PrivacyScan is a tool that scans a website and tells you whether it appears to follow privacy and cookie laws from around the world. You give it a web address, and it checks things like: does the site use a secure connection, does it show a cookie consent banner, does that banner actually mention the trackers on the page, what outside companies are tracking visitors, whether the site has a privacy policy or an opt-out link, and whether cookies are set up safely.
After gathering this information, it compares the results against the rules of major privacy laws — including Europe's GDPR, the UK's version of it, California's privacy law, and similar laws in Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, Japan, China, and Australia. For each law, it tells you whether the site seems to meet the requirements, and if not, what specifically seems to be missing.
It's meant as a quick first check, not a legal verdict — think of it like a spell-checker for privacy compliance rather than a lawyer's review. It also remembers past scans of a site, so it can point out what's changed since the last time you checked — for example, if a new tracker shows up or a cookie banner disappears.