How This Briefing Works
This dossier opens with key findings, then maps the gap between what Contanuity discloses and what BLACKOUT observed at runtime. From there: what it means for your organization, what to do about it, and the detection evidence underneath. BLACKOUT observes runtime browser behavior and cites the regulations that address each pattern — legal determinations are your counsel's call.
At a Glance
across 4 sites
vendor fires before consent
Briefing
Contanuity provides session replay and user experience analytics. Detection indicates deployment of behavioral fingerprinting, session recording, cross-session identity resolution, tag manager functionality, and consent bypass mechanisms—creating maximum regulatory and wiretapping exposure.
What This Means For You
Customers face MAXIMUM regulatory exposure from session recording without consent—creating GDPR Article 5/6 violations, CCPA non-compliance, and severe state wiretapping liability (California Penal Code §632.7, Pennsylvania Wiretap Act, Florida Security of Communications Act). Session recordings capturing form data, authentication credentials, payment information, or search queries create immediate data breach notification obligations. Identity resolution linking anonymous and authenticated sessions creates Article 6(4) compatible purpose violations. Behavioral biometrics may violate Illinois BIPA. Session replay platforms have highest reputational risk if recording becomes public—users perceive session replay as surveillance.
Risk Channel Breakdown
Distorts attribution data
Contanuity captures complete user sessions including form interactions, navigation patterns, and behavioral signals to build comprehensive profiles, creating extensive user behavior leakage to session replay ecosystem and potential cross-customer behavioral benchmarking.
Expands attack surface
Platform initializes session recording and behavioral tracking before consent collection while maintaining cross-session identity resolution, creating severe GDPR Article 5/6 violations and maximum state wiretapping liability.
Threat Indicators
Runtime-observed (BTI-C)
Keystroke/mouse tracking
Full session replay
Ignoring CMP signals
PII deanonymization
Container/loader (neutral)
Per-code narrative explanations of what each detected behavior means for your organization
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Claims vs. Reality
BLACKOUT analyzed Contanuity's public claims against observed runtime behavior and identified 3 contradictions.
Full claim-vs-reality gap analysis with claim text, observed behavior, severity, regulatory citations (GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy), and evidence pointers per gap See pricing →
What To Do
11 for current users · 8 for evaluators
contractual leverage points
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Supply Chain & Pairings
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