PolicyGen runs a surface-level scan of publicly accessible website pages. It helps detect visible compliance gaps, broken policy links, common trackers, cookie banner signals, outdated policies, and policy-vs-behavior mismatches.

The useful question is: what visible issues exist, why do they matter, and what should be fixed next?

What PolicyGen Looks For

  • Missing public legal pages, including Privacy Policy and Terms pages
  • Broken links to policies or compliance pages
  • Cookie banner signals on pages that appear to use tracking scripts
  • Outdated policies or missing last-updated dates
  • Common trackers such as analytics, ad pixels, and tag managers in visible page source
  • Policy-vs-behavior mismatches, such as tracking scripts without matching privacy disclosures

How To Read A Scan

PolicyGen organizes results around findings. Start with critical and high-severity issues, then review medium and review-level items.

Detected Issues are visible gaps that may require attention. Each issue includes an explanation, why it matters, and a recommended fix.

Verified Checks are signals that were found during the scan, such as accessible legal pages or policy links that resolved correctly.

Recommended Fixes are practical next steps, such as publishing a missing policy, fixing a broken link, adding a last-updated date, or updating a Privacy Policy to reflect tracking behavior.

What Scan Coverage Means

PolicyGen checks public pages and linked policy pages when they are accessible. It also checks common trackers in visible page source. This makes it useful for ongoing monitoring records, especially after theme changes, plugin updates, campaign launches, or client website edits.

Manual review may still be needed

JavaScript-rendered content, login-only pages, region-specific banners, and hidden policy content may require manual review. PolicyGen is not a law firm and does not replace legal advice.

Why Policy-Vs-Behavior Mismatch Matters

A website can have a Privacy Policy and still have a disclosure gap. For example, if a site loads Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Google Analytics, or ad tracking scripts, the Privacy Policy should clearly reflect advertising, analytics, third-party tracking, cookies, or data sharing where applicable.

PolicyGen helps surface these mismatches so teams can update disclosures before small website changes become compliance risk.

How Agencies Can Use Monitoring Records

Agencies often manage many websites where compliance pages can break quietly after theme updates, plugin changes, or client edits. Monitoring records give agencies a simple way to show what changed, what was found, and what was fixed.

  • Monitor client websites from one dashboard
  • Send simple compliance health reports
  • Catch broken legal links after website updates
  • Add compliance monitoring to monthly care plans

Bottom Line

Compliance monitoring works best as an issue-based workflow: detect visible gaps, explain why they matter, recommend fixes, and keep a record of what changed over time.