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plosgenetics.org

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Last scanned July 22, 2026

A cookie scan of plosgenetics.org completed on July 22, 2026 found 4 cookies and 18 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. The site uses TrustArc as its consent management platform. Neither IAB TCF v2.3 nor Google Consent Mode v2 was observed on our check. 18 third-party requests were detected from 7 vendors.

Cookies

4

Third-party

4

Trackers

18

Vendors

7

Consent banner

TrustArc

Scans

1

What this setup is missing

  • 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

✓ 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.

Cookies

4 cookies detected: 0 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing, 4 third-party

Total

4

Necessary

0

Functional

0

Analytics

0

Marketing

0

Unknown

4

4 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
GCLB before consent journals.plos.org Unknown - Session 3rd
notice_behavior before consent .journals.plos.org Unknown - Session 3rd
TAsessionID before consent .journals.plos.org Unknown - Expired 3rd
_ce.s before consent .plos.org Unknown - 360 d 3rd

Third-Party Trackers

18 requests detected from 7 vendors: Crazy Egg, Google LLC, HubSpot Inc., New Relic, HubSpot...

Analytics

4

Marketing

4

Necessary

6

Functional

1

Other

3

Vendor Category Type Domain
Crazy Egg before consent Crazy Egg tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics) Analytics script script.crazyegg.com
Google LLC before consent Google Tag Manager Analytics script www.googletagmanager.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot analytics Analytics script js.hs-analytics.net
New Relic before consent New Relic tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics) Analytics script js-agent.newrelic.com
Google LLC before consent Google reCAPTCHA bot protection Functional script www.google.com
HubSpot before consent HubSpot tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising) Marketing script js.hs-banner.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot tracking script Marketing script js.hs-scripts.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot marketing & CRM Marketing script js.hubspot.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot ads pixel Marketing pixel js.hsadspixel.net
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet Necessary script fonts.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content) Necessary script storage.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google Fonts files Necessary script fonts.gstatic.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content) Necessary script www.gstatic.com
HubSpot HubSpot tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content) Necessary script perf-na1.hsforms.com
New Relic Inc. New Relic data beacon Necessary pixel bam.nr-data.net
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral) Unknown script www.google-analytics.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral) Unknown script pagead2.googlesyndication.com
TrustARC TrustARC tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: ConsentManagers) Unknown script consent.trustarc.com

Scan history

One completed scan: cookies and trackers from the scan on July 22, 2026.

Recent scans

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