How cookie and banner monitor results are compared

Get some explanations how the the values of the cookie scanner and tag scanner are monitored. If you create a Monitor to check regulary for new cookies or a working cookie banner this page supports you in understanding and interpreting the results of the automated banner check.

Custom Script Result

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	return value of the script
What we compare:	return value of the script

Consent Banner found

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	found: true/false
What we compare:	found: true/false

Cookies

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	Name, Domain, Path
What we compare:	Name, Domain, Path

localStorage

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	Name
What we compare:	Name

Tags Inventory

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	Name, Account Id
What we compare:	Name, Account Id

What we do not compare is the number of "same" requests. So if there are in one result a request to Google Analytics with property id G-XXXXXX and in the other resulte three requests to the same property id, it will be considered as "no change".

3rd Party Request

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	Hostname, e.g. www.example.com or sub.example.com
What we compare:	Hostname

What we do not compare is the number of "same" requests. So if there are in one result a request to hostname xyc.example.com and in the other result three requests to the same hostname, it will be considered as "no change".

Ext. Links

Considered unique, if those values are the same:	whole url
What we compare:	whole url