A Shop Page Calls Five Other Sites Before Anyone Answers Its Cookie Banner

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Picture the owner of a small clothing shop. She added a cookie banner because her web designer said the law needed one, and she assumes nothing goes out until a visitor clicks Accept. This case study is built on a made-up shop page that behaves the way many real ones do.

Open the product page in Watchkeeper and leave the banner alone. Before you’ve read the first line, the panel lists five other sites.

Cookie Banners on watchkeeper.net

A Shop Page Calls Five Other Sites Before Anyone Answers Its Cookie Banner