A cookie scanner tool automatically crawls a website’s pages, loads each one in a controlled browser environment, and records every cookie that is set, along with its name, domain, expiration, path, and the script responsible for creating it. The scanner then matches each cookie against a database of known trackers to determine its purpose: analytics, advertising, social media, or functional.
The output is a comprehensive cookie inventory that forms the foundation of any consent management programme. Without this inventory, organisations cannot accurately disclose cookie usage in their privacy policies or configure consent banners correctly.
Websites are dynamic environments. Marketing teams add new tracking pixels, developers integrate third-party libraries, and content management plugins inject scripts, all of which may introduce new cookies without the privacy team’s knowledge. A one-time scan quickly becomes outdated.
Regular scanning, ideally automated on a weekly or monthly schedule, catches undisclosed cookies before they become compliance violations. It also identifies deprecated cookies that can be removed to improve performance and reduce your site’s data-collection footprint.
Seers.ai includes an integrated cookie scanner that runs automatically at configurable intervals. After each scan, new cookies are flagged for review and suggested categorisations are presented for approval. Approved categories feed directly into the consent banner, ensuring that visitors always see an accurate list of cookie purposes.
The scanner also generates a detailed report that serves as an audit artefact for regulators and DPOs. Combined with Seers’ tag-blocking engine and Google Consent Mode v2 integration, the scanner ensures end-to-end compliance from detection to enforcement.
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