cookie maestro
GoodBotVerifiedBOTWithin the GDPR legislation it is mandatory to ask a visitor for permission before placing so-called marketing or tracking cookies. Many websites contain a cookie notice, but what is not clear to everyone is that those cookies may not be placed before the visitor has given explicit permission. Cookie Maestro searches for all cookies that your website places in your visitors browser. Operated by Cookie Maestro.
What is cookie maestro?
cookie maestro is a web crawler operated by Cookie Maestro. Within the GDPR legislation it is mandatory to ask a visitor for permission before placing so-called marketing or tracking cookies. Many websites contain a cookie notice, but what is not clear to everyone is that those cookies may not be placed before the visitor has given explicit permission. Cookie Maestro searches for all cookies that your website places in your visitors browser.
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cookie-maestroWhy it crawls your site
cookie maestro crawls websites to scan for security vulnerabilities and potential threats. It is operated by Cookie Maestro as part of their security infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow cookie maestro
Add a Disallow rule for cookie-maestro in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block cookie maestro from crawling your entire site User-agent: cookie-maestro Disallow: / # Allow cookie maestro full access User-agent: cookie-maestro Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows cookie-maestro. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Cookie Maestro's documentation.
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