Does westernmassnews.com use cookies?

westernmassnews.com uses 12 cookies. No consent management platform was detected.

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

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

westernmassnews.com loads 32 third-party requests from 15 vendors, including Chartbeat, Cloudflare Inc., cohesionapps.com, comScore, FunctionalSoftware.

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

westernmassnews.com sets 0 marketing and 5 analytics cookies, alongside 0 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

westernmassnews.com

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Rating: 8
Author: Passiro

https://westernmassnews.com

Last scanned July 16, 2026

A cookie scan of westernmassnews.com completed on July 16, 2026 found 12 cookies and 32 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 32 third-party requests from 15 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

Consent signals (IAB TCF) were detected, but the consent platform was not recognized.
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

12 cookies detected: 0 necessary, 5 analytics, 0 marketing

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

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Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_ga before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
_gat before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	1st
_gat_RMD before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	1st
_ga_XHT53NZ9QJ before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr	–	–	1st
_gid before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	1st
FCCDCF	.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	1 yr	–	–	1st
pnespsdk_ssn before consent	www.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	Session	–	–	1st
pnespsdk_visitor before consent	www.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	356 d	–	–	1st
_awl before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	–	1st
_cb before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	–	1st
_cb_svref before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	–	1st
_chartbeat2 before consent	.westernmassnews.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	–	1st

Third-Party Trackers

32 requests detected from 15 vendors: Chartbeat, Cloudflare Inc., cohesionapps.com, comScore, FunctionalSoftware...

Analytics

Marketing

Necessary

Functional

Other

Vendor	Category	Type	Domain
Chartbeat before consent Chartbeat tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	ping.chartbeat.net
Chartbeat before consent Chartbeat tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	mab.chartbeat.com
Cloudflare Inc. before consent Cloudflare Web Analytics	Analytics	script	static.cloudflareinsights.com
cohesionapps.com before consent cohesionapps.com tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	navi.cohesionapps.com
comScore before consent comScore tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	sb.scorecardresearch.com
FunctionalSoftware before consent FunctionalSoftware tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	o13855.ingest.sentry.io
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics)	Analytics	script	region1.analytics.google.com
Google LLC before consent Google Tag Manager	Analytics	script	www.googletagmanager.com
Admiral before consent Admiral tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	merequartz.com
Admiral before consent Admiral tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	childlikeform.com
Amazon before consent Amazon tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	c.amazon-adsystem.com
Criteo before consent Criteo tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	gum.criteo.com
Google LLC before consent Google IMA SDK video ads	Marketing	script	imasdk.googleapis.com
Microsoft before consent Microsoft tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	ib.adnxs.com
PubMatic before consent PubMatic tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	ads.pubmatic.com
Taboola before consent Taboola tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising)	Marketing	script	cdn.taboola.com
Amazon Amazon tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	s3.amazonaws.com
Amazon Amazon tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	d3agakyjgjv5i8.cloudfront.net
Chartbeat Chartbeat tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	static.chartbeat.com
Cloudflare Inc. Cloudflare CDNJS	Necessary	script	cdnjs.cloudflare.com
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet	Necessary	script	fonts.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.google.dk
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	csi.gstatic.com
Piano Piano tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	api-esp.piano.io
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	securepubads.g.doubleclick.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	tpc.googlesyndication.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	s0.2mdn.net
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	pagead2.googlesyndication.com
Integral Ad Science before consent Integral Ad Science tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	dt.adsafeprotected.com
The Trade Desk before consent The Trade Desk tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	pixel	insight.adsrvr.org