Does sciam.com use cookies?

sciam.com uses 8 cookies, 8 of which are set by third-party domains. No consent management platform was detected.

Does sciam.com use a cookie banner (CMP)?

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

sciam.com loads 2 third-party requests from 2 vendors, including FunctionalSoftware, Google LLC.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does sciam.com set?

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

sciam.com

Item: sciam.com
Author: Passiro

https://sciam.com

Last scanned July 6, 2026

A cookie scan of sciam.com completed on July 6, 2026 found 8 cookies and 2 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 2 third-party requests from 2 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

Cookies

8 cookies detected: 1 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing, 8 third-party

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

8 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
csrftoken	www.scientificamerican.com	Necessary	CSRF Protection	345 d	✓	–	3rd
article_meter	www.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	71 d	✓	–	3rd
eu	.www.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	✓	3rd
idp_details	www.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	3rd
sa_geo	www.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	–	3rd
sciam_testgroup2	.www.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	346 d	✓	✓	3rd
sncc	.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	346 d	–	–	3rd
sncc_tc_144	.scientificamerican.com	Unknown	-	346 d	–	–	3rd

Third-Party Trackers

2 requests detected from 2 vendors: FunctionalSoftware, Google LLC

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
FunctionalSoftware FunctionalSoftware tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	o173313.ingest.sentry.io
Google LLC Google Tag Manager	Analytics	script	www.googletagmanager.com