PreConsent
Public Compliance Report

cnn.com

F
Last scanned: March 6, 2026

Compliance Score

8/100
F

Grade F

Multiple risk signals detected during automated scan

Litigation Exposure Index

89CRITICAL

Substantial risk of regulatory enforcement and civil claims

Findings

8

8 risk signals identified

Third-Party Requests

191

191 third-party network requests observed

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8 finding(s)|LEI: CRITICAL
F

8/100

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Key Risk Signals

DoubleClick retargeting cookie

Observed before consent
critical

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

First-party subdomain www.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain cnn-tls.map.fastly.net. This may be used to bypass cookie restrictions.

Observed before consent
high

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

First-party subdomain smetrics.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to known tracker adobe_analytics (cnn.com.102.122.2o7.net). This disguises third-party tracking as first-party.

Observed before consent
critical

Implement tag manager consent mode to gate tracking scripts.

First-party subdomain z.cdp-dev.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain turner-tls.map.fastly.net. This may be used to bypass cookie restrictions.

Observed before consent
high

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

First-party subdomain www.i.cdn.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain cnn-tls.map.fastly.net. This may be used to bypass cookie restrictions.

Observed before consent
high

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

First-party subdomain lightning.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain lightning.wbd.com. This may be used to bypass cookie restrictions.

Observed before consent
high

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

First-party subdomain collector.cdp.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain a80a9201ee101bbc3.awsglobalaccelerator.com. This may be used to bypass cookie restrictions.

Observed before consent
high

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

First-party subdomain media.cnn.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain cnn-tls.map.fastly.net. This may be used to bypass cookie restrictions.

Observed before consent
high

Ensure cookies are only set after valid user consent.

Top Third-Party Vendors

15 vendors
advertising:8
analytics:3
unknown:4

Google

advertising31 req

Turner

unknown9 req

Cnn

unknown9 req

Wunderkind

advertising9 req

Criteo

advertising8 req

A-mo

unknown7 req

PubMatic

advertising7 req

Permutive

analytics7 req

Ad-delivery

unknown6 req

Magnite

advertising6 req

Xandr

advertising6 req

Index Exchange

advertising6 req

Piano

analytics5 req

The Trade Desk

advertising5 req

Optimizely

analytics5 req

Data Flow Map

7 countries48 vendors
Scan Sourcecnn.com
Advertising
Analytics
Functional

Data observed flowing to 7 countries via 48 third-party vendors before user consent

This report reflects automated observations at the time of scanning and does not constitute legal advice or an assertion of non-compliance. Findings represent potential risk signals that may warrant further review. Compliance posture may have changed since the last scan.

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No Consent Simulated

All activity captured before any consent interaction, reflecting first-visit behavior.

2,400+ Vendor Database

Each request matched against a curated database of known tracking and analytics vendors.