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Editorial team

Consent Mode HQ

Editorial team at Consent Mode HQ

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02.07

GDPR & Privacy Law

How to Avoid Getting Sued for Collecting User Data Before Consent in 2026

In 2026, cookie compliance is no longer a theoretical or “best-practice” discussion. It is a litigation issue. Across Europe and the United States, regulators and courts are increasingly aligned on…

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02.05

GDPR & Privacy Law

GDPR and VPPA Together: Hidden Compliance Risks from Modern Analytics and Video Tracking

TL;DR: Modern retail sites often combine analytics telemetry with video playback signals (embedded players, CDNs, session replay, ad pixels). That combination can create GDPR exposure in the EU and VPPA-style…

5 min ↗

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02.04

Cookie Audits & Scanners

How to conduct cookie scans using automated tools: methods, limitations, and practical comparison

Automated cookie scans are useful, but they’re often misunderstood. A scan can reliably prove what tracking technologies are present (cookies, scripts, network endpoints, storage artifacts). What it cannot safely assume…

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02.03

Cookie Banners

CMPs most known: review and practical comparisons (why independent cookie scanning remains required)

This market analysis compares leading consent management approaches and explains why no vendor Consent Management Platform (CMP) guarantees a correct production installation without independent verification. The analysis focuses on two…

4 min ↗

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02.02

Google Consent Mode

Consent Mode in 2026: Why Deploying a CMP Is No Longer Enough Without Active Monitoring

In 2026, deploying a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) is a regulatory baseline — not a guarantee of compliant or reliable measurement. Consent Mode has evolved into a runtime signaling…

4 min ↗

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02.01

Cookie Audits & Scanners

Why Most Cookie Audits Fail: The Gap Between CMP Setup and Real-World Tracking Behavior

For many teams, a cookie audit is treated as a one-time checkbox exercise. Install a CMP, configure a banner, update the privacy policy, and assume the site is compliant. On…

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01.30

Cookie Audits & Scanners

Privacy in 2026 Is No Longer About Consent Banners. It’s About Continuous Compliance Monitoring

For years, privacy compliance on the web followed a familiar pattern. A new regulation would arrive. Teams would update their cookie banner, tweak some wording, maybe install a CMP plugin…

5 min ↗

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01.27

ConsentModeHQ

Write or Edit for ConsentModeHQ

ConsentModeHQ is looking for editors and contributors who work on consent, tracking and privacy engineering and check every claim against its primary source. DM @ConsentModeHQ on X.

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01.26

Pre-Consent Tracking

Pre-consent tracking checklist: how to detect analytics firing before consent

A checklist for identifying pre-consent tracking on your website. Learn how to detect when analytics or marketing scripts fire before user consent by analyzing network requests, cookie behavior and runtime…

4 min ↗

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01.26

Pre-Consent Tracking

Does Google Analytics fire before consent?

This article explores when and why Google Analytics fires before a user gives consent, examining GA4’s default behaviour and the technical reasons behind it. Understanding these pre-consent signals helps ensure…

4 min ↗