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Heavy tracking seen
20/100
- 1 tracking company was seen loading before any choice was made
- We didn’t find a reject button on the first screen of the cookie banner
- The banner asked visitors to accept 156 ad-industry “partners”
- 29 cross-site tracking companies were seen after accepting
Where the data went
From our checker in London to 23 tracker server locations in 9 countries. Drag to spin.
- Advertising
- Analytics
- Data broker
- Our checker (London)
Server locations
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Companies
Who showed up
- 01GGoogleAd network, analytics and search · Mountain View · servers in Dublin, Palo AltoAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 02CCloudflare Web AnalyticsWeb analytics (cookieless) · San Francisco · servers in MontrealAnalyticsBeforeAfter accept
- 03333AcrossAd exchange and identity · New York · servers in New YorkAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 04AAdformAd platform · Copenhagen · servers in CopenhagenAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 05AAdobeMarketing analytics and ad platform · San Jose · servers in Ashburn, LondonData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 06AAmazon AdsAd network · Seattle · servers in Seattle (South Lake Union), LondonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 07CCriteoRetargeting ad network · Paris · servers in Paris, GroningenAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 08EEpsilonMarketing data (data broker) · Irving, TX · servers in Frankfurt am MainData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 09EEquativAd exchange · Paris · servers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt am MainAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 10GGumGumContextual ads · Santa Monica · servers in DublinAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 11IID5Shared ad identity · London · servers in Roubaix, MontrealData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 12IIndex ExchangeAd exchange · Toronto · servers in Toronto (Old Toronto)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 13IInMobiMobile ads · Bengaluru · servers in AshburnAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 14KKargoMobile ads · New York · servers in Frankfurt am MainAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 15LLinkedInProfessional network and ad platform · Sunnyvale · servers in LondonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 16LLiveRampIdentity graph (data broker) · San Francisco · servers in Kansas CityData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 17LLotameData platform (data broker) · Columbia, MD · servers in Dublin, Frankfurt am MainData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 18MMagniteAd exchange · Los Angeles · servers in London, AmsterdamAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 19MMicrosoftAd network and analytics · Redmond · servers in Doylestown, DublinAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 20NNexxenVideo ads · London · servers in CardiffAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 21OOpenXAd exchange · Pasadena · servers in Kansas CityAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 22PPubMaticAd exchange · Redwood City · servers in London, SingaporeAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 23QQuantcastAudience data and ads · San Francisco · servers in AshburnAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 24RRTB HouseRetargeting ad network · Warsaw · servers in Amsterdam, PhoenixAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 25SSeedtagContextual ads · Madrid · servers in Kansas CityAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 26SSovrnAd exchange · Boulder · servers in DublinAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 27TTeadsContent recommendation and video ads · New York · servers in Chicago, AmsterdamAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 28TThe Trade DeskAd buying platform and identity (UID2) · Ventura · servers in Seattle (South Lake Union), Toronto (Old Toronto)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 29TTripleLiftAd exchange · New York · servers in Frankfurt am MainAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 30YYahooAd network · New York · servers in LondonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 31CComscoreAudience measurement · Reston · servers in LondonAnalyticsBeforeAfter accept
From our last check on 25 Oct 2026 from London: homepage only, three fresh visits (did nothing, clicked reject, clicked accept). Server locations are approximate, from the IP addresses we connected to. Some requests after rejecting may be strictly necessary services; this is what we observed, not proof that the site broke the law. How we check · Run this site? Ask for a re-check or add a statement
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