What should cookie consent include? When is it needed? In this post, we’ll look at GDPR cookie consent examples and the easiest way to collect cookie consent.
Firstly, however, let’s examine the meaning of cookie consent.
Under laws like the GDPR and ePrivacy (Cookie Law), users must grant their consent before cookies can be deployed or installed on their computer.
In general, consent to cookies is needed if you have EU based users or are an EU based company, and run non-exempt cookies.
The process of collecting cookie consent includes clearly and explicitly informing the user of the cookies you run on your site, their purposes, the user’s right to grant or refuse consent, and how they can exercise that right.
The cookie consent must be informed, explicit and given via an unambiguous opt-in action.
Specifically, you must:
Here are two examples of how cookie consent should be collected:
