Independent consent-telemetry lab
Measured, not claimed.
Cookie banners and consent management platforms (CMPs) make claims about what they block before a visitor chooses. We load pages in a real browser and record what actually happens: which requests are sent and which cookies are written before any choice is made. Every result carries its date, its method and its limits.
What we measure
Third-party requests and tracking cookies or storage observed before a visitor makes a choice, after "reject all", and after "accept all". We record technical behaviour, not legal compliance.
How we measure
The method was published before any lab result: identical test sites, disclosed configurations, repeated runs on different days, and a right of reply for every vendor. See the methodology.
Why you can rely on it
Vendors do not pay us, sponsor placements, or review or approve our findings. Our former affiliate enrolments and their dates are disclosed in the independence statement.
The State of Consent 2026 report
Consent management platforms tested on identical lab installs we control, and tracker requests before a choice on sampled public homepages, under the published methodology, with every named vendor given its results and a right of reply before publication.
Read the reportWhat is on the site today
- CMP vendor directory
40 vendors; 25 with a dated single-run measurement of the vendor's own website (pre-lab data).
- US state privacy law reference
20 state laws, summarised from a secondary legal tracker and not yet verified against the statute text.
We also run a private scanner for verified site owners, currently by invitation only. It reports technical observations only, never legal advice or a compliance verdict.