PreConsent
Public Compliance Report

engadget.com

D
Last scanned: March 6, 2026

Compliance Score

37/100
D

Grade D

Poor compliance, significant issues

Litigation Exposure Index

51ELEVATED

Several compliance issues should be addressed

Findings

4

4 risk signals identified

Third-Party Requests

199

199 third-party network requests observed

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4 finding(s)|LEI: ELEVATED
D

37/100

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Key Risk Signals

Google Analytics tracking cookie

Observed before consent
high

Defer analytics cookies until explicit user consent is obtained.

No visible consent banner detected on the page.

Observed before consent
high

Review consent banner implementation to ensure compliant opt-in flow.

First-party subdomain www.engadget.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain engadget-ycpi-media_edge.g03.yahoodns.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 guce.engadget.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain prod-rotation-v2.guce.aws.oath.cloud. 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:13
analytics:1
unknown:1

Yahoo

advertising32 req

Verizon Media

advertising21 req

Google

advertising21 req

Magnite

advertising14 req

PubMatic

advertising14 req

Taboola

advertising7 req

Chartbeat

analytics7 req

Assertcom

unknown6 req

The Trade Desk

advertising6 req

Index Exchange

advertising5 req

Xandr

advertising5 req

TripleLift

advertising5 req

OpenX

advertising3 req

Media.net

advertising3 req

Criteo

advertising3 req

Data Flow Map

9 countries19 vendors
Scan Sourceengadget.com
Advertising
Analytics
Functional

Data observed flowing to 9 countries via 19 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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