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A Cookie Dialog cookie banner helps users understand what kind of cookies you want to collect and why you want to do so. You can create a custom Cookie Dialog that complies  It’s a great way to comply with laws such as GDPR and CCPA, and with your organisation’s organization's policies.

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The Cookie Dialog cookie banner appears when a user visits your site for the first time. The dialog will not After that, the banner will only appear again , unlesswhen:

  • The user cleared out their browser’s cookies.

  • You changed the contents of the dialogbanner.

  • You deactivated and later reactivated the dialogbanner.

While browsing your site, users can still Users can change their cookie settings whenever they want:

  • Logged-in users can do this by clicking their avatarin the top-right cornerclick the Avatar menu (their profile icon) in the header > Cookie settings.

  • Anonymous users can do this by clicking click the Cogwheel icon in the top-right corner.

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Data Processing Agreement

Before setting up a Cookie Dialog, we kindly ask you to request a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) by visiting Cloud support and to return a signed copy to us. We do not accept any changes to the DPA.

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While it is technically possible to use the dialog without signing a DPA, we don’t recommend it. Signing a DPA ensures that you follow procedure from a legal perspective (for example, in relation to GDPR).

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Set up a site’s cookie banner

  1. Go to the Refined Administration.

  2. Click Sites in the left-hand menu.

  3. Pick Select the site you want to work with.

  4. Go to the Configuration tab.

  5. Go to the Cookie banner section.

Dialog and privacy policy text

When you first set up your cookie dialog, a template appears that you can customise to fit your company.

Our lawyers have written more extensive cookie policy and privacy policy templates. We still recommend you to consult your own experts, as we can’t guarantee the templates follow your company’s policies or your country’s data privacy laws.

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Dialog buttons

Turn on the cookie consent option to display two buttons in the Cookie Dialog. By clicking the primary button, users allow all cookies. By clicking the secondary button, users allow only required cookies. You can customise the buttons’s text.

Turn off the cookie consent option to display one button in the Cookie Dialog. In this case, all cookies are collected and by clicking the button the user closes the dialog. You can customise the button’s text.

Cookie collection options

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Cookie banner title and message

Describe how you use cookies on your site. We recommend you to mention that your site uses third-party cookies and include links to your company’s privacy policies.

Allow users to accept only necessary cookies

When turned on, users can choose to accept all cookies or only necessary cookies. When turned off, users can only use the site when they accept all cookies.

Buttons

You can customize the text of these buttons:

  • Button to accept all. By clicking the button, the user accepts all cookies:

    • Required cookies.

    • Google Analytics cookies, if you connected a Google Analytics tracking ID.

    • Custom cookies, if you added them.

    • According to the EU's Data Protection Law (GDPR), you need users' consent to collect the Google Analytics and custom cookies.

  • Button to accept necessary. By clicking the button, the user accepts only the cookies that are necessary for the product to function: for example to authenticate a user. Users can’t opt out of these cookies in Refined, but they may be able to opt out by changing their browser settings. However, Refined

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  • won’t function as expected if users have blocked cookies.

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Custom cookies

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According to the EU's Data Protection Law, GDPR, you need users' consent to collect these types of cookies.

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You can add your own cookies with the HTML module or by adding custom HTML or CSS to your site.

The cookies we set for consent are required-cookies-acknowledged and all-cookies-accepted. The value of these cookies is the version of the cookie dialog banner that the user has accepted. The site DOM contains a meta tag with the name cookie-latest-version that . You can be accessed and compared it with the consent cookie values to decide if you should add your cookies or not. The value in the meta tag will be 0 if the dialog banner is not set up. The version will increase whenever the cookie dialog is edited.

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