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class="row header-stripe"> <div class="inner-header-stripe"> <div class="search-box"> <div class="search-spacing"> </div> <form action="" method="GET" id="search-form"> <select name="search_option" id="search-type" class="round"> <option title="Enter Domain" selected>website</option> <option title="Enter Cookie Name">cookie</option> <option title="Enter Host Name">3rd party host</option> </select> <input class="search-box-input" name="search-box-input" type="text" id="search-query" placeholder="Enter Domain"> <input type="submit" value="Search" class="btn"> </form> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <script language="javascript"> var cookiesPerSiteData = [ { value: 1, color: "#87cfe1" }, { value: 5, color: "#3eb3cf" }, { value: 3, color: "#0a7089" }, { value: 58, color: "#075062" }, { value: 32, color: "#032027" } ]; var strictlyNecessaryPartyData = [ { value: 8, color: "#0f9ec2" }, { value: 92, color: "#ffffff" } ]; var performancePartyData = [ { value: 11, color: "#0f9ec2" }, { value: 89, color: "#ffffff" } ]; var functionalityPartyData = [ { value: 83, color: "#0f9ec2" }, { value: 17, color: "#ffffff" } ]; var targetingPartyData = [ { value: 100, color: "#0f9ec2" }, { value: 0, color: "#ffffff" } ]; var targetingSitesData = [ { value: 28, color: "#ff991d" }, { value: 72, color: "#ffffff" } ]; </script> <div class="row no-padding" id="row-initial"> <div class="inner-row"> <div class="spacing"> <div id="carouselExampleIndicators" class="carousel slide justify-content-center" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="5000"> <div class="carousel-inner justify-content-center" style="margin-left:1vw;" role="listbox"> <div style="margin-left:2vw;" class="carousel-item active slide-1 justify-content-center"> <div> <h1 style="color: white; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 20px; ">Largest Database of Pre-Categorized Cookies</h1> <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-2 col-sm-6 col-xs-4 d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats"> <img class="stats-img" src="/Images/1-full.png" /> <div class="stats-value">42,020,489</div> <div class="stats-name ">Cookies</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-2 col-sm-6 col-xs-4 d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats"> <img class="stats-img" src="/Images/2-full.png" /> <div class="stats-value">27,374,825</div> <div class="stats-name">1st Party Cookies</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-2 col-sm-6 col-xs-4 d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats"> <img class="stats-img" src="/Images/3-full.png" /> <div class="stats-value"> 14,645,633</div> <div class="stats-name">3rd Party Cookies</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-2 col-sm-6 col-xs-4 d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats"> <img class="stats-img" src="/Images/4-full.png" /> <div class="stats-value">19,981,787</div> <div class="stats-name">Session Cookies</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-2 col-sm-6 col-xs-4 d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats"> <img class="stats-img" src="/Images/5-full.png" /> <div class="stats-value"> 22,038,702</div> <div class="stats-name">Persistent Cookies</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item slide-2 justify-content-center "> <h1 style="color: white; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 60px;">Website Benchmarks from Cookiepedia</h1> <div class="breakdown-left-25"> <div class="cookies-per-site-graph"> <canvas id="cookies-per-site-chart" width="200" height="200"></canvas> <div class="inner"> <img class="cookie-img" src="/Images/Cookie-white.png" /> <span class="value">69</span> </div> <div class="title">Cookies Per Site</div> </div> <span class="line-hr"></span> </div> <div class="breakdown-middle-left-25"> <div class="line-vr"></div> <div class="bar-chart"> <div class="bar d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats-bar cookie-type-necessary" style="width:1%; height: 28px;"></div> <p class="bar-percentage"> 1% Strictly Necessary Cookies</p> </div> <div class="bar d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats-bar cookie-type-performance" style="width:5%; height: 28px;"></div> <p class="bar-percentage">5% Performance Cookies</p> </div> <div class="bar d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats-bar cookie-type-functionality" style="width:3%; height: 28px;"></div> <p class="bar-percentage">3% Functionality Cookies</p> </div> <div class="bar d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats-bar cookie-type-targeting" style="width:58%; height: 28px;"></div> <p class="bar-percentage">58% Targeting Cookies</p> </div> <div class="bar d-inline-flex"> <div class="stats-bar cookie-type-unknown" style="width:32%; height: 28px;"></div> <p class="bar-percentage">32% Unknown Cookies</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="breakdown-middle-right-25"> <div class="line-vr-2"></div> <div class="cookie-types top"> <img class="ring" src="/Images/ring.png" /> <img class="FirstParty" src="/Images/1stParty.png" /> <span class="value">65%</span> <div class="cookie-types-sub-head">1st Party Cookies</div> </div> <div class="cookie-types bottom"> <img class="ring" src="/Images/ring.png" /> <img class="Session" src="/Images/SessionCookie.png" /> <span class="value">48%</span> <div class="cookie-types-sub-head">Session Cookies</div> </div> </div> <div class="breakdown-right-25"> <div class="cookie-types top"> <img class="ring" src="/Images/ring.png" /> <img class="ThirdParty" src="/Images/3rdparty.png" /> <span class="value">35%</span> <div class="cookie-types-sub-head">3rd Party Cookies</div> </div> <div class="cookie-types bottom"> <img class="ring" src="/Images/ring.png" /> <img class="Persistent" src="/Images/PersistentCookie.png" /> <span class="value">52%</span> <div class="cookie-types-sub-head">Persistent Cookies</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleIndicators" role="button" data-slide="prev"> <span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Previous</span> </a> <a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleIndicators" role="button" data-slide="next"> <span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Next</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="row" id="row-third"> <div class="inner-row col-md-6 m-auto text-center"> <div> <h2>Find out what's on your website</h2> <hr /> <p id="sub-head"> Scan your website with CookiePro by OneTrust. </p> <div class="justify-content-center"> <nav class="row"> <div class="item col-sm-4"> <div class="item-content d-sm-block"> <div class="icon"> <img src="/Images/scan1.png" /> </div> <span class="line"></span> <div class="content"> <b>1. 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New online <a href="https://cookiepedia.co.uk/eu-cookie-law">privacy laws</a> are creating opportunities for people to <a href="https://cookiepedia.co.uk/giving-consent-to-cookies">take control</a> over what information is collected about them as well as <a href="https://cookiepedia.co.uk/how-to-complain-about-cookies">exercise their privacy rights</a>. </p> <p> <a href="https://cookiepedia.co.uk/about-cookiepedia">Cookiepedia</a> is promoting a new age of transparency on the web, by providing detailed information <a href="https://cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies">all about cookies</a>, the <a href="https://cookiepedia.co.uk/types-of-cookies">types of data</a> they collect, and the websites that use them. </p> </div> <div class="right-25">  </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div>  <div class="row no-padding" id="row-fifth"> <div class="inner-row col-md-6"> <div> <h2>How is Cookiepedia data gathered?</h2> <hr /> <p>The majority of cookie data on Cookiepedia has been supplied by <a href="https://www.onetrust.com" target="_blank">OneTrust</a>, a privacy management software company that currently administers the Cookiepedia site.</p> <p>We will gratefully include data or information about cookies from any reliable source. 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