliance illustration. Specific implementation/location can vary.
No other platform gives us this level of visibility into pre-consent cookie behavior.
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Real answers for privacy, security, and engineering teams evaluating PrivacyProbe.
Each run executes in its own instance. We reset storage before loading your URL and log the raw network data alongside the classification so you can verify every finding.
No. There are fantastic CMPs already out there, and PrivacyProbe focuses on pre-consent behavior and CMP auditing. That means anything that appears without a visitor opting-in is checked and validated, so your team can confirm whether defaults align with policy and that you have implemented CMPs properly.
Yes. The API is idempotent, supports query parameters for wait times, and returns structured JSON with rate limiting to prevent abuse. Teams routinely call it from CI/CD pipelines before releases.
We retain scans for to support shareable links, and help build our proprietry database and improve expieriance for everyone useing the platform,