methodology / Privacy & Compliance / #46

Cookie banner presence + CMP detection

live factor #46 · Privacy & Compliance · scoring impl: implemented · weight 1.3%

What we measure

EU and California visitors are entitled to cookie controls. A compliant cookie banner is required if you serve them and use any tracking cookies.

How to improve your score

Install a Consent Management Platform — free tiers are available from Cookiebot, Termly, and Osano. Configure it to block tracking cookies until the visitor consents.

Data source

Data source for this factor is not yet documented.

Implementation notes

Detect known CMP signatures in the HTML and loaded scripts.

Scoring

Scoring formulas are versioned with the methodology. The current method (v1.1.0) maps raw measurements to pass, warn, fail. Factor weights determine how much each contributes to the composite — see the methodology index for the full table.

Version history

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