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Privacy audit

The cookie list says one thing, the browser shows another

5 checks · 2 findings · scope: site

Audit id: privacy.conflict.declaration_vs_scan.

Checks

  • Cookies found but not declared observed_but_not_declared
  • Cookies declared but never found declared_but_never_observed
  • Declared purpose differs from cookie database declared_purpose_differs_from_database
  • Declared lifetime differs from actual declared_lifetime_differs_from_actual
  • Declared provider differs from actual declared_provider_differs

Findings

  • The published cookie list and the cookies the browser received differ
  • The cookie list gives a purpose that the tracker list contradicts

What this relies on

The scan is right and the published list is out of date.

How to verify by hand

The consent platform's own scan report; a person for cookies set only in rare flows.

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