Pixel fires before consent, blocking fails
The pixel sets its cookie and sends events before visitors consent, and consent tools cannot block the inline script.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 29 June 2026 · last reported 12 October 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners who must follow GDPR rules report that the Meta pixel writes its cookie on the server before the visitor has agreed to tracking.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.