> Google Web Server (GWS) is the web server software behind Google services: why it is detected on some pages and why on its own it needs no GDPR consent.
>
> Canonical: https://www.flowconsent.com/en/services/hosting/google-web-server

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# Google Web Server

Unclassified · [Official website](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Web_Server)

Google Web Server (GWS) is the proprietary web server software Google uses for its own services. It identifies itself as gws in HTTP response headers, which is how it is detected on pages served by Google infrastructure. It is server software, not a script added to a website, so it raises no consent issue by itself.

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At a glance

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- Consent

  Unclassified

- Prior consent

  Required

- Documented cookies

  0

Compliance

## Google Web Server and the GDPR

Google Web Server is classified as “Unclassified”. On a site that targets European visitors, it must only load after the visitor consents, and it must be listed in your cookie policy.

Cookies and trackers

## What Google Web Server sets and contacts

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