Most Cookie Consent Banners Don’t Check for Compliance
Surprisingly, most cookie consent managers don't seem to check if websites are in compliance with CCPA and GPDR. Are you sure your website is in compliance?
Jason Grigsby
Co-founder, CEO & Strategist
In 2000, Jason Grigsby got his first mobile phone. He became obsessed with how the world could be a better place if everyone had access to the world’s information in their pockets. When his soon-to-be-wife met him, he had covered the walls of his apartment with crazy mobile dreams. To this day, he remains baffled that she married him.
Those mobile dreams hit the hard wall of reality: WAP was crap. So Jason went to work on the web until 2007, when the iPhone made it clear the time was right. He joined forces with the three smartest people he knew and started Cloud Four.
He is the author of Progressive Web Apps from A Book Apart and co-author of Head First Mobile Web from O'Reilly. His writing and work helped define the new web standards for responsive images.
He was the founder and president of Mobile Portland, a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting the mobile community where he started the first community device lab. There are now over 150 device labs in the world.
Since co-founding Cloud Four, he has had the good fortune to work on many fantastic projects, including the Obama iPhone App and Walmart's responsive design. Jason is a sought‐after speaker and consultant on web technology and mobile.
Articles
Weight Loss and the World Wide Web
On my successful journey with GLP-1 and my fruitless search to find a similar solution for the bloated mess the web has become.
GPC Opt Out: UX Fails or Malicious Compliance?
As of Jan 1, the CCPA requires websites to confirm they are honoring Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt outs. Why are so many cookie banners complying with the new rule in ways certain to confuse users?
Cookie Consent Management in 2026, Part 2: Technical Tips
Testing cookies consent compliance proved more difficult than I expected. Here are some tips and tricks I learned while conducting a cookie compliance audit.
Cookie Consent Management in 2026, Part 1: Overview
The threat of lawsuits has companies scrambling to get their cookie compliance house in order. Here are some of the things we've learned as we've helped our clients.
That time some rando turned me into a meme coin
"I think someone made one of my tweets into a meme coin." She said, "I'm not sure I know what those words mean." I replied, "I'm not sure I do either."
How our dog increased my appreciation for accessibility
Our dog headbutted me, gave me a concussion and a new appreciation of accessibility features.
Android Instant Apps are Dead, iOS App Clips Should Follow
Google recently told developers that Android Instant Apps will be removed at the end of the year due to their low adoption. iOS App Clips, which provide similar functionality, should meet a similar fate.
False Promises of WebP Support
Why do two different hosting providers claim to automatically convert images to WebP, but we never see any?
Lazy loading hidden images
A few years ago, browsers implemented a standard way of lazy loading images. The standard was a huge boon because it was straightforward to use and less code than JavaScript solutions. Unfortunately, when it was…
Talks
Third Party Woes
Presented at performance.now()
Imagining a Fluid Future for Design Tools
Presented at An Event Apart, An Event Apart Spring Summit
We’re All Writing Our Own Web Standards Now
Presented at An Event Apart Fall Summit
Planning Your PWA
Presented at PWA Summit
Truly Portable Design Patterns
Presented at An Event Apart
Designing Progressive Web Apps
Presented at Artifact Conference, Smashing Conference, An Event Apart
Web Forms: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t!
Presented at An Event Apart
The Case for Progressive Web Apps
Presented at An Event Apart, Portland Digital Summit, PADNUG + 2 more
Responsive images are here. Now what?
Presented at Imagecon, An Event Apart, Responsive Day Out
Adapting to Input
Presented at An Event Apart, Smashing Conference
Being Responsive
Presented at Federal Reserve UX Summit, Gore UX Summit, Epic Systems + 1 more
Adaptive Input
Presented at UX Mobile Immersion, Refresh PDX, Beyond the Desktop + 5 more
Mobile First Responsive Design
Presented at An Event Apart, User Experience Lisbon, Respond + 6 more
The Immobile Web
Presented at An Event Apart, UX Mobile Immersion, Breaking Development + 2 more
Mobile Media Panel
Presented at Google I/O
Casting Off Our Desktop Shackles
Presented at WebVisions, Talk at HP, BeerMob + 2 more
Responsive Design Performance
Presented at Velocity
DOs and DONTs of Mobile Strategy
Presented at MIMA Summit, OCCA, Innotech + 7 more
Cup Noodle Ignite Talk
Presented at Google Zeitgeist, Web 2.0 Expo, Gnomedex + 1 more