Scanned on 27 June 2026 at 22:17 UTC· 2 total scans
As of , wbs.ac.uk has a GDPR compliance score of 80/100 with 12 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.
These are fonts, embeds, and other resources loaded from external servers. While they serve a legitimate purpose, they share your visitors' IP addresses with third parties before consent.
Low-severity concerns: external fonts, empty tag containers, WebSocket connections, and third-party storage.
Services and cookies that comply with GDPR requirements. No consent needed.
Pending classification by our team. No impact on your privacy score.
These items are pending classification. No impact on your privacy score.
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wbs.ac.uk has a GDPR compliance score of 80/100.
A score above 80 indicates minor issues such as non-essential fonts loaded from external servers or low-risk first-party cookies. The website has some room for improvement but avoids severe violations.
12 trackers detected loading before user consent:
Legal basis: This violates GDPR Article 44 and LG München I (Case 3 O 17493/20, 20 January 2022). Loading fonts from external servers transmits visitor IP addresses to third-party servers, often outside the EU. The Munich Regional Court ruled on 20 January 2022 that embedding Google Fonts without consent violates GDPR, awarding €100 in damages per visitor. Self-hosting fonts eliminates this violation entirely.
Legal basis: This violates ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3) and CNIL Decision SAN-2022-023. Even empty tag manager containers send HTTP requests that transmit visitor IP addresses to third-party servers, constituting device information access without consent. The CNIL has confirmed that any non-essential HTTP request to a third-party server requires prior consent.
This GDPR compliance scan of wbs.ac.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.
Legal basis: This violates GDPR Article 44, Article 46, and LG München I (Case 3 O 17493/20). Exposing visitor IP addresses to third-party servers — especially outside the EU/EEA — without consent or adequate transfer safeguards violates GDPR's data transfer provisions. The Munich Regional Court confirmed that IP addresses constitute personal data and their transfer requires a legal basis.
✓ No tracking cookies detected before consent. 4 essential/functional cookies were found, which are exempt under legitimate interest.
wbs.ac.uk has minor GDPR compliance issues. While 12 violations were detected, these are typically low-severity items such as external font loading or empty tag containers.
Under GDPR, even minor violations can attract regulatory attention, particularly in jurisdictions with active data protection authorities such as France (CNIL), Ireland (DPC), and Austria (DSB). Addressing these issues proactively reduces legal risk.
The ePrivacy Directive requires consent for all non-essential device access. Even low-severity items like external fonts transfer visitor IP addresses to third-party servers without consent.
wbs.ac.uk scores 80/100 with 12 violation(s) detected. Trackers or cookies were found loading before user consent.
Our scan detected 15 tracker(s) loading before consent, including Google Fonts, Civic UK, Google Tag Manager (Empty Container).
Yes, 4 cookie(s) were detected before the user interacted with any consent banner.
wbs.ac.uk has a GDPR compliance score of 80/100 as of 27 June 2026. A score of 100 means no trackers or cookies load before consent. wbs.ac.uk currently has 12 violation(s) affecting its score.
wbs.ac.uk should implement a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that blocks all non-essential trackers and cookies until the visitor gives explicit consent. This includes configuring tag managers like Google Tag Manager to use consent-aware triggers, self-hosting external fonts, and auditing all third-party scripts. After making changes, re-scan with GDPR Scanner to verify compliance.