Customizable Cookie Banner for a compliant and performing site

Absolutely.
CookieMan allows you to change a lot of aspects of the banner or box: you can define all colors (by setting the prevailing color and that’s it or by individual element), you can decide whether to round the corners of the elements or not, whether to put a shadow and which banner layout, whether full-width or minimum. All while seeing the result in real time: you make the changes and CookieMan shows you the result right away, even before you activate it on the site.

Certainly! Website owners based in the USA or anywhere else in the world, even outside the European Community, who offer goods or services to users located in the European Union, must comply with the GDPR and therefore must implement a compliant CMP (Consent Management Platform).
The GDPR and all other applicable data processing regulations for websites apply not only to companies based in Europe but also to those outside the EU that:

• offer goods or services to individuals in the EU (even if free of charge),
• or monitor the behavior of users in the EU (e.g., through cookies, analytics, tracking, profiling).

This is defined in Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the GDPR.
So, what should the owner of a U.S. website operating in Europe do?
If a U.S. company (or any other non-EU country):

• sells products or services to European customers,
• has a website in a European language (e.g., Italian, German, etc.),
• accepts orders or ships to the EU,
• displays prices in euros,
• uses cookies or tracking technologies for European users (Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, etc.)

then it falls under the scope of the GDPR and must display a GDPR-compliant CMP, including:

• preemptive blocking of non-essential cookies,
• granular consent collection and recording (consent log),
• option to withdraw/modify consent (easily),
• clear, transparent and compliant banner.

Use CookieMan for your websites, no matter where you are or what you do online, and you’ll be sure to do the right thing!

Site Address
When you create a new site, CookieMan asks you to enter the address.
Why does it ask you for this? CookieMan always performs a check between the token and the site address. There must be a match, otherwise CookieMan will stop working on your site.
When you are in the installation phase, you may not specify the site address; CookieMan will detect it when you integrate it.
However, we recommend always specifying it, as it could help you with some procedures.
For example, if you integrate CookieMan through the WordPress plugin and you have correctly entered the site address when you created it in CookieMan, everything will be automatic, and you won’t need to do anything else for the integration. If you don’t specify it, you can still integrate it, but you will need to enter the token manually (you can find it on the integration page below the WordPress box).
To retrieve your site address:

• open your site in any browser
• right-click on the address bar at the top
• select the copy option
• when you have the box asking for it, right-click and paste

Staging Address
When you are developing your site, you are likely using a temporary address that is not the final one, so only you can see it.
We recommend entering this address in the dedicated box in CookieMan:

• click on Administration from the top menu
• click on Site Settings
• enter the address in the Staging site address box

This way, CookieMan will also work on your staging site, allowing you to customize it better before publishing the site.

A cookie banner, or rather a CMP (Consent Management Platform), is a software solution that helps Controllers (or publishers) deal with user data that is stored or managed when a website visit occurs, in compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
Basically, it is the tool that displays the cookie banner when visiting a site, allowing visitors to choose which data to share and which not to share. Adoption of a CMP is mandatory for all sites that in some way, through cookies or other forms of tracking, may record information that then relates to the visitor’s personal data.

What is it for?

• Show cookie banner with consent options
• Allow users to accept or reject certain types of cookies
• Record and manage user preferences in a legally compliant manner

In short: a CMP helps websites comply with user privacy and personal data laws in a simple and transparent way.

To ensure that the cookie banner complies with the law, it is essential that it meets at least these requirements:

• make available to the visitor the privacy policy drafted in accordance with Article 13 or 14 of the European GDPR Regulation or other applicable regulation in the visitors’ state of reference
• indicate the list of cookies used with all distinguishing features: legal basis that makes the processing lawful, retention period, purpose of the cookie, location of processing, type
• Provide visitors with the option of giving or not giving consent to the processing of cookies that provide that legal basis
• Provide visitors with an easy way to review their choices
• Is evident just enough to make it clear to the visitor that it is not a part of the site, but an element that draws his or her attention

All of these features, especially those related to the list of cookies processed, must be continuous, that is, constantly updated as the site and its components evolve

All owners of websites that use cookies or other forms of tracking are obliged to have a cookie banner in order to do this in a compliant manner.
Even those who use online advertising tools, such as Google Ads, must use compliant tools to allow the visitor to make their choices.
Those who use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, are subject to this obligation. Most sites are required to have this tool.

If you target visitors in the European community you have to comply with some stringent regulations that require you to have a cookie banner to properly manage visitor consents. But many other states, such as California, for example, or Brazil, have similarly stringent regulations.

Cookie banners help companies and website owners in general obtain users’ consent to use cookies, which is a legal requirement in many countries, including the EU under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive.
It is required by Law. The visitor has the right to choose what data he or she wants to share, and sites in order to follow up on this right, must have a cookie banner, or CMP.