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Usercentrics

Usercentrics

Privacy and consent management platform (CMP) used to serve cookie consent banners and record user consent decisions. Usercentrics scripts control which vendor scripts load based on user consent selections, enabling GDPR and ePrivacy compliance.

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Overview

Usercentrics is a consent management platform (CMP) that serves cookie consent banners and records user consent decisions. It controls which third-party scripts load on a website based on the visitor's consent selections.

What This Script Does

  • Injects a consent banner or modal into the page on first visit
  • Stores the visitor's consent preferences in cookies (e.g., uc_settings, uc_user_interaction)
  • Blocks or unblocks other vendor scripts based on recorded consent choices
  • Sends consent signals to integrated vendors via TCF or custom APIs
  • Makes network requests to Usercentrics servers to fetch banner configuration and record consent events

Consent & Compliance

Category: Essential / Functional

Usercentrics is itself a compliance tool. It enables GDPR, ePrivacy, and CCPA compliance by gating other scripts behind user consent. The cookies it sets are necessary for remembering consent state and are generally classified as strictly necessary under ePrivacy Directive guidance.

Should You Block This Without Consent?

No. Blocking a CMP defeats its purpose. Usercentrics is classified as essential because it enables consent collection for all other vendors. Regulatory guidance treats consent management cookies as strictly necessary.

Is Usercentrics GDPR compliant?

Usercentrics typically loads functional trackers, which are not strictly necessary for your site to work. Under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies and trackers must stay blocked until a visitor gives clear opt-in consent. So Usercentrics can be fully GDPR compliant, but only if your site holds its scripts until consent is granted and lets visitors decline just as easily. Compliance depends on how your site loads Usercentrics, not on Usercentrics itself.

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Consent Categories

EssentialFunctional

Also Known As

UsercentricsUsercentrics CMPconsent management platformGDPR bannercookie consentePrivacy complianceIAB TCF CMP

Industries

Computers Electronics and Technology

Tracked Domains (2)

Usercentrics's trackers are occasionally seen, seen on about 2% of the sites ConsentStack has scanned. Scan your own site to see which of these are firing before consent.

cookiebot.comFunctional

cookiebot.com is a functional domain operated by Usercentrics, used to run site features like chat, video, embeds, and preferences. Seen on about 2% of scanned sites.

usercentrics.euConsent

usercentrics.eu is a consent domain operated by Usercentrics, used to manage cookie consent and preferences. Seen on under 1% of scanned sites.

Cookies Usercentrics Sets (2)

uc_user_interactionEssential

Usercentrics CMP interaction state with the consent banner.

uc_settingsEssential

Usercentrics CMP per-service consent settings.

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