Scanned on 14 February 2026 at 00:28 UTC
As of , transportscotland.gov.uk has a GDPR compliance score of 100/100 with 22 pre-consent tracking violations detected.
Only Privacy Score 100 means full compliance. These violations mean that before you could even click the Cookie Consent banner, this website already collected your personal data and shared it with third parties. Learn why this matters (our blog) →
Who is responsible? The website owner is solely responsible for these violations and in general often benefits monetarily (directly or indirectly) from collecting and sharing your data without your consent.
Low-severity concerns: external fonts, empty tag containers, WebSocket connections, and third-party storage.
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transportscotland.gov.uk has a GDPR compliance score of 100/100.
A perfect score means no trackers, cookies, or third-party scripts were detected loading before user consent. This website meets the GDPR standard for pre-consent privacy.
22 trackers detected loading before user consent:
Legal basis: This violates ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3) and CJEU Planet49 (C-673/17). Third-party storage access (localStorage, sessionStorage) on external domains constitutes accessing device information without user consent. The Planet49 ruling confirmed that the ePrivacy Directive's consent requirement applies to all information stored on or accessed from a user's terminal equipment.
✓ No tracking cookies detected before consent. 2 essential/functional cookies were found, which are exempt under legitimate interest.
transportscotland.gov.uk demonstrates excellent GDPR compliance. No trackers, tracking cookies, or third-party scripts were detected loading before user consent. This is the standard required by GDPR Article 5(1)(a) and Article 7.
Maintaining this level of compliance protects the website from regulatory fines and builds trust with EU visitors. Regular re-scanning is recommended to ensure no regressions occur when updating website code or third-party integrations.
This GDPR compliance scan of transportscotland.gov.uk was performed by GDPR Scanner, a pre-consent privacy scanning tool. The scan captures all trackers, cookies, and third-party scripts that load before a user clicks any consent button.
Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), websites must obtain explicit consent before processing personal data. Any tracker or cookie that fires before consent is a potential violation of EU privacy law.
A privacy score of 100/100 means the website loads zero trackers and zero tracking cookies before the user gives consent. This is the standard required by GDPR Article 5(1)(a) and Article 7.
Essential cookies (session management, security tokens) and first-party functional cookies do not incur penalties, as they are covered by the legitimate interest legal basis. See an example: playhth.com scores 100/100.
Yes, transportscotland.gov.uk scores 100/100 for prior consent GDPR compliance. No consent requiring trackers or cookies were detected loading before user consent.
Our scan detected 23 tracker(s) loading before consent, including monotype-gmbh, Storage (az416426.vo.msecnd.net).
Yes, 2 cookie(s) were detected before the user interacted with any consent banner.
transportscotland.gov.uk has a GDPR compliance score of 100/100 as of 14 February 2026. A score of 100 means no trackers or cookies load before consent. This website fully meets the GDPR pre-consent standard.
transportscotland.gov.uk achieves a perfect 100/100 score because no trackers, tracking cookies, or third-party scripts load before the user gives consent. This meets the requirements of GDPR Article 7 and ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3). The website may still use analytics or advertising, but only after obtaining valid consent.