Overview
Usercentricsbot is an automated web identity associated with Usercentrics GmbH.
It is used for privacy, consent, cookie, and tracking-technology scanning.
The documented User-Agent pattern is Usercentrics. User-Agent strings can be copied, so corroborate requests with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence.
Identity
- User-Agent
Usercentrics- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/129.0.6668.29 Safari/605.1.15 (compatible; Usercentricsbot/1.0; +http://usercentrics.com/dps-scanner/)- Identity Type
- User Agent
- Evidence Method
- Match the documented User-Agent pattern Usercentrics, then corroborate it with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence. User-Agent strings alone do not prove identity.
Classification
- Type
- Security
- Kind
- Scanner
- Family
- Usercentrics GmbH
- Purpose
- security-scanning
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- privacy, consent, cookie, and tracking-technology scanning
- Detection Notes
- Detect candidate Usercentricsbot traffic using the documented User-Agent pattern Usercentrics. Confirm the identity with supporting evidence before enforcement.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Usercentricsbot can be impersonated because its User-Agent pattern can be copied. Treat the identity as confirmed only when supporting evidence matches.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.