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Cookie Consent Checker
Check if your website sets cookies before visitors give consent. Pre-consent cookies are one of the most common breaches of the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (SI 336/2011) on Irish websites.
How it works
Enter your URL
Paste your website address. No signup needed.
We load your page
Our scanner visits your site and records every cookie set before any consent interaction.
See the results
Find out which cookies are set pre-consent, who sets them, and whether they breach the cookie rules that apply in Ireland.
What this tool checks
First-party cookies before consent
Cookies your own website sets before the visitor interacts with a consent banner.
Google Analytics (_ga, _gid)
Whether Google Analytics tracking cookies are placed before consent is given.
Facebook Pixel (_fbp)
Whether Meta/Facebook tracking cookies appear before consent.
Other third-party tracking
Cookies from advertising networks, social widgets, and embedded content.
Cookie consent banner presence
Whether your website has a cookie consent mechanism at all.
Why pre-consent cookies are a problem
Under the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (SI 336/2011) and the GDPR, websites must obtain explicit consent before placing non-essential cookies. Analytics and marketing cookies set on page load — before the visitor can respond to the banner — are the textbook violation.
The DPC's cookie sweep of Irish websites found the large majority non-compliant and warned that enforcement follows — pre-consent trackers were the most common finding.
Common issues on Irish sites include Google Analytics loading on page load, Facebook Pixel firing before consent, and banners whose Reject button doesn't actually stop the trackers.
Checked against EU law and Irish legislation
Every scan tests your website against EU rules such as the GDPR and the European Accessibility Act — plus the Irish implementation, including the Data Protection Act 2018, the ePrivacy Regulations (SI 336/2011) and the Companies Act 2014. The legal basis per area:
GDPR & Privacy
- GDPR Art. 6, 13, 28
- Data Protection Act 2018 s.141
- SI 336/2011 reg. 5
Cookies are just the beginning
Our full scan checks 150+ points across the rules that apply in Ireland — cookies, privacy, copyright, accessibility, security, and more.
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