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Adding a cookie declaration to your website

Show a full cookie declaration on your site using a CookieBot script.

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Along with the cookie consent banner, you can create a cookie declaration using the CookieBot integration on your website. You add the declaration by embedding a CookieBot-generated script on a page. The HTML embed feature is available on paid plans only.

By default, the cookie declaration has five parts:

  1. An introduction that informs your website users about the use of cookies.
  2. Information about the domains that the user’s consent is valid for.
  3. The user’s current consent (which categories of cookies consent has been given for) with options to change it or withdraw it completely. If the user clicks Change your consent, the cookie consent banner is shown again.
  4. Information about the last update to the cookie declaration. (The date updates automatically when a scan runs on the website.)
  5. A list of all cookies and trackers used on the website, grouped into Necessary, Preferences, Statistics, and Marketing, along with purpose descriptions and extra information. (This is drawn automatically from the latest scan report for your website and updates with each new scan.)

An example cookie declaration on a site showing its introduction, consent options, and a list of cookies by category

The cookie declaration is customizable for Premium CookieBot accounts (opens in a new tab), so you will need to upgrade if you want to change how your declaration looks. See the dedicated CookieBot article (opens in a new tab) for detailed customization instructions.

When you create a domain group, the cookie declaration scripts are generated automatically. You can find them by going to your CookieBot account, then Settings, then Your scripts.

The CookieBot Settings page showing the Your scripts section with the declaration script

To add the cookie declaration to your website, follow these steps.

  1. Create an empty page on your website. You can name it “Cookie declaration,” for example.

  2. Add a Custom block to it by clicking Add a block, then Custom block. (Make sure you are on a Website Builder paid plan. If not, upgrade.)

    Adding a Custom block to a page from the Add a block menu

  3. In the Custom block, click the (+) Plus button and choose the HTML block from the Widget library.

    Choosing the HTML block from the Widget library inside a Custom block

  4. In the HTML block, click the Custom HTML button. Then copy the cookie declaration script from CookieBot and paste it into the code editor.

    The Custom HTML button in the HTML block

    The CookieBot declaration script pasted into the HTML code editor

  5. Click Submit to save, then Publish your website to make the changes live.

Preview mode limitation

Because of the nature of the script provided by CookieBot, the editor cannot run this code in Preview mode. You can only check how the declaration looks on your published website.

The cookie declaration automatically adopts the styling on your site. If you want to style it further, follow the instructions in the “Can I customize the Cookie Declaration?” section of this CookieBot article (opens in a new tab).

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)