Does cardiff.ac.uk use cookies?

cardiff.ac.uk uses 7 cookies. No consent management platform was detected.

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

No consent management platform (cookie banner) was detected on cardiff.ac.uk. Since the site sets non-essential cookies or loads third-party trackers, it may not meet GDPR and ePrivacy prior-consent requirements.

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

cardiff.ac.uk loads 8 third-party requests from 4 vendors, including Google LLC, Amazon, Imgix, UNPKG.

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

cardiff.ac.uk sets 0 marketing and 2 analytics cookies, alongside 1 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

cardiff.ac.uk

Item: cardiff.ac.uk
Rating: 44
Author: Passiro

https://cardiff.ac.uk

Last scanned August 20, 2026

A cookie scan of cardiff.ac.uk completed on August 20, 2026 found 7 cookies and 8 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 8 third-party requests from 4 vendors; non-essential tracking of this kind requires prior consent under the ePrivacy Directive.

Claim & unlock

Third-party

Trackers

Vendors

Consent banner

None detected

Scans

What this setup is missing

No consent management platform was detected.
Google tags were observed, but Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected.

Compliance by audience

European Union

✗ Not met

GDPR + ePrivacy · Prior consent (opt-in)

United Kingdom

✗ Not met

UK GDPR + PECR · Consent-based

United States

! Needs attention

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

7 cookies detected: 1 necessary, 2 analytics, 0 marketing

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

Filter by category

Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_ga before consent	.cardiff.ac.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	–	–	1st
_ga_XZ9XJCWQR4 before consent	.cardiff.ac.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	–	–	1st
AWSALB before consent	www.cardiff.ac.uk	Functional	Amazon Web Services	7 d	–	–	1st
AWSALBCORS before consent	www.cardiff.ac.uk	Functional	Amazon Web Services	7 d	✓	–	1st
__cf_bm	.www.cardiff.ac.uk	Necessary	Cloudflare	Expired	✓	✓	1st
dxp-sessionid before consent	www.cardiff.ac.uk	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	✓	1st
SQ_SYSTEM_SESSION before consent	.cardiff.ac.uk	Unknown	-	Session	✓	–	1st

Third-Party Trackers

8 requests detected from 4 vendors: Google LLC, Amazon, Imgix, UNPKG

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
Google LLC before consent Google Tag Manager	Analytics	script	www.googletagmanager.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	region1.analytics.google.com
Amazon Amazon tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	d1pmxwirk3qc7v.cloudfront.net
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet	Necessary	script	fonts.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	www.google.dk
Imgix Imgix tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	cardiff.imgix.net
UNPKG UNPKG tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	unpkg.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	stats.g.doubleclick.net