Overview
Consent management platform by Usercentrics. Scans websites for cookies and trackers, presents a consent banner, and blocks non-essential tags until users consent. Popular with small to mid-sized EU organisations.
Detection Capabilities
- Signature count
- 3
- Detection methods
- page
Performance Impact
Performance Impact
- Script size
- 20 KB
Common Mistakes
- 1 Relying solely on automatic scanning without manually verifying tag categorisation
- 2 Not updating the script after site redesigns, leaving new tags unblocked
- 3 Assuming Cookiebot handles server-side tags - it only controls client-side execution
Compliance Considerations
Operates as a client-side consent gate. Must be loaded as the first script on the page to effectively block other tags.
Configuration: Verify that automatic scans correctly identify all tags and that consent categories align with your data processing register.
As a CMP, Cookiebot's own cookies are typically classified as strictly necessary and do not require consent.
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