Same consent tool, grade A: what working looks like

Nothing tracked before a choice, Reject stopped everything, and withdrawing worked. The only note: a few cookies set to last longer than 13 months after accepting.

A97/100
Shop
A Scandinavian homeware chain
Consent tool
OneTrust
Scanned
Visited from
United Kingdom

What we saw

  • Before any choiceNo trackers and no tracking cookies.
  • After RejectNo trackers sent data.
  • After AcceptTracking cookies with lifetimes over 13 months (a low-severity note).

Why it works

Every tag we saw waited for the consent tool’s answer.

What’s left to do

  1. Shorten cookie lifetimes to 13 months or less in the tag settings.
The lesson

The tool isn’t the problem. In our study, OneTrust shops scored from F to A. Setup decides the result.

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