Automated Cookie Scanning and Classification
Once you've set up an account, our scanner starts to work its magic, crawling your site and getting your cookie report together in a few minutes.
Scans your website for cookies
After creating an account, simply input your website’s URL and we’ll take it from there. Our cookie scanner will assess every page on your website and find all active first-party and third-party cookies.
Quick, painless and economical way for our little enterprise to be compliant!
Lists all the cookies on your website
In just a few short minutes, we’ll generate a report that lists any cookies we find, categorized into Essential Cookies, Functional Cookies, Advertising Cookies, and Performance Cookies.
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Gets you ready for ePD & CCPA compliance
Understanding which cookies your website uses is essential for compliance with privacy laws like the EU ePrivacy Directive (ePD, AKA the EU Cookie Law), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Under these laws, you’ll need your visitors’ permission before using or setting any non-essential cookies (Cookies used for things like advertising and tracking website performance).
Our scanner shows you which cookies on your site need visitor consent, helping you follow privacy rules in the EU, USA and other regions with strict data privacy laws.
How our cookie scanner works
Our cookie scanner works a little bit like a fingerprint scanner. Just as each fingerprint has distinct features, cookies have specific characteristics that set them apart. The scanner looks for these unique markers in your website, then classifies them using a database of known cookies and tracking tools. It then generates a clear report showing each cookie's details, including what it does (like tracking visitor numbers or helping with advertising) and which company created it (such as Google or Facebook).
Our cookie scanner's features
We've packed our cookie scanner tool with a bunch of helpful tools and features
Database of thousands of common cookies
We use an ever-growing database of commonly used cookies to help us identify and classify any cookie or tracking technology on your site.
Included consent management system
Our cookie scanner comes packaged with our super easy to use cookie consent management system and cookie banner.
Integrated cookie policy generator
Once our scanner has categorized your cookies, it automatically generates a compliant cookie policy to put on your website.
Find the types of cookies on your website
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required to enable basic website functionality. They usually expire at the end of a user’s session.
You won’t need your user’s consent to use them.
- Session Cookies:
These cookies temporarily store information about a user’s current website session. This is essential for keeping them logged in, remembering items in their shopping cart, or remembering their language preferences for the session’s duration. - Security Cookies:
These cookies protect user accounts by adding security features. They limit login attempts after multiple failures and request extra verification when unusual activity occurs, such as logins from new locations or devices.
Non-essentially cookies
While they’re arguably quite useful for your users, non-essential cookies aren’t required for your site to function. Typically, they store data between sessions, i.e. if a user leaves and comes back the next day, non-essential cookies keep their shopping cart full and track them as a returning user.
You’ll need informed consent from your users before using non-essential cookies.
- Functional Cookies:
Functional cookies enhance the functionality of the website. Storing information about a user’s language preferences or keeping them logged in between sessions. - Advertising Cookies:
Advertising or marketing cookies are used to deliver advertising that is more relevant to your interests, e.g. Meta’s Pixel and Google AdSense cookies. - Performance Cookies:
Sometimes referred to as analytics cookies, performance cookies are used to understand how the website is being used. The most common performance cookie is ‘ga’, the cookie used by Google Analytics.
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From startups to thriving online businesses, GetTerms has helped over 500,000 websites meet the compliance requirements of global data privacy laws
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FAQs
What is a cookie scanner?
A cookie scanner (sometimes referred to as a cookie checker tool) is a tool used to find and classify cookies and other tracking technologies hidden in a website's code. Any cookies the scanner finds are analyzed, identified and classified in a report. Typically, the report categorizes the cookies as either essential cookies, or non-essential cookies.Is a cookie scanner the same as a cookie checker?
Yes, cookie scanners are sometimes referred to as a cookie checker tool, they are the same.Is your cookie scanner easy to use?
Yes, our Website Cookie Scanner is designed to be user-friendly and accessible to all. You don't need technical expertise to utilize the scanner and gain valuable insights into your website's cookies.Will your cookie scanner check every page on my website?
Yes, our scanner checks every page on your website.What will your cookie scanner tell me?
Our cookie scanner will tell you the name of every cookie on your website, along with a description of what it does. It will also categorize each cookie as either essential or non-essential. You can use this to determine which cookies are non-essential thus requiring consent from your users before being used. This is essential for compliance with the GDPR, ePrivacy Directive and the CCPA.Do I absolutely need a cookie scan?
This depends on the privacy regulations applicable to your website's visitors. For example, if your visitors are from the European Union, their privacy is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive. These regulations generally mandate you to obtain informed and explicit user consent to use all non-essential cookies. To do this, you'll first need a cookie scan to find out which cookies your website uses.Even if your visitors are mostly in countries without strict privacy laws, for the few that aren't you'll need to follow their country’s laws. Better safe than sorry, especially now you know how easy we make cookie compliance!