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Adding a cookie consent banner

Turn on and customize a cookie consent banner so EU visitors can accept cookies.

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The Website Builder uses cookie files to make sure your site gives your visitors the best experience. In some regions, legislation such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive of 2002, commonly known as “the cookie law,” may require you to inform your visitors about the cookies your website uses and to obtain their consent to certain types of cookies.

If your website has visitors from the EU, you need a cookie warning in the form of a banner.

A cookie banner is a consent notice that appears on a website the first time a user visits. Its purpose is to alert your users about the cookies and get their consent to set them. See Essential and non-essential cookies to learn more.

Here is how to request your visitors’ consent to the use of cookie files.

  1. Click the Main Menu button in the top left corner of the Website Builder and choose Settings in the sidebar.

    The Website Builder main menu open with Settings selected in the sidebar

  2. Go to the Cookies & User data section and tick the Cookie consent banner checkbox.

    The Cookies and User data settings with the Cookie consent banner checkbox ticked

  3. Click Submit and publish your site to make the changes live.

Now, when your visitors arrive at your website for the first time, they will see the banner at the top of their screen.

The banner text is generic and may not fit your particular situation. To change it, click anywhere on the banner and start typing. You can also format the text by making it bold, italic, underlined, or strikethrough.

A cookie consent banner on a site with its text selected for editing

You can also edit the text inside the buttons. To do so, click the existing text on the button and type new text.

You can insert a link to your privacy policy and other legal pages as well. You can learn more about how to add a link in the Website Builder help.

A cookie banner with a text link being added that points to the privacy policy page

Domain search

Prices exclude VAT, which is added at checkout.

Cookie settings

Choose what Dotweb may store in your browser. You can change your choice at any time under Cookie settings at the bottom of every page. Read more in our privacy policy.

Necessary

Always on

These keep the site working and remember the choices you make on it, such as language and currency. They don’t track you, so they’re always on.

NamePurposeDurationProvider
currencyCookieRemembers the currency prices are shown in.Session, or 1 year once you choose oneDotweb
localeCookieRemembers the language you chose.1 yearDotweb
consentCookieStores this choice.6 monthsDotweb
upm-brand-config:*Local storageCaches the domain search’s settings.Until clearedOur billing partner
upm_guest_sessionCookieSet by our checkout to keep your basket and checkout session.Up to 1 dayOur billing partner

Analytics

Analytics shows us which pages and features are used, so we can improve the site. We also record what you search for in the knowledge base and the domain search, to improve the site and our help articles. Sessions may also be recorded to see where pages are hard to use, with everything you type into forms and the text of your searches masked in the recording. Our analytics partner stores the data in the EU and anonymizes IP addresses. Nothing is set or sent unless you switch this on.

NamePurposeDurationProvider
ph_*Cookie, local storage and session storageAn anonymous ID and session, so we can see which pages and features are used.Up to 1 yearOur analytics partner (EU)