Consent categories are pre-ticked
Short answer: Marketing, analytics or “legitimate interest” toggles in the consent settings are switched on by default.
Are pre-ticked cookie categories allowed?
The EU’s top court ruled that a pre-ticked box is not consent. Anything collected this way has no legal basis.
How to fix it
- Default every non-essential category to off.
- Only strictly necessary cookies may be on (and should be locked, not toggled).
How untick detects it
untick loads your pages in a fresh browser with no cookies and an EU locale, records network requests and cookies, inspects the consent banner and forms, and interacts with them the way a visitor would. When this issue is found, the report includes screenshots with the element highlighted, the evidence, and a fix tailored to your setup.