Clever gets a C. Here's what loads before you agree
Checked October 25, 2026 in a US browser, with no choice made on any banner.
clever.com
76/100
- Online since 1995, 31 years
- Consent tool: OneTrust
- Built with WordPress
What cost it points
- high
Buttons don't say what they do.
- medium
Outside analytics log your visit before you choose.
- medium
A first visit can be downgraded to unencrypted.
- medium
One hijacked script could reach the whole page.
- low
Another site could frame it to trick your clicks.
- low
Your browser may guess file types attackers can abuse.
- low
Embedded frames have no names.
- low
Full page addresses can leak to third parties.
- low
"Learn more" links don't say where they go.
What loaded before you chose
Third-party trackers that fired before any choice, across 2 visits.
- Ad trackers
- None
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Cookies before a choice
- 7
- Session recording
- None
- Consent banner
- OneTrust
- Opt-out link
- No
The fine print
- Terms of use
- 33 min read (opens in a new tab) · 7,970 words
- Privacy policy
- 21 min read (opens in a new tab) · 5,057 words
- Forced arbitration
- Yes: no court
- Class-action waiver
- Yes
- AI in the privacy policy
- None
- Accessibility statement
- Yes
Read automatically, so unusual wording can be missed. Not scored.
Security
- HTTPS
- Yes
- HSTS
- No
- Content-Security-Policy
- No
- Framing blocked
- No
- Secret keys in code
- None
- security.txt
- Yes
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