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If you want to continue using Google Advertisement products and do remarketing in Europe, you need to implement Google Consent Mode v2. Get ready now!

CookieScript offers the program for agencies, where web agencies and hosting companies can become CookieScript CMP resellers. Read the guide about how to become a reseller and what are the benefits.

Website owners sometimes wonder if cookie banners could damage your website’s SEO. Read this article to learn how Cookie Consent can impact a website’s SEO and get recommendations on how to correctly implement a Cookie Banner.

In this article, we will explain the importance of Cookie Consent banners for e-commerce websites, how they work, and best practices for compliance with privacy laws.

For your convenience, CookieScript has introduced feature request functionality. Find out more.

Since the European Union's GDPR and the eprivacy Directive came into effect, websites must use a Cookie Banner to collect Cookie Consent from users. Find out the checklist for a Cookie Banner.

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its decision on the EU – US Data Privacy Framework for transatlantic data transfer. Read more about how to comply with it.

CookieScript CMP has now become a Google-certified CMP. Find out more about Google certifications, and why it is necessary to use a Google-certified CMP.

To be compliant with privacy laws and protect the data of your customers, you need to understand the most common privacy issues found on social media platforms and how to cope with them.

What is Cookie Consent management? Read this blog about Cookie Consent management, cookie consent management tools, and best practices for cookie consent management.

What is a Cookie Consent widget? How to add a Cookie Consent banner to your website? Read the blog to see the details.

Read the blog about what is website compliance, how to achieve your website compliance, and how a cookie Consent Management Platform can help.

Cross-domain consent sharing allows website owners to store Cookie Consent settings from a single user across multiple domains. It is useful when you redirect users to multiple websites or domains. 

What is data mapping, why is it important for the GDPR and CCPA, and what are the best practices for effective data mapping to achieve data privacy compliance? Read the blog to find out.

Are you looking for a Cookie Consent banner in Arabic? CookieScript has translated into Arabic a cookie banner, a cookie declaration table, and even a Privacy Policy to prepare for Saudi Arabia's PDPL compliance.

This is a guide on how to install the CookieScript Cookie Consent banner on a WordPress website. Read it to know how to create, configure, and install your Cookie Banner.

The guide explains how to create, configure, and install your Cookie Banner with CookieScript.

Many websites use cookies. To use them in a privacy laws-compliant way, you have to deliver a proper cookie text, or cookie message, in the Cookie Consent banner. Read more about the necessary details and the best practices for a cookie text.

What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII) under the GDPR and how to protect it? Read the article to find out.

If you have an e-commerce store and collect customers' personal data, your e-commerce store must have a Privacy Policy. Read the article to learn about how to create a Privacy Policy, and what should it include.

Google Signals is a Google product, integrated with Google Analytics 4, that enables cross-device tracking and remarketing. It uses aggregate data, so this feature is GDPR compliant. Read more about Google Signals.

Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a proposed standard to create a global technical specification that allows users to control their privacy. The main purpose of the GPC is to inform websites not to sell or share user personal data.

What are session cookies and how do they differ from other website cookies? Read the article to learn about the session cookies, how they work, and if they are GDPR compliant.

A Cookie Consent notice informs a user about the use and types of cookies, and the user must make a choice whether he allows the collection and processing of his personal data. Read more about the cookie notice and whether is it required to have a cookie notice.

One common way that websites handle the use of cookies is through the use of a cookie popup. A cookie popup is a notification that appears on a website , typically when a user first visits the site, informing them about the website's use of cookies and asking for their consent to store them on their device .

In January 2022 the German Court has declared that Google Fonts is not GDPR/DSGVO- compliant. Read more about Google Fonts regarding GDPR compliance.

You may often come across cookie banners on websites, where you are asked to accept or decline cookies. Thus, it is important to know what website cookies are, the types of cookies, how they function, and how website cookies affect your privacy.

How to see cookies in Chrome? You can view, delete, enable, or disable cookies through your browser settings. If you are using the Chrome browser, you could manage cookies through your Chrome settings. 

cookie compliance is the process of ensuring the use of cookies on a website only in ways allowed by privacy laws. There are different requirements for cookie compliance, but in a wide sense, most laws regulate users' privacy, personal data processing, and cookie usage.

What is a tracking pixel, a Google tracking pixel, and a Meta tracking pixel? What is Google pixel tracking and is it different form Google Analytics tracking? What is pixel analytics? Read the blog to find out.

Cookies could be disabled by changing website browser settings. Depending on the device, operating system, and the internet browser, there are different ways how to disable cookies. Here you can find the answer if you should enable or disable cookies and the guides on how to disable them if you decide so.

Cookies could be enabled or disabled by changing website browser settings. Depending on the device, operating system, and the internet browser, there are different ways how to enable cookies. Here you can find the answer why to enable cookies and the guides on how to enable them.

To be compliant with privacy laws, you should provide your website users an opportunity to choose whether or not they want their data to be collected. Website users should have the possibility to choose between implied or explicit Cookie Consent modes for their data tracking.

Many users worry that cookies might identify them online, but what performance cookies (also known as Google Analytics cookies) do is examine how visitors use the website. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor. Therefore, they are also perceived as statistics cookies.

When you think of cookies, what comes to mind is a process of collecting data through small, encrypted files that perform user tracking. However, did you know that not all cookies are the same? Especially if they are strictly necessary cookies – they are vital for websites to perform their actions and have little to do with tracking.

Read this article to learn what functional cookies are, what they are used for, and whether you need consent to use functional cookies. Find the examples of functional cookies.

Targeting cookies are small, encrypted files that track user actions and are used to identify visitors between different websites. Of course, if given consent to do so. Targeting cookies collect user information and use it to build a profile of visitor interests and then show personalized ads for that specific user.

 IP address anonymization was a feature, used by Universal Analytics to make IP addresses anonymous. In Google Analytics 4, IP anonymization is enabled by default. Read more about IP anonymization and its settings in Google Amalytics.

Third-Party Cookies are going away in a few years and it’s better to prepare early for the future that is right upon us. In this article, CookieScript has listed some of the most popular alternatives that can be used instead of Third-Party Cookies. 

In this article, CookieScript will help you to understand the differences between cookies and list all the different cookies out there. Read this comprehensive guide on cookies to learn about all types of cookies.