# Gate tracking behind consent and prove nothing fires before it

Tracking that starts before the reader has agreed to it, gated with a network capture as proof.

Category: Analytics and tracking
Source: https://letsship.ai/use-cases/gate-tracking-behind-consent
Published: 2026-08-25

## Goal

Ensure no tracking fires before consent is given.

## Acceptance criteria

- A network capture shows no analytics calls before consent
- Consent state persists and is respected on later visits
- Withdrawing consent stops collection
- The check runs automatically rather than being verified by hand once

## What lands as proof

A network capture from a fresh session, which is the only evidence that nothing fires early.

## Prompt

Copy this to an agent to open the ticket:

```text
Create a Linear issue in my team and assign it to the SHIP agent.

Title: Gate tracking behind consent

Description: Ensure no tracking fires before consent is given.

Acceptance criteria:
- A network capture shows no analytics calls before consent
- Consent state persists and is respected on later visits
- Withdrawing consent stops collection
- The check runs automatically rather than being verified by hand once

Before you create the issue, load this repository's app in a fresh session and record which analytics calls fire before any consent interaction.
```

## Questions

### What does the agent actually change?

The ticket is scoped to one outcome: ensure no tracking fires before consent is given. Work that serves that outcome is in scope, and anything outside it is left for a separate ticket, so the pull request stays reviewable.

### How do I know the work is done?

The pull request carries the evidence, not only the diff. Here that means network capture showing no calls until consent is given, so a reviewer can confirm the result without reproducing the work locally.

### How much oversight does this need?

The run stops once the plan is written. Somebody reads the approach and approves it before any code exists, which is the cheapest moment to redirect the work.