Explain how the production cookie inventory should be established, distinguish necessary and optional technologies and state the current verification gap honestly.
Who this page is for
Public-site visitors, privacy reviewers, developers and owners responsible for the deployed website
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What this page can explain today
Verify the runtime
The inventory begins with what the browser stores and sends today.
Before publication, the deployed site should be inspected for cookies, local storage, session storage, server logs, analytics, embedded media, fonts, forms and other third-party requests. Each item needs a provider, purpose, duration, data category and activation condition.
Repository configuration or an intended tool is not enough. The public inventory must reflect the version visitors actually receive and be reviewed again when hosting, analytics, embeds or forms change.
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What still needs an approval gate
Necessary and optional
Optional technologies should not activate before the required choice is available.
Strictly necessary storage should be limited to functions the site cannot provide without it. Analytics, advertising, behavioural measurement and some third-party media may require a separate choice depending on the verified setup and applicable legal assessment.
Where a choice is required, refusing should be as understandable as accepting, and visitors should be able to revisit it. Embedded content needs a fallback so core project information remains available without optional tracking.
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Current status
No final cookie list or consent tooling is claimed until deployment is audited.
This project explanation does not confirm that analytics, advertising cookies, a consent-management platform or withdrawal controls are active. It also does not confirm that the current website is cookie-free.
The responsible next step is a production runtime audit, owner decision on optional measurement, specialist privacy review and publication of a dated inventory with a working preference route where required.
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The next responsible step
Explain how the production cookie inventory should be established, distinguish necessary and optional technologies and state the current verification gap honestly.
