The Brazil test
Compare the local banner controls with the saved purpose choices. Read the Brazilian configuration in the deployed CMP, follow optional-category refusal, and inspect the result. Include the preferences entry point used to change a choice later; translated banner text alone doesn't prove a Brazil rule matched.
Set expected behavior with your policy owner before testing. Business scope, data purposes, and exceptions affect that expectation. Use the Brazil ANPD: cookies and personal data guide as a policy reference; this procedure checks browser behavior and does not certify legal compliance.
CookieTrail does not currently offer a Brazil country route. Use a separately verified regional browser exit for this procedure.
Run the same paths from a verified visitor
- Confirm routing. Record the browser exit and the regional rule OneTrust / CookiePro actually selected. Browser language, timezone, and a DevTools location override are not proof of IP-based routing.
- Start clean. Use separate new sessions for first load, acceptance, and rejection or opt-out. Begin storage and network capture before page load; record the capture window and deployed version.
- Read the decision. Save the banner controls used, the category or purpose values, and any Consent Mode mapping. Use this installation’s documented readback.
- Compare and repeat. Compare observed tools with the expected policy, investigate a mismatch, and rerun the same URL, regional rule, and paths after deployment.
Read OneTrust / CookiePro’s saved state
Check active group IDs against the categories in the deployed OneTrust configuration.
- Record the deployed data-domain-script value and the published regional configuration. Check that the visitor matched the intended rule.
- Read OnetrustActiveGroups after initialization and after each decision. Map its group IDs to this site's category definitions; do not assume the same IDs mean the same thing on every site.
- Check listeners for OneTrustGroupsUpdated and the tag integrations consuming it. A group update without a corresponding tag update leaves the test incomplete.
Read the OneTrust JavaScript events for your installed configuration.
Read-only native snapshot
Run this in the tested page’s browser console after initialization, before the choice and after each path. It reads state; it does not grant or reset consent.
(() => ({
activeGroups: window.OnetrustActiveGroups ?? null,
note: "Map group IDs using this site's published categories."
}))()Optional TCF identity and purpose snapshot · CMP ID 28
Use this only when TCF is enabled. Run it again after each decision. The CMP ID identifies the platform; it is not an advertising vendor ID. Compare purpose and vendor permissions separately.
(() => {
if (typeof window.__tcfapi !== "function")
return { status: "TCF unavailable or disabled" };
window.__tcfapi("addEventListener", 2, (data, ok) => {
if (!ok || !data ||
!["tcloaded", "useractioncomplete"].includes(data.eventStatus))
return;
console.log({
cmpId: data.cmpId,
expectedCmpId: 28,
identityMatches: data.cmpId === 28,
cmpStatus: data.cmpStatus,
eventStatus: data.eventStatus,
gdprApplies: data.gdprApplies,
purposeConsents: data.purpose?.consents,
purposeLegitimateInterests: data.purpose?.legitimateInterests
});
window.__tcfapi("removeEventListener", 2,
() => {}, data.listenerId);
});
})()A TCF applicability flag does not verify geography. Legitimate-interest fields and consent fields have different meanings; rejection does not imply every field becomes false. This uses the documented TCF event API; getTCData is deprecated.
Compare state with observed activity
A saved denial can coexist with a tag that ran too early or never received the update. Trace the affected integration and its event timing. A network request alone does not prove a violation: Google’s advanced Consent Mode can send cookieless requests.
Unreadable state, unverified routing, or a missing capture makes the result inconclusive. Browser captures also cannot establish what a server-side integration does. Keep that investigation separate and compare evidence after the fix.
Common verification questions
Can I test OneTrust / CookiePro from my own country?
You can check that visitor’s configuration. To verify Brazil, use a visitor whose relevant geography and selected rule are confirmed. Compare it with Singapore to investigate regional differences.
Can Claude validate this setup?
Claude can inspect code and use browser or regional testing tools when connected to them. Give it the same paths and saved evidence across locations; ask it to repeat them after deployment. Use the international testing workflow.
Does this guide prove OneTrust / CookiePro works in Brazil?
It provides a procedure for your deployed site. The examples are illustrative; no customer site or vendor implementation was audited for this page. A supported route also does not establish that every CMP readback is automated.
Platform reference
OneTrust / CookiePro appears in Google’s CMP inventory or partner list with TCF CMP ID 28. That listing is an identity reference, not a verdict on this site or jurisdiction. Vendor website.
CookieTrail is independent of the listed vendors. The library includes web-capable entries from the referenced inventories; it does not claim to enumerate every CMP on the market.