Cookie Scanning & Categorization
Managing cookies on your website is a critical step for both improving user experience and ensuring legal compliance. Efilli helps you stay compliant by automatically scanning and categorizing cookies on your website, while also boosting user trust and transparency.
1. What Is Cookie Scanning and Why Does It Matter?
Cookie scanning is the process of detecting, classifying, and analyzing all cookies running on a website. Efilli’s advanced scanning engine automatically identifies cookies and provides a detailed report, including:
Cookie name, provider, duration, and purpose
First-party vs third-party cookie identification
Automatic category assignment
Compliance check based on GDPR, KVKK, CCPA and other regulations
Why is cookie scanning important?
Data Security: Gives users visibility into how their personal data is handled
Legal Compliance: Meets requirements of GDPR, KVKK, and other laws
Improved UX: Proper cookie control leads to better site performance and transparency
2. How Does Cookie Categorization Work?
To help users manage preferences easily, Efilli automatically classifies cookies into four categories:
🟢 Essential Cookies
Enable core website functions such as session control and security.
🟣 Functional Cookies
Remember user preferences like language, theme, or login info to personalize the experience.
🟣 Marketing Cookies
Used to deliver personalized ads based on user interests; usually placed by third-party ad networks.
🟣 Analytics Cookies
Help analyze site performance by tracking metrics like load times, user behavior, and errors.
Automatic vs Manual Classification
Automatic Classification: Efilli’s AI-powered system detects a cookie’s purpose and assigns it to the correct category.
Manual Editing: You can manually update cookie details, change their categories, or add custom descriptions.
Why it matters: Manual control lets you fix misclassified cookies or manage new ones more accurately.
3. Viewing and Managing Cookie Details
Efilli provides full visibility into each cookie used on your website. For each cookie, you can view and edit:
Name: As seen in the user’s browser
Provider: The domain setting the cookie (e.g., example.com, google.com)
Duration: How long the cookie is stored (session, 30 days, 1 year, etc.)
Purpose: What the cookie is used for (e.g., session control, analytics, advertising)
Available actions: âś” Change cookie categories âś” Edit descriptions âś” Add custom cookie policies âś” Remove unused or unnecessary cookies
4. Compliance & Reporting
Managing cookies isn’t just about detection—it’s about staying compliant. Efilli supports regulatory compliance through powerful reporting tools, aligned with:
GDPR (EU)
KVKK (Turkey)
CCPA (California)
With Efilli’s compliance reporting:
Get a full list of all cookies used on your website
Analyze whether each cookie meets your data protection policies
Detect missing or non-compliant cookies and adjust accordingly
⚠️ Important: Legal compliance requires transparency in how you process personal data and giving users control over cookie preferences. Efilli’s Consent Management Platform simplifies this entire process.
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