Question 1

Cookie Banner Modes

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In this article, we analyze in detail the different banner modes that you can select from the app. The different modes are listed below.

Informative

All cookies (essential & non-essential) are allowed by default when pages load and cannot be blocked. The banner message and wording should only inform the visitor about the cookie policy of the website and why cookies are used. The banner has by default one action button called Dismiss (x or close).

Optionally, a second action button called Decline may be added. If the Dismiss button is clicked, the banner closes and full consent to the cookie policy is implied. If the Decline button is clicked, then the visitor is redirected away from the website (to an external page, e.x. google.com). This is the simplest (loose) mode but is not recommended for strict GDPR compliance.

Decline only

All cookies (essential & non-essential) are allowed by default when pages load and are blocked only when/if the user selects to opt out. The banner message and wording should inform the visitor about the cookie policy of the website and why non-essential cookies (Marketing & Analytics) are used.

The banner has two action buttons called Decline and Dismiss, with the Dismiss button being highlighted. If the Dismiss button is clicked, the banner closes and full consent to the cookie policy is implied. If the Decline button is clicked, then, depending on other configuration options offered by the application, the visitor is

Question 2

4 Steps to Ensure Compliance

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Step 1: Customer Privacy

To be compliant, you need to activate customer privacy from your store preferences. Head to your Shopify Admin > “Online Store” > “Preferences”, and under the “Customer privacy” section, choose the “Collected after consent” option and then Save.

If you have added Google Analytics from the Online Store preferences, you must check the Enhanced Ecommerce and then Save.

Step 2: Banner Type / Consent Mode

Open the app from the "Apps" heading on the left-side menu > "Settings" > "Banner" > “Behavior”, and on the top, you can select the Banner Type / Consent Mode.

To comply, we recommend you select Accept/Decline or Accept only.

Note: If you are on any paid plan, we recommend selecting Preferences (which is more detailed). Under the Preferences, please select the Strict policy and make sure at least the Decline and Accept buttons are checked for you.

Step 3: Privacy Policy Page

Our cookie banner is good to have a link to your [privacy policy](/

Question 3

Using Google Consent Mode Integration

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In this article you will learn about:

Introduction to Google Consent Mode
Benefits of using it
Services Supported by Google Consent Mode
Enable the integration
Advanced settings

Introduction to google consent mode

With our application's integration to the Google Consent Mode you can respect the privacy choices of end-users with minimal impact on your store's ad-based revenue stream, analytics, and more. Learn more about Google Consent Mode here.

If you're already using Google gtag.js or Google Tag Manager (GTM) on your store, we recommend that you enable the Google Consent Mode integration to your store, to ensure you get the best use of your Google Services. If you don't have GTM installed, we do this for you from inside our application by just adding your property ID. Learn more on how it works here.

There are some data (pings) that Google collects in order to make it work properly. More details about the data gathered by Google Consent Mode can be found here.

Benefits of using it

Once you have enabled the integration for your store, our application will automatically signal the consent choices of your visitors to Google instead of blocking tags when not consented. The end user's granular

Question 4

Shopify Customer Privacy API

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Shopify offers a feature to limit the data collection of European customers visiting your online store, as determined by their IP address. From inside your store, you can choose the level of restrictions for marketing and analytics data collection for customers from the EU, EEA, UK, and Switzerland.

Since our application has an integration with Shopify’s Customer Privacy API (which automatically blocks cookies and trackers installed either by Shopify directly or by any plugins that support it), first you have to enable the Collected after consent option inside your Online Store > Preferences.

Because Shopify has no control over whether a third-party app or script tracks customers, they provide a consent tracking API for integration. This permission-tracking API has been integrated into our Pandectes GDPR Compliance app. Once the page has loaded and Shopify has banned the cookies, each customer can choose to opt-in or opt-out of the various cookie groups. When Collected after consent option is turned off, all cookies, including the Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics, will be fired as usual. Also, the default cookies from Shopify are set as persistent cookies, not as session ones.

No pixel is fired when the Collected after consent option is activated. Shopify is also enforcing this

Question 5

Staying CCPA Compliant with Facebook's Limited Data Use

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Introduction

Although the CCPA’s enforcement date of July 1 has gone, there are still several aspects of the law that businesses need to understand. Data-sharing partnerships, such as those that exist between marketers and Facebook, are one area where more clarification is required. Facebook has announced the launch of a Limited Data Use (LDU) feature to assist businesses in achieving CCPA compliance.

In short, the LDU feature works by automatically detecting if a user is in California and then limiting the way that their user data can be stored and processed.

CCPA Background

Because the LDU is intended to assist businesses with CCPA compliance, here is a quick rundown of the essential CCPA requirements:

Information being collected must be transparent about what data they collect, the purpose for it, and any third parties it may be shared with
A business must delete the data if it’s requested by the user
Consumers can opt-out of their data being sold through a “Do Not Sell” button or link on a website

The CCPA applies to businesses that target California citizens. As a result, if your company markets to California people on Facebook, you must verify compliance or risk responsibility and possible penalties.

Facebook’s LDU as Part of Your CCPA Compliance

Advertisers can define which data should be subject to the CCPA’s protections by utilizing Facebook LDU. Here’s a breakdown of the exact ways th

Question 6

What is Google Consent Mode?

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Google Consent Mode was launched by Google on September 3rd, 2020. Google has introduced it to offer stores and advertisers more flexibility when using Google products together with cookie banners and consent management platforms.

It is basically a first step in solving the issues between marketing/advertising versus privacy, without breaking the digital economy. Just before now, the massive collection of personal data and the use of that data for targeted advertising triggered the urge for more privacy regulation. And that is what’s happening. In almost every part of the world, these data privacy regulations emerge and evolve. They make it harder for marketing and sales departments to make decisions when there is no proper data being collected.

The importance of data privacy has risen significantly since 2016. Consent for using personal data is required by almost every privacy regulation in the world. So almost every website owner and data controller needs a user’s consent in order to process this data.

With Consent Mode your store can recover vital insights into how effective your digital campaigns are at attracting leads and driving online sales even when your users do not accept cookies.

It is a feature that lets advertisers indicate the cookie consent status of a user, enabling Google to model for gaps in conversions. There are two pillars here:

User Privacy: Tags behave in a consent-aware way, respecting user choices.
Privacy Safe Measurement: Using

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