Before we can delve deeper into cookie consent management, let’s first remind ourselves what it is that we are trying to manage. An HTTP cookie, in short, is a small piece of data stored on the user’s computer. This data is stored there by the web browser while browsing a website.
The main reason behind cookies was for the websites to remember information regarding the state of a website, for example, if you add something to your shopping cart and to record a user’s browsing activity.
Cookies are essential for the proper functioning of most websites. You have certainly encountered the “accept all cookies” button when visiting a new website. Now, when we talk about collecting people’s data, there are, of course, going to be regulations managing such processes.
CCPA and GDPR
The two most significant regulations are the now well-known CCPA and GDPR.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives consumers more control over the personal information that businesses collect about them. CCPA regulations also provide guidance as to how to implement the law.
“On the other hand, General Data Protection Regulation is the legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information from users who live in the European Union.” – says one of the senior managers at LegalDrop.com.
We don’t need to mention that you will most probably need to abide by these rules and regulations if you are making a website. Monitoring and managing all of your cookies manually isn’t fun, and it is quite time-consuming. That is where CookieYes comes in.
CookieYes
CookieYes is a cookie consent manager that is easy to use, saves you time, and, most importantly, is compliant with major data privacy laws like the GDPR and the CCPA. CookieYes was designed with the main idea of making it easier to get the user’s consent and blocking third-party cookies prior to consent. This manager also provides a step-by-step guide for banner installation, making it quite easy and fast for users to switch between CMS, Content Management Systems.
Using the CookieYes manager, you will ensure that your website is fully compliant with data privacy laws like aforementioned GDPR and CCPA, but also ePrivacy Directive, LGPD, Singapore PDPA, and CNIL. CookieYes is an indispensable tool for web developers, site owners, and admins alike, who need to make sure their site is compliant with laws and regulations. Let’s take a look at some of the functions that CookieYes offers.
Manage Cookies
Whenever you can automate a process that is tedious and time-consuming, you should. After installing the consent banner, CookieYes will automatically scan your website for cookies. After it is done with the scanning, CookieYes will then proceed to auto-categorize the scanned cookies on your website, thanks to an extensive database of over 25,000 cookies. Next, it will generate a legally compliant cookie banner for you. Isn’t that convenient?
There is an additional benefit of smart cookie categorization. It allows your visitors to selectively give consent for different categories of cookies. It might happen that some users want to share some of their data, but not all of it. These users will most likely leave a site that doesn’t give them such a selective option.
One more thing. Not all of the cookies on your site will be placed by you. Some of them might be placed by major third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, YouTube, and Facebook Pixel. CookieYes will identify all of them and automatically block them before asking users for explicit consent for them.
Auto Translate
If you are making a multilingual website, you will love this feature. When you have visitors from different countries, CookieYes will make sure to display the cookie consent banner with the consideration of the visitor’s location. And, as the name of this feature implies, your consent banner can even be auto-translated to 26 of the biggest languages spoken worldwide. There’s no need to pull up your dictionary now.
Consent Log
CookieYes also gives you the ability to log your user’s consent, which is always quite useful. You can never have too many logs.
Some additional features include, but are not limited to:
- Advanced banner customization – yes, we know, most users will see the banner for only a couple of seconds. But nevertheless, it should stylistically fit in with the rest of your site.
- Different consent types – you can choose between implicit, explicit, custom, and info levels.
- A built-in Do Not Track feature
- CSS customization
- Geo-targeting cookie banner
- Automatic script blocking
Price
CookieYes is available in three price tiers, ranging from $49 up to $229, all as a one-time purchase. All of these plans include all of the aforementioned features. The difference comes down to the number of domains, the number of page views per month, and the number of web pages scanned per month.
Conclusion
Besides what some movies and TV shows would have you believe, the internet isn’t the wild west. There are many rules and regulations that those who want to do business on the web have to follow. Due to the increase in the number of users who take their internet privacy as seriously as they do their offline privacy (some even more), stricter and more thorough laws and regulations are made each year. For example, CCPA went into effect on July 1, 2020, and GDPR was implemented on May 25, 2018.
Keeping track of all of the new laws and regulations can be quite a task, so you should let services like the CookieYes help you with that. It is truly a remarkable tool, with many smart features that will do wonders to automate and simplify the cookie management process. Not to mention the legal troubles that might be avoided if you choose to use this tool.