PreConsent
Public Compliance Report

forbes.com

D
Last scanned: March 6, 2026

Compliance Score

47/100
D

Grade D

Poor compliance, significant issues

Litigation Exposure Index

46ELEVATED

Several compliance issues should be addressed

Findings

7

7 risk signals identified

Third-Party Requests

126

126 third-party network requests observed

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7 finding(s)|LEI: ELEVATED
D

47/100

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Key Risk Signals

First-party subdomain images.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain m.sni.global.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 imageio.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain m.sni.global.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 d.email.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain cname.cordial.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 geolocation.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain m.sni.global.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 bacon.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain g2.shared.global.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 fuse.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain n.sni.global.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.forbes.com has a CNAME pointing to third-party domain m.sni.global.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:10
unknown:5

Forbesimg

unknown38 req

Google

advertising14 req

Media.net

advertising11 req

Integral Ad Science

advertising7 req

Amazon

advertising7 req

Ketchcdn

unknown7 req

DoubleVerify

advertising4 req

Twitter/X

advertising3 req

Ketchjs

unknown3 req

Criteo

advertising3 req

Bombora

advertising2 req

Blueconic

unknown2 req

Kargo

advertising2 req

Rtpge

unknown2 req

Meta

advertising2 req

Data Flow Map

8 countries31 vendors
Scan Sourceforbes.com
Advertising
Analytics
Functional

Data observed flowing to 8 countries via 31 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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2,400+ Vendor Database

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