Cookies
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Holding the HubSpot tracking code until visitors consent
HubSpot's loader sets __hstc and hubspotutk as soon as it runs, and HubSpot lists both as analytics...
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How cookie consent works, what privacy laws ask of websites, and what is new in Kukie.io.
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Guides
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How to Honour GPC Signals on Your Website: A Technical Implementation Guide
Global Privacy Control is now legally binding in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and other US sta...
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Cookies
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How to Conduct a Cookie Audit: A Step-by-Step Methodology
A cookie audit identifies every cookie and tracking technology on your website, categorises each one...
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Cookies
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Hotjar and Cookie Consent: Session Recordings, Heatmaps, and Privacy
Hotjar records visitor sessions, generates heatmaps, and sets several first-party cookies on your do...
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Cookies
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Do you still need a cookie banner if you honour GPC?
GPC is a US opt-out signal for the sale and sharing of data, while the GDPR needs opt-in consent bef...
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Analytics
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GA4 cookie consent and the data you lose when visitors opt out
GA4 sets two first-party cookies, _ga and _ga_<container-id>, each kept for 2 years, and in the EU a...
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Cookies
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Google AdSense cookie consent rules for publishers in 2026
AdSense sets advertising cookies such as __gads (13 months) and __gpi, and in the EEA, UK and Switze...
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Cookies
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Free vs Paid Cookie Consent Solutions: What You Get and What You Miss
Free cookie consent tools cover the basics, but gaps in scanning, script blocking, and geo-targeting...
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Cookies
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First-party vs third-party cookies and how browsers treat them
Where a cookie is stored decides its party: _ga and _fbp are first-party because scripts write them...
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