Provider
Google AdsSee all Google Ads cookies →Google Consent Mode v2 cookie that captures the gclid (Google Click Identifier) at click time when ad-storage consent has been granted. Pairs with _gcl_gs for delayed attribution.
90 days
Google LLC
_gcl_gf is a advertising cookie. Under Art. 5(3) ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR, it must not be set before the visitor has given prior, informed, freely-given consent.
If your scanner finds _gcl_gf on a page beforethe visitor interacts with your consent banner, that's a violation — the cookie loaded without a legal basis.
Fix: gate the script that sets this cookie behind your CMP, so it only fires after the relevant consent category is accepted.
Run a free CookieSentry scan to find every cookie set before consent — including _gcl_gf — and get a downloadable evidence PDF.
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