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class="csh-article-content-header-metas"><div class="csh-article-content-header-metas-category csh-font-sans-regular">Articles on:<span> </span><a href="/en/category/getting-started-12nwdzv/" role="link">Getting Started</a></div></div><h1 class="csh-font-sans-bold">Cookie Consent</h1></div><div role="article" class="csh-article-content-text csh-article-content-text-large"><span class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-bold csh-font-sans-medium">Learn how to manage cookie consent effectively with our detailed guide. Discover best practices and tools to ensure your website complies with regulations.</span><br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/><h1 id="1-introduction" data-type="#" onclick="CrispHelpdeskCommon.go_to_anchor(this)" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-title csh-font-sans-semibold">Introduction</h1><br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>Having a store in Shopify means that it uses cookies or other storage technologies to offer visitors a better user experience, understand what kinds of visitors use your service. In many instances, you are required to obtain consent from people before using these technologies.<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>We recommend that you conduct your own research about consent requirements and talk to a lawyer about what’s best for your store. Keep in mind that laws and guidance relating to the use of cookies and online collection of information vary by region and <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/reform/index_en.htm?fbclid=IwAR0-XLIrgRqTWjNQtGmVwWDABoYHNzY-Dm7R7M57g7DHIDR-8LDvg4xsIkg" target="&lowbar;blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" role="link" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-link csh-markdown-link-text">continue to evolve</a>.<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/><h1 id="1-about-consent" data-type="#" onclick="CrispHelpdeskCommon.go_to_anchor(this)" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-title csh-font-sans-semibold">About Consent</h1><br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>European data protection regulators have published <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinion-recommendation/files/2013/wp208_en.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3qbTobvCMqBZrDvef_N1Xpo9sTRss9c7rCc2qRgPBFSQMMLAq1eS9F2Uo" target="&lowbar;blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" role="link" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-link csh-markdown-link-text">guidance</a> for online publishers about obtaining consent before using cookies or other storage technologies to collect information about the people who visit their sites or use their apps. Outside of the EU, other laws and rules may require you to provide notice and obtain consent to collect and use data from your site or app.<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>The EU guidance outlines four main requirements for consent:<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/><span data-type="1" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-list">Specific and based on appropriate information</span><br class="csh-new-line"/><span data-type="2" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-list">Given before using cookies or other storage technology to collect information</span><br class="csh-new-line"/><span data-type="3" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-list">Unambiguous</span><br class="csh-new-line"/><span data-type="4" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-list">Freely given</span><br class="csh-new-line"/> <br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>The publisher in your case is your business (your store).<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/><h1 id="1-asking-for-consent" data-type="#" onclick="CrispHelpdeskCommon.go_to_anchor(this)" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-title csh-font-sans-semibold">Asking for Consent</h1><br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>There are many different ways for publishers to obtain consent. Common approaches:<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/><span data-type="*" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-list">Displaying a prominent message when a page loads for the first time (this is usually called a “cookie banner”) and informing users what action to take to consent</span><br class="csh-new-line"/><span data-type="*" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-list">Obtain consent from users during a registration flow (where users have to create an account and accept terms before using the website or app)</span><br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>This job is done by our application and you don’t need to care about the details.<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>Some uses of cookies are exempt from consent requirements. Read the European regulator’s guidance on exemptions <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinion-recommendation/files/2012/wp194_en.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32HQWOMQ2rxHgxOgeThWyCZgucfOSNukDNf8ca_RJTSFu3roKL_9y63Jg" target="&lowbar;blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" role="link" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-link csh-markdown-link-text">here</a>.<br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/><h1 id="1-pandectes-gdpr-compliance" data-type="#" onclick="CrispHelpdeskCommon.go_to_anchor(this)" class="csh-markdown csh-markdown-title csh-font-sans-semibold">Pandectes GDPR Compliance</h1><br class="csh-new-line"/><br class="csh-new-line"/>Our application provides you with a complete solution to ask for consent. 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