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Is there an EU Cookie compliance GTM for Drupal?
EU Cookie Compliance GTM (currently Drupal 8 only) provides functionality for Google Tag Manager. This module is supported by Ramsalt Lab. If you need assistance in making your web site GDPR-compliant, you can contact us here.
The cookie compliance message displays on the website upon the user’s first visit to the site, and then again, if the user has consented to cookies, upon the user’s first renewed visit once every 12 months. A GDPR compliant Cookiebot consent banner seen on the web.
What are the requirements of the EU Cookie directive?
The EU Cookie Directive holds a few minimum requirements that all businesses must uphold, whether they’re based in the EU or deal with EU customers. We expand further on these requirements below, but briefly, they are: Informing users that the site uses cookies A notification that makes the use of cookies clear, like a banner in the header
Do you need to comply with the GDPR on cookies?
It’s what you do with the cookie that matters. Cookie compliance according to the GDPR really has nothing to do the technology of the cookies themselves. Cookies are not illegal by their own nature. No, GDPR cookie compliance has all to do with what you do with cookies – how you use them and for what purpose.
How does Drupal comply with the EU GDPR?
The module offers several methods for getting consent: Consent by default, opt-in and opt-out. It’s also possible to only display the banner for visitors from the EU. GDPR requires that you ask consent from your visitors if you store or process their personal details, such as the IP address or identifiable cookies.
It provides a GDPR cookie banner where you can gather consent from the user when the website stores cookies on their computer or otherwise handles their personal information. The module offers several methods for getting consent: Consent by default, opt-in and opt-out.
If you want to conditionally set cookies in your module, there is a javascript function provided that returns TRUE if the user has given his consent: Drupal.eu_cookie_compliance.hasAgreed() For example, if you want to disable Google Analytics, you could do the following: http://drupal.org/node/1648286#comment-6145800.
How to ensure Google Analytics is in compliance with GDPR?
To ensure that Google Analytics – its cookies, trackers and statistics tools – run in full compliance with EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you need to: Ask for and obtain end-user consent for all Google Analytics cookies on your website prior to their activation and operation.
Do you need consent for Google Analytics cookies?
Under EU’s GDPR, Google Analytics cookies need end-user consent to be activated on your website.