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29 June 2023
Last Updated: 20 December 2024

CookieScript is a Google-Certified CMP

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.

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19 June 2023
Last Updated: 10 March 2025

Common Social Media Privacy Issues

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.

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12 May 2023
Last Updated: 22 November 2024

Cookie Consent Management

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

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27 April 2023
Last Updated: 09 September 2024

Cookie Consent Widget

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

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25 April 2023
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

Website Compliance: The Importance of Cookie Consent Management

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

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20 April 2023
Last Updated: 10 December 2024

Cross-domain Cookie Consent  

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. 

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18 April 2023

Best Practices for Effective Data Mapping

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.

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24 February 2023

Cookie Consent in Arabic Language

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.

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01 February 2023
Last Updated: 26 September 2024

How to Add Cookie Consent Banner on WordPress?

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.

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01 February 2023
Last Updated: 22 November 2024

CookieScript Cookie Banner Set-Up Guide

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

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24 January 2023
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

What is Cookie Text and How To Use It?

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.

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19 January 2023
Last Updated: 31 January 2023

Personally Identifiable Information

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

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16 January 2023
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

Privacy Policy for E-commerce Stores

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.

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29 September 2022
Last Updated: 18 December 2024

What is Google Signals?

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.

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26 September 2022
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

All You Need to Know about Global Privacy Control

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.

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06 September 2022
Last Updated: 19 December 2024

What are Session Cookies and do They Need a Cookie Consent?

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.

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06 September 2022
Last Updated: 08 January 2025

What is a Cookie Notice?

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.

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18 August 2022
Last Updated: 02 May 2023

Cookie Popup guide

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 .

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11 August 2022
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

Google Fonts and GDPR: are Google Fonts GDPR compliant?

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

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13 July 2022
Last Updated: 20 September 2022

What are Website Cookies?

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.

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11 May 2022
Last Updated: 12 November 2024

All about Cookies in the Chrome browser

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. 

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06 May 2022
Last Updated: 26 May 2022

What is Cookie Compliance?

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.

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03 May 2022
Last Updated: 12 November 2024

What is a Tracking Pixel?

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.

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20 April 2022
Last Updated: 17 December 2024

How to Disable Cookies?

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.

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15 April 2022

How to Enable Cookies?

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.

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24 March 2022
Last Updated: 22 November 2024

Implied vs Explicit Cookie Consent Modes

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.

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18 March 2022
Last Updated: 15 April 2022

What are Performance Cookies?

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.

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17 March 2022
Last Updated: 19 December 2024

What are Strictly Necessary 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.

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16 March 2022
Last Updated: 01 April 2025

What are Functionality Cookies?

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.

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15 March 2022
Last Updated: 15 April 2022

What are Targeting 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.

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13 March 2022
Last Updated: 02 April 2025

IP anonymization in Google Analytics

 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.

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12 January 2022
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

Third-Party Cookies Going Away: What Are the Alternatives?

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. 

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10 January 2022
Last Updated: 28 March 2025

What are Different Types of Web 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.

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29 December 2021
Last Updated: 06 September 2024

What is Cookie Consent and Why Should it Matter to You?

As stricter data privacy laws are being implemented constantly, businesses must adapt quickly. In this article, you will learn everything you need to know regarding Cookie Consent, Cookie Consent definition, and the GDPR cookie consent law.

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16 December 2021
Last Updated: 15 April 2022

Opt-In vs Opt-Out: What You Should Know

When to opt-in and opt-out? How to stay GDPR consent with your Cookie Banner? CookieScript answers all the questions on how opting in or out works and how your decision can influence the usage of your data.

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14 December 2021
Last Updated: 15 April 2022

What are Tracking Cookies?

What are Tracking Cookies and cross-site tracking? CookieScript explains how websites track users and use their Personal Information to optimize advertisements — read how you can generate a Cookie Policy for your website using a Cookie Banner from CookieScript. 

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08 December 2021
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

Do I Need Cookie Policy for My Website?

Even on the internet, there are rules and CookieScript explains how to stick by them — read about the meaning of Cookie Policy and why your website needs it if you want to be compliant with major data privacy laws.

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07 December 2021
Last Updated: 20 November 2024

What is Consent Management Platform (CMP) and How Does it Work?

In this article, Cookie Script will help you understand the process of a Consent Management Platform and why you should have a CMP for your website — if you want to comply with all the latest data privacy laws.

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23 June 2021
Last Updated: 20 November 2024

Sharing Cookie Banners Between Accounts

Web Agencies are one of CookieScript target audiences. The most requested functionality for such customers is the possibility to share a banner with a client. This would allow agencies to still have control over all the Cookie Consent Banners and give the client the ability to either monitor statistics or adjust banner settings.

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12 May 2021
Last Updated: 19 April 2025

Google Analytics Data and Privacy Regulations

It’s critical for businesses to monitor their website traffic as closely as possible and to understand the various trends that can shape their business. This, after all, is how companies can make more informed decisions.

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