Does channelnews.com.au use cookies?

channelnews.com.au uses 7 cookies. No consent management platform was detected.

Does channelnews.com.au use a cookie banner (CMP)?

No consent management platform (cookie banner) was detected on channelnews.com.au. 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 channelnews.com.au use?

channelnews.com.au loads 36 third-party requests from 4 vendors, including Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, Automattic, UNPKG.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does channelnews.com.au set?

channelnews.com.au sets 0 marketing and 2 analytics cookies, alongside 2 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

channelnews.com.au

Item: channelnews.com.au
Rating: 55
Author: Passiro

https://channelnews.com.au

Last scanned July 20, 2026

A cookie scan of channelnews.com.au conducted on July 20, 2026 found 7 cookies and 36 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 36 third-party requests from 4 vendors; non-essential tracking of this kind requires prior consent under the ePrivacy Directive.

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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.

Cookies

7 cookies detected: 2 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	.channelnews.com.au	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
_ga_NSKFEGHSSQ before consent	.channelnews.com.au	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
cf_clearance	.channelnews.com.au	Necessary	Cloudflare	360 d	✓	✓	1st
PHPSESSID	www.channelnews.com.au	Necessary	PHP	Session	✓	–	1st
breakdance_last_session_id before consent	www.channelnews.com.au	Unknown	-	Session	✓	–	1st
breakdance_session_count before consent	www.channelnews.com.au	Unknown	-	Session	✓	–	1st
breakdance_view_count before consent	www.channelnews.com.au	Unknown	-	Session	✓	–	1st

Third-Party Trackers

36 requests detected from 4 vendors: Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, Automattic, UNPKG

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

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
Automattic Automattic tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	secure.gravatar.com
Cloudflare Inc. Cloudflare CDNJS	Necessary	script	cdnjs.cloudflare.com
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet	Necessary	script	fonts.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google Fonts files	Necessary	script	fonts.gstatic.com
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	region1.google-analytics.com