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Inspectlet

Inspectlet deploys session recording with cross-domain syncing and consent bypass, creating severe privacy violation. Low Oracle risk, moderate Broker exposure through behavioral intelligence, critical Counselor violations via pre-consent replay of user interactions.

15 IOCs1 detections100% pre-consent1 sites
70
Vendor Risk Score

How This Briefing Works

This report opens with key findings, then maps the gaps between what Inspectlet discloses and what BLACKOUT observed at runtime. From there: what it means for your organization, what to do about it, and the detection data and evidence underneath.

Key Findings

Key Findings

1 detection across 1 site100% pre-consent activity
CRITICAL

Pre-Consent Activity

Inspectlet was observed loading and executing before user consent was obtained on 100% of sites where it was detected.

GDPRePrivacy
Disclosure Gaps

Claims vs. Observed Behavior

1 gaps
Customer Impact

What This Means For You

Product/UX teams gain user behavior insights but inherit session recording liability including potential sensitive data capture. Legal teams face triple violation: consent bypass + special category data processing + cross-domain data transfers. Compliance teams must defend recording user behavior (including competitor research, form inputs) to privacy regulators.
Recommended Actions

What To Do About It

Role-specific actions based on observed behavior

If You Use Inspectlet

  • Disable Inspectlet immediately - session recording without consent is indefensible
  • Request deletion of all historical session replay data
  • Audit recorded sessions: assess whether sensitive data (passwords, emails, personal info, form inputs) was captured

If You're Evaluating Inspectlet

  • Reject any session replay vendor with pre-consent deployment or cross-domain syncing
  • Require explicit consent for session recording with clear disclosure: "We record your session including mouse movements and clicks"
  • Migrate to privacy-safe analytics: event-based tracking (no replay), consent-first session recording (Hotjar consent mode), or privacy-focused alternatives (Plausible, Fathom - no session recording)

Negotiation Leverage

  • Inspectlet session recording may capture sensitive personal data (form inputs, searches, passwords) without consent - creates maximum privacy violation liability
  • Cross-domain syncing multiplies privacy invasion across properties - creates comprehensive surveillance profile without user awareness
  • Vendor must eliminate session replay, cross-domain syncing, and pre-consent loading - or customer faces indefensible regulatory enforcement
  • User behavior insights work without recording sessions - event-based analytics provide intelligence without privacy invasion
Runtime Detections

Runtime Detections

3 BTI-C CODES

BLACKOUT observed this vendor's JavaScript executing in a live browser and classified each hostile behavior using our BTI-C (Behavioral Threat Intelligence — Capability) taxonomy. These are not theoretical risks — each code below was triggered by something we watched this vendor's code actually do.

BTI-C07Session Recording

Full session replay

Impact: Records full user sessions including form interactions, navigation sequences, and page content. May capture sensitive personal data (emails, passwords, search queries, typed inputs) without consent or user awareness - creates GDPR Article 9 special category violation plus privacy invasion with severe reputational risk.

BTI-C08Cross-Domain Sync

Identity stitching

Impact: Syncs session replay data across domains to build comprehensive visitor profiles. Creates data transfer violation under GDPR Article 44 plus privacy invasion through cross-site behavior tracking.

BTI-C09Consent Bypass

Ignoring CMP signals

Impact: Session recording and cross-domain syncing initialize before consent opportunity, creating per-visitor GDPR Article 7 violation. Combined with potential sensitive data capture, elevates to Article 9 special category violation with maximum regulatory priority.

IOC Manifest

IOC Manifest

13 INDICATORS

Indicators of compromise across 4 categories. Use for detection rules, CSP policies, or Pi-hole blocklists.

TRACK
cdn.inspectlet.com
Tracking script
Ecosystem

Ecosystem & Supply Chain

Inspectlet competes with session replay platforms (FullStory, Hotjar, Heap, LogRocket). Standard architecture for replay tools, but pre-consent deployment + cross-domain syncing creates higher risk than privacy-focused alternatives (Hotjar with consent mode, privacy-safe analytics without replay).
Evidence

Evidence Artifacts

Artifacts collected during analysis, available with evidence-tier access.

HAR Capture

Complete network capture with all requests and responses

IOC Manifest

15 detection signatures across scripts, domains, cookies, and network endpoints

Vendor Details