Spotify Cookie Compliance Report

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Geo-redirect detected

https://spotify.com redirected to https://open.spotify.com/.

https://spotify.com

Scanned Apr 15, 2026 · 36.0s

Your website score is

0/100

Critical

Grade

BannerConsent Banner

Yes

Regulatory Compliance

Multi-regulation overview — click any regulation for details

Technical scan only. A passing score does not equal legal compliance. Consult qualified legal counsel for your jurisdiction.

Tag Leak detected 44 user data leaks before consent on spotify.com, including GA4, Fastly (Advertising Tracker), comScore (Analytics Tracker) and 3 more.

Security Headers

3/6 present

Strict-Transport-Security

max-age=31536000

Content-Security-Policy

script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' blob: open.spotifycdn.com open-review.spotifycdn.com quicksilver.scdn.co www.google-analytics.com www.googletagmanager.com static.ads-twitter.com analytics.twitter.com s.pinimg.com sc-static.net https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ cdn.ravenjs.com connect.facebook.net www.gstatic.com sb.scorecardresearch.com pixel-static.spotify.com cdn.cookielaw.org geolocation.onetrust.com www.fastly-insights.com static.hotjar.com script.hotjar.com https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion_async.js https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion/ https://analytics.tiktok.com/i18n/pixel/sdk.js https://analytics.tiktok.com/i18n/pixel/identify.js https://analytics.tiktok.com/i18n/pixel/config.js https://www.redditstatic.com/ads/pixel.js https://t.contentsquare.net/uxa/22f14577e19f3.js https://get.microsoft.com/badge/ms-store-badge.bundled.js https://cdn.us.heap-api.com https://heapanalytics.com 'sha256-WfsTi7oVogdF9vq5d14s2birjvCglqWF842fyHhzoNw=' 'sha256-KRzjHxCdT8icNaDOqPBdY0AlKiIh5F8r4bnbe1PQwss=' 'sha256-Z5wh7XXSBR1+mTxLSPFhywCZJt77+uP1GikAgPIsu2s=' 'sha256-o2wzIImHJ4+WWE5DCTR+myWU0UNml0+wwpDXRo++vII='; frame-ancestors 'self' https://adgen-dev.spotify.com/account/*/ad/*/details https://adgen-dev.spotify.com/preview/* https://local.spotify.net/account/*/ad/*/details https://local.spotify.net/preview/* https://app.smartly.io/*;

X-Frame-Options

Add X-Frame-Options header to prevent clickjacking attacks

X-Content-Type-Options

nosniff

Referrer-Policy

Set a Referrer-Policy header to control how much referrer information is shared

Permissions-Policy

Add a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser features like camera, microphone, and geolocation

Google Consent Mode

Not Detected

Google Consent Mode v2 was not found on this page. GCM v2 allows Google's tags to adjust their behavior based on user consent, and is required for compliant advertising measurement in the EU. Without it, your Google Ads and GA4 conversions may be impacted after consent is declined.

GTM container detected (GTM-PZHN3VD) but no consent mode initialisation found. Add gtag('consent', 'default', ...) before your GTM snippet.

Post-Rejection Audit

Reject Button

Found

Post-Rejection Fires

2 vendors

Consent Mode

Basic

GTM Load

2600ms pre-consent

Google Tag Manager(GTM-PZHN3VD)

Loaded 2600ms after page load — before the consent banner was detected (banner appeared at 7485ms). Per a 2022 German court ruling, GTM itself transmits the user's IP to Google pre-consent.

Consent Mode V2: Basic

Basic Consent Mode — anonymised pings still fire after rejection. Permitted by Google but legally contested under PECR.

Vendors firing after rejection (2)

Vendor	Category	Timing	URL
Google — GA4	Basic CM ping	18217ms	region1.google-analytics.com
Google — GA4	Basic CM ping	18462ms	region1.analytics.google.com

Consent Record Audit

Issues detected

Consent record stored after interaction

GDPR Art. 7(1)

Found: OptanonConsent (OneTrust)

Record contains timestamp

Art. 7(1)

Timestamp field detected

Record contains consent state

Art. 7(1)

Consent state (accepted/rejected) not found in record

Record contains consent categories

Art. 7(1)

Consent categories (analytics, marketing, etc.) not found in record

Consent withdrawal mechanism accessible

GDPR Art. 7(3)

No way for users to withdraw consent found on page

No cookie settings link, footer link, or floating consent button was detected. GDPR requires users to withdraw consent as easily as they gave it.

Why this matters

Under GDPR Article 7, controllers must be able to demonstrate that consent was given (Art. 7(1)) and ensure users can withdraw consent at any time, as easily as giving it (Art. 7(3)). Sites with no consent record or no withdrawal mechanism cannot legally rely on consent as a lawful basis.

Tracker categories detected

Advertising1 vendor

Analytics6 vendors

Security3

Functional1 vendor

Tag Management1 vendor

Critical13

Google Analytics8 findingsID tracked

region1.google-analytics.com, region1.analytics.google.com, www.google-analytics.com, _gid, _gat_UA-5784146-31, _ga, _ga_ZWG1NSHWD8, _ga_BMC5VGR8YS

criticalNetworkAnalyticsGA4

GA4 (Google) loaded before consent: Sends pageview and event data to Google Analytics

ID: G-ZWG1NSHWD8Host: region1.google-analytics.comFired: 5165ms after load

criticalNetworkAnalyticsGA4

GA4 (Google) loaded before consent: Sends pageview and event data to Google Analytics

ID: G-BMC5VGR8YSHost: region1.analytics.google.comFired: 5588ms after load

criticalNetworkAnalyticsGA4

GA4 (Google) loaded before consent: Sends pageview and event data to Google Analytics

Host: www.google-analytics.comFired: 4820ms after load