Collect all your cookies in one jar with Page Shield Cookie Monitor

Cookies are small files of information that web servers generate and send to web browsers, allowing websites to remember user preferences and login statuses. While cookies can be useful for personalizing user experiences, they also raise privacy concerns as they can be used for tracking and advertising purposes. To address these issues, the ePrivacy Directive requires website owners to specify what cookies are being used and obtain user consent before storing them. However, many websites do not allow scanner bots to crawl through pages and collect cookies due to security measures or authentication requirements. To overcome this challenge, Page Shield Cookie Monitor has been developed to provide a single dashboard view of all first-party cookies being used by websites without requiring any configuration or scanners if Page Shield is enabled. This tool helps website administrators, developers, and compliance team members better understand cookie usage on their sites. Cookies can be classified as first-party or third-party. First-party cookies are set by the website owner and are used to track state against a given website, while third-party cookies are often set by large advertising networks or social networks to track user journeys across multiple websites. The use of cookies for tracking has led browsers like Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome to start blocking third-party cookies by default, but this does not mean the end of tracking users for advertising purposes; technology advancements have allowed tracking to continue using first-party cookies. To inventory all cookies used when a website is accessed, developers can use browser developer consoles or cookie scanners, which may require additional configurations and could open up potential attack surfaces. Page Shield Cookie Monitor simplifies this process by collecting and displaying all first-party cookies in one place without requiring any scanner. This tool also allows users to filter the list based on domain or path, examine individual cookies, and receive alerts for newly detected cookies.