thestar.co.uk
Heading to thestar.co.uk? Heads up: it’ll track you. 32 companies follow visitors from here.
Privacy grade27 Oct 2026
F
Heavy tracking seen
5/100
- The banner’s alternative to accepting was a paid option: “Reject & subscribe”
- 2 tracking companies were seen loading before any choice was made
- The banner asked visitors to accept 180 ad-industry “partners”
- 32 cross-site tracking companies were seen after accepting
- Device-fingerprinting techniques seen (audio, canvas)
Tracking companies seen32 can follow people across sites35
Seen before any choice2 can follow people across sites3
Paid option instead of reject“Reject & subscribe”£
Ad “partners” in the bannerconsent tool: Sourcepoint180
Countries data went to26 server locations9
Fingerprinting seenaudio, canvas2
Where the data went
From our checker in London to 26 tracker server locations in 9 countries. Drag to spin.
- Advertising
- Analytics
- Data broker
- Marketing
- 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
- 02TTaboolaContent recommendation ads · New York · servers in LondonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 03CChartbeatAudience analytics · New York · servers in Seattle (South Lake Union), AshburnAnalyticsBeforeAfter accept
- 04333AcrossAd exchange and identity · New York · servers in New YorkAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 05AAdformAd platform · Copenhagen · servers in CopenhagenAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 06AAdobeMarketing analytics and ad platform · San Jose · servers in Concord, AshburnAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 07AAmazon AdsAd network · Seattle · servers in London, Seattle (South Lake Union)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 08CCriteoRetargeting ad network · Paris · servers in Paris, GroningenAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 09EEpsilonMarketing data (data broker) · Irving, TX · servers in Frankfurt am MainData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 10EEquativAd exchange · Paris · servers in Groningen, AmsterdamAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 11GGumGumContextual ads · Santa Monica · servers in DublinAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 12IID5Shared ad identity · London · servers in Roubaix, MontrealData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 13IIndex ExchangeAd exchange · Toronto · servers in Toronto (Old Toronto), MontrealAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 14IInMobiMobile ads · Bengaluru · servers in AshburnAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 15IIntegral Ad ScienceAd verification · New York · servers in Dublin, Seattle (South Lake Union)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 16LLinkedInProfessional network and ad platform · Sunnyvale · servers in London, Toronto (Old Toronto)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 17LLiveRampIdentity graph (data broker) · San Francisco · servers in Dublin, Kansas CityData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 18LLotameData platform (data broker) · Columbia, MD · servers in Dublin, Frankfurt am MainData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 19MMagniteAd exchange · Los Angeles · servers in Amsterdam, BostonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 20MMedia.netContextual ads · Dubai · servers in Kansas City, LondonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 21MMicrosoftAd network and analytics · Redmond · servers in Dublin, DoylestownAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 22NNexxenVideo ads · London · servers in CardiffAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 23OOpenXAd exchange · Pasadena · servers in Kansas CityAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 24PPermutiveAudience data for publishers · London · servers in LondonData brokerBeforeAfter accept
- 25PPubMaticAd exchange · Redwood City · servers in Palo Alto, SloughAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 26QQuantcastAudience data and ads · San Francisco · servers in Ashburn, Seattle (South Lake Union)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 27RRTB HouseRetargeting ad network · Warsaw · servers in Kansas City, AmsterdamAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 28SSeedtagContextual ads · Madrid · servers in Kansas CityAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 29SSovrnAd exchange · Boulder · servers in Dublin, AshburnAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 30TTeadsContent recommendation and video ads · New York · servers in London, ChicagoAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 31TThe Trade DeskAd buying platform and identity (UID2) · Ventura · servers in Seattle (South Lake Union)AdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 32TTripleLiftAd exchange (native ads) · New York · servers in Frankfurt am MainAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 33YYahooAd network · New York · servers in LondonAdvertisingBeforeAfter accept
- 34HHubSpotMarketing and sales software · Cambridge, MA · servers in MontrealMarketingBeforeAfter accept
- 35PPianoAnalytics and paywalls · Philadelphia · servers in Montreal, BostonAnalyticsBeforeAfter accept
From our last check on 27 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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