Cookie Scanner

Perform fast, comprehensive cookie scans and generate detailed reports surrounding online tracking.

Illuminate web-tracking practices with our powerful Cookie Scanner. Instantly scan any website and generate a categorized inventory of first-party cookies, third-party cookies, and other tracking technologies.

Cookie Scanner

Cookies might seem harmless, but they can reveal a surprising amount of your online activity. Our Cookie Scanner empowers you to take control, revealing the full scope of data collection happening on your website (or any other website) for informed privacy choices.

Websites often use a complex web of cookies and tracking technologies, many of which operate invisibly to the average user. Without a comprehensive understanding of these trackers, organizations face compliance risks and a potential loss of customer trust due to potential privacy violations.

Why is Cookie Scanning Important?

  • Privacy Awareness: Understand what personal data is being collected and stored by websites you visit.

  • Compliance with Regulations: Ensure compliance with privacy laws that mandate transparency about data practices.

  • Optimizing User Experience: Ensure essential website functions (logins, shopping carts) work smoothly.

  • Ad Management: Gain insights into advertising networks present on your website to manage ads effectively.

Ready to shed light on your website’s cookies? Try our Cookie Scanner for free!

WHY IT MATTERS

Why is Cookie Scanning Important?

Cookie scanning plays a critical role in maintaining website compliance with data protection regulations. It allows organizations to identify all cookies and tracking technologies used on their websites, ensuring that they can accurately disclose this information to users as required by law.

Regular cookie scanning helps businesses stay aware of any changes or new cookies that might be added by third-party services, thereby avoiding potential legal issues and enhancing transparency with users about their data collection practices.

HOW IT WORKS

Using the Captain Compliance Cookie Scanner is easy!

• Start Scan: Enter the URL of the website you want to scan. Our scanner identifies and inventories the website’s cookies and tracking technologies.

• Access Reporting: Access a comprehensive report highlighting first-party cookies, third-party cookies, and tracking technologies detected, their categorizations, and other insights.

• Take Action: Leverage reporting to enhance your own website’s privacy practices or to evaluate the privacy risk posture of third-party sites.

WHAT SETS US APART

Why Choose Captain Compliance?

• Advanced Analytics: We don’t just identify cookies; we analyze their behavior and purpose to provide actionable insights. Our advanced analytics help you understand not only what cookies are used but how they interact with user data.

• Comprehensive Capability: Our Cookie Scanner is both robust and flexible, enabling you to scan and assess the privacy practices of any site—be it your own or a third-party. Stay ahead with tools that adapt to the complexity of web privacy.

• Expert Guidance: With Captain Compliance, you’re not just using a tool; you’re gaining a partner. Our experts keep you updated on the latest in cookie and privacy regulations, helping you maintain compliance in a dynamic privacy landscape. We also classify all the cookies from our database of thousands of cookies in different categories such as Strictly Neccessary, Functional, Performance, or Targeting based.

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