Does bbc.in use cookies?

bbc.in uses 16 cookies, 16 of which are set by third-party domains. The site uses Sourcepoint as its consent management platform.

Does bbc.in use a cookie banner (CMP)?

Yes. bbc.in uses Sourcepoint as its consent management platform. IAB TCF v2.3 consent signals were detected. Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected.

Which third-party trackers does bbc.in use?

bbc.in loads 95 third-party requests from 7 vendors, including Chartbeat, comScore, Optimizely Inc., DotMetrics, Piano.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does bbc.in set?

bbc.in sets 0 marketing and 1 analytics cookies, alongside 0 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

bbc.in

Item: bbc.in
Rating: 35
Author: Passiro

https://bbc.in

Last scanned July 8, 2026

A cookie scan of bbc.in performed on July 8, 2026 found 16 cookies and 95 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. The site employs Sourcepoint as its consent management platform with IAB TCF v2.3; Google Consent Mode v2 was not observed. 95 third-party requests were detected from 7 vendors.

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Trackers

Vendors

Consent banner

Sourcepoint

Scans

Compliance by audience

European Union

✗ Not met

GDPR + ePrivacy · Prior consent (opt-in)

United Kingdom

✗ Not met

UK GDPR + PECR · Consent-based

United States

✓ Meets this model

CCPA/CPRA + state laws · Notice & opt-out

Canada

! Needs attention

PIPEDA + Québec Law 25 · Consent-based

Brazil

! Needs attention

LGPD · Consent-based

Scanned from the EU; sites may serve different banners or tracking to other regions. Verdicts reflect observed behaviour measured against each audience's rules.

Cookies

16 cookies detected: 0 necessary, 1 analytics, 0 marketing, 16 third-party

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

16 third-party cookies detected

Third-party cookies require explicit user consent under GDPR/ePrivacy.

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Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
optimizelyEndUserId before consent	.bbc.com	Analytics	Optimizely	163 d	–	–	3rd
ckns_echo_device_id before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
ckns_explicit before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	348 d	–	–	3rd
ckns_mvt before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	348 d	–	–	3rd
ckns_policy before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	348 d	–	–	3rd
ckns_policy_exp before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	348 d	–	–	3rd
ckns_privacy before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	348 d	–	–	3rd
optimizelySession before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	163 d	–	–	3rd
pa_vid before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_cb before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_cb_svref before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	–	3rd
_chartbeat2 before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_pcid before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_pctx before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_pprv before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_sp_su before consent	.bbc.com	Unknown	-	348 d	✓	–	3rd

Third-Party Trackers

95 requests detected from 7 vendors: Chartbeat, comScore, Optimizely Inc., DotMetrics, Piano...

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Marketing

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Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
Chartbeat before consent Chartbeat tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	ping.chartbeat.net
comScore before consent comScore tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	sb.scorecardresearch.com
Optimizely Inc. before consent Optimizely event logging	Analytics	pixel	logx.optimizely.com
Optimizely Inc. before consent Optimizely A/B testing	Analytics	script	cdn.optimizely.com
DotMetrics before consent DotMetrics tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	uk-script.dotmetrics.net
Chartbeat Chartbeat tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	static.chartbeat.com
Piano Piano tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	cdn.tinypass.com
Didomi Didomi tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: ConsentManagers)	Unknown	script	cdn.privacy-mgmt.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	pagead2.googlesyndication.com