Does forbes.health use cookies?

forbes.health uses 7 cookies. No consent management platform was detected.

Does forbes.health use a cookie banner (CMP)?

No consent management platform (cookie banner) was detected on forbes.health. 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 forbes.health use?

forbes.health loads 10 third-party requests from 5 vendors, including ContentSquare, Google LLC, www.google.com, Adobe Fonts, Meta Platforms, Inc..

How many marketing and analytics cookies does forbes.health set?

forbes.health sets 1 marketing and 5 analytics cookies, alongside 0 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

forbes.health

Item: forbes.health
Rating: 32
Author: Passiro

https://forbes.health

Last scanned September 18, 2026

A cookie scan of forbes.health performed on September 18, 2026 found 7 cookies and 10 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 10 third-party requests from 5 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.

Connection security

HTTPS supported

✓

Redirects HTTP to HTTPS

✓

HSTS

✓

Content Security Policy

✗

Cookies

7 cookies detected: 0 necessary, 5 analytics, 1 marketing

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

Filter by category

Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_ga before consent	.forbes.health	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
_ga_GMXQJTLKLH before consent	.forbes.health	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
_gcl_au before consent	.forbes.health	Analytics	Google Analytics	82 d	–	–	1st
_hjSessionUser_3751136 before consent	.forbes.health	Analytics	Hotjar	357 d	✓	–	1st
_hjSession_3751136 before consent	.forbes.health	Analytics	Hotjar	Expired	✓	–	1st
_fbp before consent	.forbes.health	Marketing	Facebook	82 d	–	–	1st
mapping_sid before consent	www.forbes.health	Unknown	-	357 d	–	–	1st

Browser storage set by the site

Name	Domain	Party
_gcl_ls set by www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent
_hjLocalStorageTest set by script.hotjar.com/modules.e762be2b6b709245aabb.js:2:217285	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent
_hjSessionStorageTest set by script.hotjar.com/modules.e762be2b6b709245aabb.js:2:217510	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent
hjViewportId set by script.hotjar.com/modules.e762be2b6b709245aabb.js:2:80374	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent
hjActiveViewportIds set by script.hotjar.com/modules.e762be2b6b709245aabb.js:2:80510	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent
lastExternalReferrer set by connect.facebook.net/fbevents.js:202:242	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent
lastExternalReferrerTime set by connect.facebook.net/fbevents.js:202:242	https://www.forbes.health	1st	before consent

Third-Party Trackers

10 requests detected from 5 vendors: ContentSquare, Google LLC, www.google.com, Adobe Fonts, Meta Platforms, Inc.

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
ContentSquare before consent ContentSquare tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	static.hotjar.com
ContentSquare before consent ContentSquare tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	content.hotjar.io
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
www.google.com before consent	Analytics	fetch	www.google.com
Adobe Fonts before consent Adobe Fonts (Typekit): web font delivery	Functional	script	use.typekit.net
Meta Platforms, Inc. before consent Facebook SDK / Pixel	Marketing	script	connect.facebook.net
Meta Platforms, Inc. before consent Facebook tracking pixel	Marketing	pixel	www.facebook.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	www.google.dk
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	ad.doubleclick.net