Does thebestof.co.uk use cookies?

thebestof.co.uk uses 8 cookies. No consent management platform was detected.

Does thebestof.co.uk use a cookie banner (CMP)?

No consent management platform (cookie banner) was detected on thebestof.co.uk. 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 thebestof.co.uk use?

thebestof.co.uk loads 7 third-party requests from 1 vendors, including Google LLC.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does thebestof.co.uk set?

thebestof.co.uk sets 0 marketing and 7 analytics cookies, alongside 0 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

thebestof.co.uk

Item: thebestof.co.uk
Rating: 30
Author: Passiro

https://thebestof.co.uk

Last scanned July 21, 2026

A cookie scan of thebestof.co.uk performed on July 21, 2026 found 8 cookies and 7 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 7 third-party requests from 1 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.

Cookies

8 cookies detected: 0 necessary, 7 analytics, 0 marketing

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

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Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_ga before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
_ga_VTTXGZ6GTP before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
__utma before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
__utmb before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	1st
__utmc before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	Session	–	–	1st
__utmt before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	1st
__utmz before consent	.thebestof.co.uk	Analytics	Google Analytics	177 d	–	–	1st
tbosession before consent	.www.thebestof.co.uk	Unknown	-	Expired	–	✓	1st

Third-Party Trackers

7 requests detected from 1 vendors: Google LLC

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 Maps API	Functional	script	maps.googleapis.com
Google LLC before consent Google reCAPTCHA bot protection	Functional	script	www.google.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
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	region1.google-analytics.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	ssl.google-analytics.com