Does thegamebusiness.com use cookies?

thegamebusiness.com uses 6 cookies. No consent management platform was detected.

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

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

thegamebusiness.com loads 8 third-party requests from 6 vendors, including Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, Substack, Amazon, Mux.

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

thegamebusiness.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.

thegamebusiness.com

Item: thegamebusiness.com
Rating: 55
Author: Passiro

https://thegamebusiness.com

Last scanned July 23, 2026

A cookie scan of thegamebusiness.com conducted on July 23, 2026 found 6 cookies and 8 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 8 third-party requests from 6 vendors; non-essential tracking of this kind requires prior consent under the ePrivacy Directive.

Claim & unlock

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

6 cookies detected: 1 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

Filter by category

Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
__cf_bm	.www.thegamebusiness.com	Necessary	Cloudflare	Expired	✓	✓	1st
AWSALBTG before consent	www.thegamebusiness.com	Unknown	-	Expired	–	–	1st
AWSALBTGCORS before consent	www.thegamebusiness.com	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	–	1st
cookie_storage_key before consent	.www.thegamebusiness.com	Unknown	-	81 d	✓	–	1st
disable_experiments before consent	www.thegamebusiness.com	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	1st
disable_html_pixels before consent	www.thegamebusiness.com	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	1st

Third-Party Trackers

8 requests detected from 6 vendors: Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, Substack, Amazon, Mux...

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
Cloudflare Inc. before consent Cloudflare Web Analytics	Analytics	script	static.cloudflareinsights.com
Google LLC before consent Google Tag Manager	Analytics	script	www.googletagmanager.com
Substack before consent Substack tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: EmailAggressive)	Marketing	script	substack.com
Amazon Amazon tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet	Necessary	script	fonts.googleapis.com
Mux Mux tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	stream.mux.com
Sentry (Functional Software) Sentry error tracking	Necessary	script	js.sentry-cdn.com
Sentry (Functional Software) Sentry browser SDK	Necessary	script	browser.sentry-cdn.com