> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.didomi.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.didomi.io/tracker-and-vendor-discovery/tracker-and-vendor-discovery-results/tracker-and-vendor-discovery-results-overview.md).

# Tracker and vendor discovery results overview

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The Didomi tracker and vendor discovery is an audit tool that enables your organization to review the compliance of your domain in regards to GDPR regulations. It offers insight into how your website behaves when accessed, as well as validation that vendors and trackers are also being triggered as expected.

In this article, we provide an overview of the data included in the following tabs of the tracker and vendor discovery results:

* [Didomi rating](#didomi-rating)
* [Trackers](#trackers)
* [Vendors](#vendors)
* [Compliance issues](#compliance-issues)

Navigate to the results of a tracker and vendor discovery by clicking **Tracker and Vendor Discovery** on the left-hand panel and selecting **Details** inline with a domain on the subsequent page.

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**Note**: Additional information is included in the scan results for organizations who have Advanced Compliance Monitoring (ACM). [Click here](/advanced-compliance-monitoring-acm/acm-report-domains.md) for more information.
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### Didomi rating

The Didomi rating is a custom assessment made by Didomi that evaluates the domain based on a variety of factors such as:

* trackers have a reasonable lifetime
* presence of a CMP
* presence of a privacy policy
* privacy policy is linked on all pages
* privacy policy provides an opt-out mechanism
* Vendors use the HTTPS protocol

The above factors are given a specific weight in the calculation and produces a score from 0% to 100%.&#x20;

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**Note**: The factors used to calculate the Didomi rating can be edited for tracker and vendor discoveries (XL Scan).
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### Trackers

Click the **Trackers** tab to review data on the trackers discovered on the domain for the tracker and vendor discovery.

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The data on the trackers tab can be filtered by the following parameters:&#x20;

<table><thead><tr><th width="130.566650390625">Filter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Vendor</td><td>Requests a tracker to be launched. They have access to the data and are responsible of the data treatment.</td></tr><tr><td>Type</td><td><p>There are four types of trackers:<br></p><ul><li><strong>Cookie</strong> - Small block of data placed on the end-user's device while. Cookies will expire based on their settings. </li><li><strong>Pixel</strong> - an HTML code snippet which is loaded when an end-user visits a website or opens an email. Pixels are useful for tracking end-user behavior and conversions.</li><li><strong>Web storage</strong> - Enables a party to access a local storage object and store data in the browser with no expiration date. Data stored in the browser will persist even after the browser window has been closed.</li><li><strong>Indexed DB</strong> - Client-side storage mechanism within web browsers, designed to allow web applications to store large amounts of structured data locally on the end-user's device for offline functionality and performance enhancements</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Host/domain</td><td>Domain of the tracker</td></tr><tr><td>1st/3rd-party</td><td><p>Trackers can be categorized into 1st-party or 3rd-party depending on which entity has triggered the dropping of the tracker. If the website itself is dropping a tracker then it will be counted as a 1st-party tracker. A tracker dropped by a vendor will be counted as a 3rd-party tracker.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Cookies can be created by a vendor (initiator) but still be dropped by the website itself (e.g. tag managers). In this case, the tracker is considered a 1st-party tracker.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>User behavior</td><td><p><a href="#reference-user-behaviour-calculation">Click here</a> for more information on how the user behavior is calculated.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Actions</td><td><p>Actions taken that resulted in tracker being dropped</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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For each tracker dropped on the domain in the discovery Didomi will provide the following information:

<table><thead><tr><th width="187.5167236328125">Field</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Tracker name</td><td>Name of the tracker as found on the domain. Click the tracker name to view additional information for the tracker.</td></tr><tr><td>Vendor</td><td>Name of the initiator that launched the tracker</td></tr><tr><td>Type</td><td>Indicates whether the tracker is a cookie, pixel, web storage, or Indexed DB. See filter table above for more information.</td></tr><tr><td>Host/domain</td><td>Domain of the tracker</td></tr><tr><td>1st/3rd party</td><td>Indicates whether the tracker is categorized as a 1st-party or 3rd-party tracker. See filter table above for more information.</td></tr><tr><td>User behavior</td><td><p><a href="#reference-user-behaviour-calculation">Click here</a> for more information on how the user behavior is calculated.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Actions</td><td><p>Actions taken that resulted in tracker being dropped</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Vendors

Click the **Vendors** tab to review data on the vendors discovered on the domain for the tracker and vendor discovery.

