Does examiner.ie use cookies?

examiner.ie uses 6 cookies, 6 of which are set by third-party domains. The site uses OneTrust as its consent management platform.

Does examiner.ie use a cookie banner (CMP)?

Yes. examiner.ie uses OneTrust 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 examiner.ie use?

examiner.ie loads 9 third-party requests from 5 vendors, including Google LLC, Permutive, OneTrust LLC, Wingify, OneTrust.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does examiner.ie set?

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

examiner.ie

Item: examiner.ie
Rating: 54
Author: Passiro

https://examiner.ie

Last scanned September 13, 2026

A cookie scan of examiner.ie conducted on September 13, 2026 found 6 cookies and 9 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. The site uses OneTrust as its consent management platform with IAB TCF v2.3; Google Consent Mode v2 was not observed. 9 third-party requests were detected from 5 vendors.

Claim & unlock

Third-party

Trackers

Vendors

Consent banner

OneTrust

Scans

What this setup is missing

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

6 cookies detected: 1 necessary, 1 analytics, 0 marketing, 6 third-party

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

6 third-party cookies detected

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

Filter by category

Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_vwo_uuid_v2 before consent	.irishexaminer.com	Analytics	VWO	357 d	–	–	3rd
AWSALB before consent	www.irishexaminer.com	Functional	Amazon Web Services	Expired	–	–	3rd
AWSALBCORS before consent	www.irishexaminer.com	Functional	Amazon Web Services	Expired	✓	–	3rd
OptanonConsent	.irishexaminer.com	Necessary	OneTrust	171 d	✓	–	3rd
blaize_session before consent	.irishexaminer.com	Unknown	-	131 d	–	–	3rd
blaize_tracking_id before consent	.irishexaminer.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	–	–	3rd

Third-Party Trackers

9 requests detected from 5 vendors: Google LLC, Permutive, OneTrust LLC, Wingify, OneTrust

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 reCAPTCHA bot protection	Functional	script	www.google.com
Permutive before consent Permutive tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340.edge.permutive.app
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	ajax.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	www.gstatic.com
Google LLC Google Fonts files	Necessary	script	fonts.gstatic.com
OneTrust LLC OneTrust consent management	Necessary	script	cdn.cookielaw.org
Wingify Wingify tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com
OneTrust OneTrust tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: ConsentManagers)	Unknown	script	geolocation.onetrust.com