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March 2026

How Many Vendors Are Accessing Your 1st Party Data?

Your website may be unknowingly leaking valuable first-party data, this guide shows you how to take back control.

This investigative report reveals the surprising number of third-party scripts collecting customer data on dealer websites—often without the dealer’s knowledge. It introduces a comprehensive inspection checklist to help automotive retailers audit, optimize, and secure their digital properties.

Highlights:

  • Reveals dozens of hidden third-party tags and scripts commonly found on dealer websites
  • Shows how former vendors may still be collecting your site data—without your consent
  • Provides a 13-step performance checklist to audit and improve website configurations
  • Explains the link between page speed, GTM bloat, and declining lead conversions

About this release

Many dealers don’t realize how many vendors are actively collecting data from their websites—often even after a service has been canceled. This report exposes the alarming scale of third-party tracking, piggybacked scripts, and identity resolution tools siphoning off consumer data without dealer oversight. Without clear auditing processes, dealerships may be inadvertently compromising website performance, marketing ROI, and customer privacy.

Through case studies, visuals, and an actionable checklist, this resource provides a step-by-step framework to inspect, document, and optimize dealership websites. Dealers will learn how to use free tools like GTAG Inspector and Ghostery to identify GTM containers, track form conversion rates, audit CTA conflicts, and monitor compliance with consumer opt-outs. The guide also highlights the growing legal and ethical concerns surrounding “wiretapping” platforms, and how dealers can protect their businesses from data misuse and liability.

What's Inside

  • Step-by-step instructions for identifying and removing unnecessary GTM containers
  • Tools to inspect how scripts behave when consumers opt out via privacy settings
  • A free spreadsheet template to track form conversion rates across your website
  • Real dealer case studies showing GTM container bloat and data leaks in action

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Learn how to uncover hidden scripts and GTM containers that may be sharing customer data—often without your knowledge or approval.
Discover browser-based tools like GTAG Inspector, Ghostery, and InfoTrust that let you inspect, document, and clean up your site’s vendor scripts.
Understand how excessive or outdated tags not only slow your site and hurt conversions—but may also open your dealership up to privacy risks and legal concerns.

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