thestar.co.za
Last scanned Jul 23, 2026
A cookie scan of thestar.co.za completed on July 23, 2026 found 8 cookies and 135 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 135 third-party requests from 7 vendors, which require prior consent under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive.
Consent behaviour grade 16 / 100
This site set multiple tracking cookies before the visitor consented. Under ePrivacy Article 5(3), these require prior consent.
Observed before consent
Cookies set before consent (8)
-
_fbpmarketing · Facebook -
_tt_enable_cookiemarketing · TikTok -
_ttpmarketing · TikTok -
_gaanalytics · Google Analytics -
_ga_T3P3SK4PSPanalytics · Google Analytics -
FCCDCFunknown -
ttcsidunknown -
ttcsid_D60QN8JC77UD675I1LV0unknown
Tracking requests before consent (15)
- Taboola cdn.taboola.com
- Google region1.analytics.google.com
- Google LLC www.googletagmanager.com
- Google lh3.googleusercontent.com
- Google www.google.dk
- Google csi.gstatic.com
- Twitter cdn.syndication.twimg.com
- Meta Platforms, Inc. connect.facebook.net
- Meta Platforms, Inc. www.facebook.com
- Meta Platforms, Inc. www.instagram.com
- TikTok analytics.tiktok.com set a cookie
- X Corp (Twitter) platform.twitter.com
- and 3 more
Cookie Consent & Compliance
thestar.co.za does not appear to use a consent management platform. Our check observed 135 third-party requests from 7 vendors and 8 cookies. Tracking of this kind requires prior consent under GDPR Article 6 and ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3). See which consent platforms our check can detect.
What this setup is missing
- No consent management platform was detected.
- Google tags were observed, but Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected.
Cookies
8
Third-party
0
Trackers
135
Vendors
7
Consent banner
None detected
Scans
1
Third-Party Trackers
135 requests detected from 7 vendors: Taboola, Google, Google LLC, Twitter, Meta Platforms, Inc....
Third-Party Trackers
135 requests detected from 7 vendors: Taboola, Google, Google LLC, Twitter, Meta Platforms, Inc....
Analytics
22
Marketing
51
Necessary
22
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taboola | Advertising | script | cdn.taboola.com |
| Analytics | script | region1.analytics.google.com | |
| Google LLC | Analytics | script | www.googletagmanager.com |
| Essential | script | lh3.googleusercontent.com | |
| Essential | script | www.google.dk | |
| Essential | script | csi.gstatic.com | |
| Essential | script | cdn.syndication.twimg.com | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Marketing | script | connect.facebook.net |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Marketing | pixel | www.facebook.com |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Marketing | iframe | www.instagram.com |
| TikTok | Marketing | script | analytics.tiktok.com |
| X Corp (Twitter) | Marketing | script | platform.twitter.com |
| Google LLC | Necessary | script | fonts.googleapis.com |
| Google LLC | Necessary | script | fonts.gstatic.com |
| Other | script | securepubads.g.doubleclick.net | |
| Other | script | pagead2.googlesyndication.com | |
| Social | script | platform.x.com |
Scan history
1 completed scans: cookies and trackers per scan, latest on Jul 23, 2026.
Trend appears after a couple of scans.
Recent scans
| Jul 23, 2026 | 8 135 |
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