Does youtube.ca use cookies?

youtube.ca uses 20 cookies, 20 of which are set by third-party domains. No consent management platform was detected.

Does youtube.ca use a cookie banner (CMP)?

No consent management platform (cookie banner) was detected on youtube.ca. 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 youtube.ca use?

youtube.ca loads 8 third-party requests from 1 vendors, including Google LLC.

How many marketing and analytics cookies does youtube.ca set?

youtube.ca sets 1 marketing and 7 analytics cookies, alongside 0 strictly necessary cookies. Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies require prior consent.

youtube.ca

Item: youtube.ca
Rating: 30
Author: Passiro

https://youtube.ca

Last scanned July 22, 2026

A cookie scan of youtube.ca conducted on July 22, 2026 found 20 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 1 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

20 cookies detected: 0 necessary, 7 analytics, 1 marketing, 20 third-party

Total

Necessary

Functional

Analytics

Marketing

Unknown

20 third-party cookies detected

Third-party cookies require explicit user consent under GDPR/ePrivacy.

Filter by category

Name	Domain	Category	Provider	Expiry	Secure	HttpOnly	Party
_ga before consent	.youtube.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	–	–	3rd
_ga before consent	.support.google.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	–	–	3rd
_gat_gtag_UA_175894890_5 before consent	.support.google.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	3rd
_ga_H30R9PNQFN before consent	.support.google.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	–	–	3rd
_ga_M0180HEFCY before consent	.youtube.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	–	–	3rd
_gid before consent	.youtube.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	3rd
_gid before consent	.support.google.com	Analytics	Google Analytics	Expired	–	–	3rd
NID before consent	.google.com	Marketing	Google	180 d	✓	✓	3rd
OTZ before consent	consent.youtube.com	Unknown	-	27 d	✓	–	3rd
PREF before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months	✓	–	3rd
SOCS before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	–	3rd
SUPPORT_CONTENT before consent	.support.google.com	Unknown	-	Expired	✓	–	3rd
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	177 d	✓	✓	3rd
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	177 d	✓	✓	3rd
YSC before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	Session	✓	✓	3rd
__Secure-ENID before consent	.google.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	✓	3rd
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	177 d	✓	✓	3rd
__Secure-YEC before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	✓	3rd
__Secure-YENID before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	1.1 yr	✓	✓	3rd
__Secure-YNID before consent	.youtube.com	Unknown	-	177 d	✓	✓	3rd

Third-Party Trackers

8 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 Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	i.ytimg.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.gstatic.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	rr3---sn-q4fl6nlz.googlevideo.com
Google LLC Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Content)	Necessary	script	kstatic.googleusercontent.com
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral)	Unknown	script	www.google-analytics.com