Achieve cookie compliance with
Cookiebot’s website cookie checker
Use our speedy cookie audit tool to check cookies on your website and generate a detailed cookie audit report in minutes.
Your website runs on data from cookies and online tracking, like most of the Internet.
Do you know if your website cookie use is privacy-compliant? Use Cookiebot’s™ advanced cookie checker to audit your website’s cookie use and help achieve compliance with data privacy laws.
Cookies are widely used to track and collect data about website visitors and their activities, but cookies can also pose privacy risks. Data privacy laws in many countries require websites to obtain user consent prior to activating cookies and provide transparency about their use.
How Cookiebot’s cookie checker works?
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Enter your website’s URL into the cookie checker tool.
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The tool scans your website and detects all cookies and tracking technologies in use.
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The tool categorizes the cookies based on their purpose, provider, and data collection.
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Done! The detailed cookie audit report is generated and emailed to you, listing the cookies in use on your website and its level of privacy compliance risk
Cookie checker features
- Instant scan and audit: Get a comprehensive report in less than 2 minutes.
- Detailed information: Know the purpose, provider, and data collected by each cookie or tracker in use.
- Automatic categorization: Cookies are classified into categories like necessary, functional, analytics, performance, and advertisement.
- Global regulatory compliance: Help achieve compliance with the GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy laws.
- Cloud-based solution: Quick and easy implementation without technical expertise required.
Cookie checker benefits
What are the benefits of using a cookie audit tool to check cookies on your website?
- Transparency: Gain full transparency into the cookies and trackers in use on your website.
- Compliance: Meet the requirements of data privacy laws in various countries.
- User control: Provide users with consent choices and control over their cookie preferences.
- Trust and reputation: Build trust with your website visitors by providing clear information and prioritizing their data privacy.
- Data-driven insights: Achieve data privacy compliance while also gaining valuable insights into visitor behavior and your website’s performance.
FAQ: Your website cookie checker questions answered
Cookies are units of data in the form of small text files set by third-party services used on your website for different purposes. These include storing login details, tracking user behavior, and enabling personalized experiences. Initially designed to function as a form of “recall” for a website, website cookies have become the supply chains of the internet economy. They harvest vast amounts of data from end users that, among many other purposes, can be grouped, profiled, and sold in real-time bidding auctions for targeted advertisements online.
Cookies can collect and share end-user data that falls under legal definitions of personal data/personal information, including search and browser history, IP addresses, website tracking information, user behavior on a website, device data, shopping history, and much more.
Cookies track user behavior by storing information about their interactions with a website, including what actions they take, what pages they view, and how much time they spend. This data is then used to provide personalized content, analyze website performance, and deliver targeted advertisements.
Checking cookies on a website is essential to help achieve compliance with data privacy laws around the world (EU, UK, Brazil, South Africa and many others). Your website could also be using hidden cookies beyond your immediate detection.
Cookie scanning via a website cookie checker tool (also referred as a cookie scan, cookie tester, or cookie audit) is the process of scanning a website to identify and categorize the cookies and other tracking technologies in use. It involves analyzing the purpose, provider, and data collection of each cookie.
Cookiebot CMP’s cookie checker offers advanced scanning capabilities, automatic categorization, and helps enable compliance with global data privacy regulations with Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP). The cookie audit report provides a comprehensive foundation for cookie transparency and control.
The Cookiebot CMP’s cookie scanner will find the following types of cookies and tracking technologies:
- HTTP/JavaScript (Important note: the scanner will also find dynamic cookies being set during a user’s interaction with the website and not just static cookies set when the site is launched)
- HTML5 local storage
- Flash local shared object
- Silverlight Isolated Storage
- IndexedDB
- Pixel tags
- Ultrasound beacons
To comply with the GDPR and CCPA, websites must disclose details about the cookies used, obtain user consent, and enable users to opt out of non-necessary cookies. This can be done using a cookie text, cookie policy and/or a cookie banner. Cookiebot CMP helps websites meet these requirements.
To analyze and help determine if a website is GDPR-compliant, you can use a cookie and website tracker scanner like Cookiebot CMP’s cookie scanner for detailed cookie compliance checks.
Use the free cookie checker tool by Cookiebot™. Enter your website’s URL, and it will scan and generate a detailed cookie audit report. Then, ensure that you obtain users’ cookie consent for non-necessary cookies in use, per relevant data privacy laws.
Achieve your website’s cookie compliance today with Cookiebot CMP’s advanced cookie checker. Provide transparency, meet legal requirements, and prioritize user privacy. Sign up for a free trial now.
To stay compliant with the cookie use requirements of regulations, use Cookiebot Consent Management Platform (CMP) or Cookiebot’s™ cookies WordPress plugin.
- Install the Cookiebot CMP or plugin: Set up Cookiebot CMP on your website or install the WordPress plugin on your WordPress site.
- Configure settings: Customize your consent banner to match your design, and your cookie policy to notify users about your website’s use of cookies.
- Obtain consent: Display the consent banner to website visitors and obtain their consent before any cookies are activated.
- Manage consents: Keep track of user consents and provide an easy way for users to change their preferences.
Get started now. Start your 14-day free trial of Cookiebot CMP or get the free Cookiebot™ WordPress plugin.
Yes, despite the shift towards a cookieless future online, cookies — especially first-party cookies — remain relevant. They are important for website functionality and user experience. As part of Usercentrics, Cookiebot™ is also involved in exploring privacy-conscious alternatives to third-party cookies for tracking and ad targeting. Adapting to these changes is crucial for privacy compliance, monetization strategies, and maintaining user trust.
