Does fafsa.gov use cookies?

fafsa.gov uses 27 cookies, 27 of which are set by third-party domains. No consent management platform was detected.

Does fafsa.gov use a cookie banner (CMP)?

No consent management platform (cookie banner) was detected on fafsa.gov. 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 fafsa.gov use?

fafsa.gov loads 76 third-party requests from 8 vendors, including Akamai, Crazy Egg, Google, Google LLC, Medallia.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does fafsa.gov set?

fafsa.gov sets 0 marketing and 3 analytics cookies, alongside 5 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

fafsa.gov

Item: fafsa.gov
Author: Passiro

https://fafsa.gov

Last scanned Jul 18, 2026

A cookie scan of fafsa.gov completed on July 18, 2026 found 27 cookies and 76 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 4 pages across 4 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 76 third-party requests from 8 vendors, which require prior consent under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive.

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Third-party

Trackers

Vendors

Consent banner

None detected

Scans

Cookies

27 cookies detected: 5 necessary, 3 analytics, 0 marketing, 27 third-party

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

27 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
_ga	.studentaid.gov	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_ga_2TVXCHEG31	.studentaid.gov	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	✓	–	3rd
_ga_CSLL4ZEK4L	.studentaid.gov	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	✓	–	3rd
ak_bmsc	.studentaid.gov	Necessary	Akamai	Expired	–	✓	3rd
bm_sv	.studentaid.gov	Necessary	Akamai	Expired	✓	–	3rd
bm_sz	.studentaid.gov	Necessary	Akamai	Expired	–	–	3rd
XSRF-TOKEN	studentaid.gov	Necessary	CSRF Protection	Session	✓	–	3rd
_abck	.studentaid.gov	Necessary	Akamai	362 d	✓	–	3rd
72282033e0403ce2c4980e9f3d88ec4a	studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	✓	✓	3rd
akaalb_prod_dcc_app_alb	studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	✓	✓	3rd
akavpau_wr	studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	✓	✓	3rd
ConfiguredSelection	studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	✓	✓	3rd
dp-user	studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	✓	–	3rd
dtCookie	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	3rd
dtPC	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	3rd
dtSa	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	3rd
route_session	studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	✓	✓	3rd
RT	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	4 d	–	–	3rd
rxVisitor	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	3rd
rxvt	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	3rd
utag_main_ses_id	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
utag_main__pn	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
utag_main__se	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
utag_main__sn	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	362 d	–	–	3rd
utag_main__ss	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
utag_main__st	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
_ce.s	.studentaid.gov	Unknown	-	362 d	✓	–	3rd

Third-Party Trackers

76 requests detected from 8 vendors: Akamai, Crazy Egg, Google, Google LLC, Medallia...

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
Akamai	Analytics	script	s.go-mpulse.net
Crazy Egg	Analytics	script	script.crazyegg.com
Google	Analytics	script	region1.analytics.google.com
Google LLC	Analytics	script	www.googletagmanager.com
Medallia	Analytics	script	resources.digital-cloud-gov.medallia.com
Tealium	Analytics	script	tags.tiqcdn.com
Google	Essential	script	www.google.dk
Google	Essential	script	i.ytimg.com
Google	Essential	script	www.gstatic.com
Google	Essential	script	jnn-pa.googleapis.com
Salesforce	Essential	script	fsaocts.my.salesforce.com
UNPKG	Essential	script	unpkg.com
Google LLC	Marketing	iframe	www.youtube.com
Google LLC	Necessary	script	fonts.googleapis.com
Google LLC	Necessary	script	fonts.gstatic.com
Google	Other	script	region1.google-analytics.com
Google	Other	script	stats.g.doubleclick.net
Google	Other	script	googleads.g.doubleclick.net