Introduction to the cookie banner¶

This document provides information about how website users accept and reject cookies and how they interact with the Consent Manager cookie banner.

When the Consent Manager setup is done, the cookie banner is on your website landing page. Your website viewers may interact with the banner and approve or decline cookies. There are three different types of banners that the user might see, depending on how Consent Manager is configured based on local and federal regulations regarding cookies.

• Cookie banner GDPR
• Cookie banner CCPA
• Cookie banner both GDPR and CCPA

Cookie Banner GDPR¶

This section provides information about the GDPR cookie banner.

The text on the GDPR banner informs that: "We and our selected partners would like to use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about you for statistical, functional, and marketing purposes. You can give us your consent for specific purposes by selecting the options below and you can withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie icon."

• Only Essential Cookies: The visitor can click to decline all cookies except for Essential cookies (required).

  Note

  Admin users can choose to rename the Only Essential Cookies button to Reject All Cookies. This setting is explained in the Cookie setup instructions.

• Accept All Cookies: The visitor can click to accept all cookies in all categories.
• Cookie Preferences: The visitor can click to open the Advanced Cookie Options window and select certain categories of cookies to allow. They can toggle the switch OFF to decline the cookies in each category, or ON to accept the cookies in the category.
  • Essential (Required): These cookies are required for basic website functionality and cannot be deselected.
  • Basic (Recommended): Allows users to access basic selected features such as Help Desk, and facilitates communication.
  • Marketing: These cookies provide advertising that is tailored to the user and their particular interests. Marketing cookies can also be used to restrict the number of times an advertisement is displayed and to measure the efficacy of advertising campaigns. Advertising networks usually place marketing cookies with the website operator’s permission.
  • Statistics: These cookies allow website operators to identify technical issues and understand how a site is performing. They can also be used to see how visitors interact with the site and usually do not collect information that identifies visitors.
  • Preferences: These cookies allow the website to keep track of your choices (e.g. region, user name, language) in order to provide more personalized features. A website may, for example, provide local traffic information based on data stored about the current location of the user.
    
    Note

    For each category selected, a message on the main page provides information on the cookie category that has been consented to.

  • Read our Cookie Policy: Navigates to the company cookie policy (provided by the website owner during Consent Manager setup).

  • Cookie Overview: Opens the Cookie Overview window, where cookies are listed per category.

    
    • Name: The name of the cookie, exactly as it appears in the HTML code.
    • Description: A short description of the cookie.
    • Expires: The duration of the cookie.

Cookie Banner CCPA¶

This section gives information about the CCPA cookie banner.

The text on the CCPA banner informs that: "This website and selected partners use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about you and enhance your user experience. If you wish that your personal information is not shared with third parties, please click Do not sell my personal information."

The Do not sell my personal information link redirects to your website preferences page, where the user can opt out.

The links:

• Read our Cookie Policy: Navigates to the company cookie policy (provided by the website owner in Consent Manager Setup).

• Cookie Overview: Opens the Cookie Overview window, where cookies are listed per category.

  
  • Name: The name of the cookie, exactly as it appears in the HTML code.
  • Description: A short description of the cookie.
  • Expires: The duration of the cookie.

For information about how to set up tracking for visitors who refuse all cookies, visit

Cookieless tracking.

Cookie banner GDPR and CCPA¶

This section provides information about the cookie banner for both GDPR and CCPA.

The text on the GDPR + CCPA banner informs that: "This website and selected partners gather personal information. You can give consent and set your preferences by selecting the options below. If you wish that your personal information is not shared with third parties, please click Do not sell my personal information."

• The Do not sell my personal information link redirects the visitor to your website preference page, where the visitor can opt out.
• Only Essential Cookies: The visitor can click to decline all cookies except for Essential cookies (required).
  Note

  Admin users can choose to rename the Only Essential Cookies button to Reject All Cookies. This setting is explained in the Cookie setup instructions.

• Accept All Cookies: The visitor can click to accept all cookies in all categories.
• Cookie Preferences: The visitor can click to open the Advanced Cookie Options window. They can toggle the switch OFF to decline the cookies in the category, or ON to accept the cookies in the category.
  • Essential (Required): These cookies are required for basic website functionality and cannot be deselected.
  • Basic (Recommended): Allows users to access basic selected features such as Help Desk, and facilitates communication.
  • Marketing: These cookies provide advertising that is tailored to the user and their particular interests. Marketing cookies can also be used to restrict the number of times an advertisement is displayed and to measure the efficacy of advertising campaigns. Advertising networks usually place marketing cookies with the website operator’s permission.
  • Statistics: These cookies allow website operators to identify technical issues and understand how a site is performing. They can also be used to see how visitors interact with the site and usually do not collect information that identifies visitors.
  • Preferences: These cookies allow the website to keep track of user preferences (e.g. region, user name, language) in order to provide more personalized features. A website may, for example, provide local traffic information based on data stored about the current location of the user.
    
    Note

    For each category that you select, a message on the main page gives information about it.