Does brunel.ac.uk use cookies?

brunel.ac.uk uses 9 cookies, 1 of which are set by third-party domains. The site uses Cookiebot as its consent management platform.

Does brunel.ac.uk use a cookie banner (CMP)?

Yes. brunel.ac.uk uses Cookiebot as its consent management platform. IAB TCF v2.3 was not detected. Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected.

Which third-party trackers does brunel.ac.uk use?

brunel.ac.uk loads 12 third-party requests from 9 vendors, including Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, obs.du89buildings.com, Adobe Fonts, Font Awesome.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does brunel.ac.uk set?

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

brunel.ac.uk

Item: brunel.ac.uk
Rating: 34
Author: Passiro

https://brunel.ac.uk

Last scanned August 17, 2026

A cookie scan of brunel.ac.uk completed on August 17, 2026 found 9 cookies and 12 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. The site uses Cookiebot as its consent management platform. Neither IAB TCF v2.3 nor Google Consent Mode v2 was observed on our check. 12 third-party requests were detected from 9 vendors.

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Vendors

Consent banner

Cookiebot

Scans

What this setup is missing

Script blocking is manual. Each script must be tagged by hand, and untagged scripts run before consent.
Google tags were observed, but Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected.
No Reject option on the first layer; declining requires extra steps.

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.

Connection security

HTTPS supported

✓

Redirects HTTP to HTTPS

✓

HSTS

✓

Content Security Policy

✗

Cookies

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

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

1 third-party cookie detected

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

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Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_cq_duid before consent	.brunel.ac.uk	Functional	CHEQ AI Technologies	91 d	✓	–	1st
_cq_suid before consent	.brunel.ac.uk	Functional	CHEQ AI Technologies	Session	✓	–	1st
PHPSESSID	brunel.adv-pub.moveon4.com	Necessary	PHP	Session	✓	✓	3rd
sa-user-id before consent	www.brunel.ac.uk	Unknown	-	365 d	✓	–	1st
sa-user-id-v2 before consent	www.brunel.ac.uk	Unknown	-	365 d	✓	–	1st
sa-user-id-v3 before consent	www.brunel.ac.uk	Unknown	-	365 d	✓	–	1st
sa-user-id-v4 before consent	www.brunel.ac.uk	Unknown	-	365 d	✓	–	1st
_cq_s before consent	.brunel.ac.uk	Unknown	-	7 d	✓	–	1st
_cq_session before consent	.brunel.ac.uk	Unknown	-	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	✓	–	1st

Browser storage set by the site

Name	Domain	Party
_cq_check set by ob.du89buildings.com/f4c60d4e7f428728e85d841df7902658.js:1:73922	https://www.brunel.ac.uk	1st	before consent
_cq_tuid set by ob.du89buildings.com/f4c60d4e7f428728e85d841df7902658.js:1:131333	https://www.brunel.ac.uk	1st	before consent
sa-user-id set by tags.srv.stackadapt.com/events.js:31:15071	https://www.brunel.ac.uk	1st	before consent
sa-user-id-v2 set by tags.srv.stackadapt.com/events.js:31:15124	https://www.brunel.ac.uk	1st	before consent
sa-user-id-v3 set by tags.srv.stackadapt.com/events.js:31:15182	https://www.brunel.ac.uk	1st	before consent
sa-user-id-v4 set by tags.srv.stackadapt.com/events.js:31:15266	https://www.brunel.ac.uk	1st	before consent
wpEmojiSettingsSupports set by brunel.adv-pub.moveon4.com/:17:113	https://brunel.adv-pub.moveon4.com	3rd	before consent

Third-Party Trackers

12 requests detected from 9 vendors: Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, obs.du89buildings.com, Adobe Fonts, Font Awesome...

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Marketing

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Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
Cloudflare Inc. before consent Cloudflare Web Analytics	Analytics	script	static.cloudflareinsights.com
Google LLC before consent Google Tag Manager	Analytics	script	www.googletagmanager.com
obs.du89buildings.com before consent	Analytics	xhr	obs.du89buildings.com
Adobe Fonts before consent Adobe Fonts (Typekit): web font delivery	Functional	script	use.typekit.net
Font Awesome before consent Font Awesome CDN: icon font and CSS delivery	Functional	script	use.fontawesome.com
StackAdapt before consent StackAdapt tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	tags.srv.stackadapt.com
Cloudflare Inc. Cloudflare CDNJS	Necessary	script	cdnjs.cloudflare.com
Cybot A/S (Cookiebot) Cookiebot consent management	Necessary	script	consent.cookiebot.com
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet	Necessary	script	fonts.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google Fonts files	Necessary	script	fonts.gstatic.com
Volentio JSD Volentio JSD tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	cdn.jsdelivr.net
UserCentrics UserCentrics tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: ConsentManagers)	Unknown	script	consentcdn.cookiebot.com