Why it matters
Consent only counts if refusing it actually works. If trackers fire after someone has said no, you are processing their data without a lawful basis and your banner is misleading them. It also tends to be the screenshot that ends up in a complaint.
How Patch checks
In a fresh browser we find your banner's first-layer Reject (or Decline, or Necessary only) button, click it, reload the page and record every request and cookie. Anything on our list of services that need consent counts as still firing.
How to fix it
- Find where the trackers Patch found are loaded. If they are hard-coded in your HTML or a layout component, move them behind your consent tool's "statistics" or "marketing" category.
- Make sure the tool reads the saved choice on every page load, not only when the banner is shown.
- Test it: open a private window, click Reject, reload, and check that their domains no longer appear in the network tab.
Your own report goes further: it names the exact pages, services and settings Patch found on your site, and with a full report you get a fix prompt to paste into Lovable, Bolt or Cursor.
Where this applies
Applies to visitors in the UK and the EU.