Built your website on Ghost and need to manage cookies? We’ll show you how! Let us start by reviewing why you need a Cookie policy and cookie consent management system (CMS) and how to add iubenda’s Cookie Solution to your Ghost site.
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Yes, you do, and here’s why!
If you have EU-based users, and your website uses cookies (which it most likely does!) you need to manage cookie consents according to the ePrivacy and GDPR. This means that you’ll need to block cookie scripts and similar technologies until the user gives consent.
Also, for the consent to be considered valid, you’ll need to make certain disclosures via a cookie banner and link to a more detailed cookie policy. More details here.
💡 Need to add a Privacy policy to your Ghost site? See the Ghost Privacy Policy integration guide.
💡Not sure what privacy documents you need for your Ghost site? Do this quick quiz to see which laws apply to you and your business.
Once you’ve generated your Cookie Solution with iubenda you can follow these steps to integrate it onto your Ghost:
To get started first head over to your iubenda dashboard click on [Your website] > Cookie Solution > Embed.
Here you can customize and then copy your Cookie Solution.
Now, head over to your Ghost account, and on the bottom left of your screen click on the settings icon.
Once you are in your settings scroll down to “Advanced” and select code injection.
Now, scroll down until you find “Site header” paste your iubenda snippet in the box below and click on Save in the top right-hand corner of your screen.
Congratulations! You’ve just added your iubenda Cookie Solution to your Ghost website!
Few categories of cookies are exempt from the consent requirement. Therefore, almost all scripts that install or can install cookies must be preemptively blocked before consent is obtained. To set up the prior blocking of scripts, see our guide on blocking via manual tagging or explore other methods outlined in our general introduction to the prior blocking of cookies.
After installation, please be sure to set-up prior blocking, as this is legally mandatory under EU Law. You can find various methods of prior blocking along with full instructions in this guide.
