What does theguardian.com track?
theguardian.com loaded no advertising or analytics trackers before consent.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading www.theguardian.com/europe once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 0
- Tracking cookies
- 0
- Third-party hosts
- 4
- Cookies in total
- 7
Consent banner
The page loaded Sourcepoint, a consent management platform. Everything below was recorded before anyone answered it.
Companies contacted before consent
None.
Other third parties (content delivery, consent, functional, unclassified)
- guim.co.uk106 requestsUnclassified
assets.guim.co.uk, i.guim.co.uk, interactive.guim.co.uk, media.guim.co.uk
Cookies set before consent
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| bwid | Unclassified | theguardian.com | 12 months |
| bwid_withoutSameSiteForIncompatibleClients | Unclassified | theguardian.com | 12 months |
| gu_client_ab_tests | Unclassified | theguardian.com | 30 days |
| GU_geo_country | Unclassified | www.theguardian.com | Session |
| GU_mvt_id | Unclassified | theguardian.com | 3 months |
| gu_v2_mvt_id | Unclassified | theguardian.com | 3 months |
| consentUUID | Functional | theguardian.com | 12 months |
The page also wrote 3 keys to local storage, which works like a cookie but isn't sent with requests.
Understanding this page
- How to see which cookies and trackers a website loads
A hands-on walkthrough for checking what a site sets before you've clicked anything, using Chrome and Firefox's built-in tools, plus how CookieTosser automates the same check every month.
- What counts as valid cookie consent in the EU
The rules that actually govern cookie banners — the ePrivacy Directive, the GDPR consent standard, the Planet49 ruling, the strictly-necessary exemption, and what "reject" has to offer compared with "accept.
- Consent management platforms explained
What a CMP banner is actually doing behind the scenes, how the IAB's TCF standard and Google's Consent Mode v2 fit in, and why a banner being present is no guarantee that nothing loads before you answer it.