Your cookie banner may not block anything at all
A consent banner is only real if it actually stops the tracking until someone agrees. On most sites the analytics, ad pixels, and session recorders fire the moment the page loads, so the banner is cosmetic and the exposure is real.
Where website sites lose revenue
- Trackers fire before consentPixels, analytics, and session tools load on page open, before anyone clicks Accept, so tracking happens without permission on every visit.
- Your banner is cosmeticMany consent banners only save a preference and never actually block the scripts. It looks compliant and stops nothing.
- Global Privacy Control is ignoredBrowsers can send a legal opt-out signal automatically. Most sites never read it, which is now an enforcement target in California.
- Session replay captures pre-consent activityReplay tools often record what visitors do and type before consent, including on forms, which raises both privacy and wiretapping exposure.
How Mimetic finds it and ships the fix
Mimetic loads your site with a clean session and watches exactly what fires before and after consent, so you see whether the banner does its job.
- We load your site fresh and record every tracker that fires before any click
- We accept the banner and check what changes, to see if it actually gates anything
- We check GPC handling and pre-consent session recording
- We hand you the fix for each gap, written and ready for your team
Businesses install a banner, assume they are covered, and never verify that it blocks the scripts. The scan checks what actually runs before opt-in, which is the part that matters.
Questions
Do trackers fire before consent on my site?
The scan loads your site with a clean session and records exactly what fires before any click, then what changes after you accept. You get a plain list of what runs without permission.
Is my cookie banner actually GDPR and CCPA compliant?
We check the part most people never verify: whether the banner actually blocks the trackers until consent, whether it honors Global Privacy Control, and whether session tools record before opt-in. You get the gaps and the fix.
What is Global Privacy Control and do I need to honor it?
It is an automatic browser opt-out signal that California treats as a valid request to not sell or share data. Most sites ignore it. The scan checks whether yours reads and respects it.
Is this really free?
Yes. The scan is free, no install and no credit card. Enter your site and we show you what fires before consent, with the highest-impact fixes written for you.