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The data on the vendors tab can be filtered by the following parameters:&#x20;

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<table><thead><tr><th width="149.550048828125">Filter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>TCF/Non-TCF</td><td><p>Filters list of vendors into either:<br></p><ul><li>Vendors who belong to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF)</li><li>Vendors who do not belong to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Processing rule</td><td>The legal bases used by vendor</td></tr><tr><td>User behavior</td><td><p><a href="#reference-user-behaviour-calculation">Click here</a> for more information on how the user behavior is calculated.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Actions</td><td><p>Filters list of vendors by the action executed by the Didomi bot when the vendor was triggered.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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For each vendor discovered on the domain in the discovery Didomi will provide the following information:

<table><thead><tr><th width="202.0333251953125">Field</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>Name of the vendor</td></tr><tr><td>Country</td><td>Country where the vendor has its headquarters</td></tr><tr><td>TCF ID</td><td>If vendor is a member of the IAB TCF then Didomi will display the vendor's IAB TCF ID.</td></tr><tr><td>Processing rule</td><td>Legal base used by the vendor</td></tr><tr><td>Requests for tags</td><td>Number of requests that the vendor has performed</td></tr><tr><td>User behavior</td><td><p><a href="#reference-user-behaviour-calculation">Click here</a> for more information on how the user behavior is calculated.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Ran scenarios</td><td><p>Scenario utilized by the Didomi bot when the vendor was discovered.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Actions</td><td><p>Actions taken that resulted in tracker being dropped</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

Additional information for a particular vendor can be viewed by clicking the name of the vendor from the list. A subsequent modal will provide the following information for the vendor:

* Whether vendor is a member of the IAB TCF
* Privacy policy
* Domains owned by the vendor according to the Didomi database
* Trackers dropped by the vendor on your domain
* Vendors who requested this particular vendor
* Vendors who were initiated by this particular vendor

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In addition to the table view of vendors found on the domain, Didomi also provides an interactive graph that visualizes how vendors are being requested on the domain. Select any vendor on the graph to highlight how it is called on your domain and which vendors it subsequently calls on your domain.

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### Compliance issues

For every tracker and vendor discovery generated on a domain Didomi will catalogue any potential problems as it pertains to GDPR compliance in the **Compliance issues** tab of the discovery. These issues and recommendations are based on Didomi's extensive knowledge of the data privacy landscape but should **not** be taken as legal advice. Rather, use the catalogued issues and recommendations as a starting point with your Data Protection Officer (DPO) before taking any action.

Click the **Compliance issues** tab to review the issues catalogued for the discovery.&#x20;

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Review the table for the issues and recommendations Didomi can raise within a discovery:

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<table><thead><tr><th width="310.3499755859375">Issues</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Privacy Policy is not accessible from every page of the website</td><td><p>Didomi bot was unable to access your organization's privacy policy on at least one page for the domain. </p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: This issue does not mean the privacy policy does not exist on the page but that the bot was unable to detect it during the scraping session. This issue can arise from how your privacy policy is worded.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>No CMP was detected on the website</td><td>Didomi bot did not encounter a consent management platform (CMP) to provide end-user consent. </td></tr><tr><td>The privacy policy does not seem to provide a way to opt out</td><td>Didomi bot was unable to find a link/button in the privacy policy that allows an end-user to manage their consent preferences.</td></tr><tr><td>The consent notice doesn’t provide information about purposes and vendors</td><td>Didomi bot unable to find information about vendors and purposes your organization uses to process end-user data in the consent notice.</td></tr><tr><td>Number of trackers that have lifetime longer than 13 months which is not recommended by GDPR</td><td>Didomi bot discovered cookies dropped on domain with lifetimes exceeding 13 months. Ask the vendor dropping the cookies to reduce the lifetime of the cookie to to delete it completely. <a href="/pages/1wB8Frp3f4b1OgKd7Yxn">Click here</a> to learn more.</td></tr><tr><td>Number of vendors or initiators that are unknown to our database, review them to be sure they are legit</td><td>Vendor or initiator found on domain is not known in the Didomi database. Avoid this issue in future discoveries by manually matching the vendor. <a href="/pages/DAtdv2I7yy8EG2lvjeFM">Click here</a> for more information.</td></tr><tr><td>A Cookie Policy wasn’t found</td><td>Didomi bot unable to find cookie policy on domain.</td></tr><tr><td>Number of trackers dropped despite user not making a choice</td><td><p>Didomi bot discovered trackers on domain when the end-user did not make a consent decision.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Number of trackers dropped despite user refusing consent</td><td><p>Didomi bot discovered trackers on domain when the end-user explicitly refused consent.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Only available for Tracker and Vendor Discovery - XL Scans</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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There are additional issues and recommendations Didomi can surface for organizations utilizing Advanced Compliance Monitoring (ACM). [Click here](/advanced-compliance-monitoring-acm/acm-report-results/compliance-issues-acm.md) for more information.
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