Introducing our New, Faster and Optimized Pandectes GDPR Compliance Banner

Introducing Your Faster, Smarter Consent Banner

Since 2018, our mission at Pandectes has been to provide Shopify merchants with robust and reliable tools for data privacy. After more than a year of development, we’re excited to introduce the new Pandectes Cookie Banner, a complete redesign focused on clarity, flexibility, performance, and compliance.

This update introduces a high-performance Web Component banner and a streamlined administration interface. It goes beyond a visual refresh and redefines how consent management works in modern Shopify stores, based on merchant feedback, evolving privacy laws, and Shopify’s Customer Privacy APIs.

These updates affect all plans. Every store benefits from improved performance and a more powerful foundation, while each plan now includes more features and flexibility than before.

What’s New at a Glance

A Completely Redesigned Banner

The new banner is built as a modern web component to improve performance and reliability.

Key benefits:

• Faster banner loading and execution.
• No interference with your theme’s CSS.
• Cleaner storefront with zero layout side effects.
• A modern UI that adapts to different layouts and devices.

Smarter Live Preview

The banner settings now include a more accurate and unified live preview experience directly within the admin interface.

Key improvements:

• Desktop preview by default with an instant mobile toggle.
• Light and dark background switcher to test contrast.
• Real-time representation of animations and transitions.

Clearer Banner Types

We have replaced rigid, preset banner types with three flexible structures. This ensures that your consent logic (Opt-in vs. Opt-out) remains consistent regardless of the visual style you choose.

Available options:

• Cookie Notice: A simple, lightweight single-layer banner.
• Preferences Center: Advanced consent management visible as the primary layer.
• Cookie Notice and Preferences Center: A classic two-layer approach for maximum transparency.

More Flexible Layouts and Animations

You now have full control over how and where your banner appears. Everything is modular and significantly more flexible than before.

Key capabilities:

• Diverse Layouts: Select from Box, Bar, Wide, Drawer, and Sidepanel styles.
• Granular Positioning: 9 distinct anchor points including center and middle-left.
• Button Logic: Choose between grouped, justified, vertical, or horizontal alignments.
• Smooth Motion: Professional animation options including fade, slide, zoom, and grow.

A Smarter Consent Widget

The consent widget (re-open button) is now a native part of the banner ecosystem, allowing customers to change their minds at any time.

Main improvements:

• Unified design and animation system shared with the main banner.
• Ability to reopen the last viewed window or the specific consent state.
• Support for custom triggers to open the widget from any link in your theme.

Modern Styling with AI-Powered Tools

Styling has been redesigned to offer professional results with minimal effort.

Available options:

• AI Theme Detection: Automatically detect and apply your store's primary colors.
• Refined Assets: An updated logo gallery with high-fidelity icons.
• Button Customization: Choose between filled, outlined, or plain styles with full control over roundness and borders.
• Custom Style: Custom CSS support for advanced customization

Advanced Controls, Better Organized

Complex configuration options are now grouped into a dedicated Advanced section.

Included features:

• Banner visibility rules
• Storage options using HTML storage or cookies
• Implied consent configuration
• Alternative close actions such as scroll depth, timeout, escape key, or clicking outside
• Consent synchronization across multiple tabs
• Optional page reload or redirect actions on consent events

This keeps the main setup clean while still providing full control for advanced use cases.

Consent Models and Global Regions

The geolocation settings are now fully synchronized with Shopify’s Customer Privacy API. This ensures that the consent signals collected by our app are perfectly aligned with your Shopify store's internal privacy settings.

Available consent models:

• Opt-in: Required for GDPR-compliant regions.
• Opt-out: Optimized for CCPA/US-style requirements.
• Flexible: Assign different consent rules (Opt-in/Opt-out) to different regions within a single setup.

Region visibility can be configured worldwide or per region, including EU/EEA and UK, United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Australia, and many more. All settings remain synchronized with your Shopify store configuration.

IAB TCF 2.2 Framework Support

For stores utilizing advanced advertising, the new version includes full support for the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF 2.2).

This industry-standard framework is essential for merchants running personalized ads in the EEA and UK. It allows your store to communicate granular consent signals directly to ad networks and Google, ensuring your marketing remains both compliant and effective.

Note: TCF support is available exclusively on the Enterprise plan.

The Ultimate Business Advantage: Speed and Stability

The new banner is built using modern web practices that translate technical improvements into measurable business benefits.

These improvements support stronger Core Web Vitals and a more reliable shopping experience.

Performance Impact by the Numbers

The shift to a Web Component architecture removes the technical limitations of traditional banners.

By eliminating thread-blocking delays, your store becomes interactive faster, improving Core Web Vitals, user experience, and conversion potential.

Enhanced Flexibility and New Features

The new version replaces rigid settings with a modular system that significantly expands customization options.

Advanced Layout Engine

• Flexible Notice and Preferences architecture
• 9 positioning options including center and middle-left placements
• 3 notice layouts: Box, Bar, and Wide
• 3 preferences center layouts: Box, Sidepanel, and Drawer

Intelligent Design Tools

• AI-powered color detection based on your Shopify theme
• Updated icon and logo gallery with improved assets
• Expanded button styling options with control over borders and roundness

Expanded Control and Compliance

• Region settings synchronized with Shopify’s Customer Privacy API
• Multi-tab consent synchronization
• Choice between HTML storage and cookies for consent storage
• Alternative banner triggers including scroll depth and keyboard actions

Capabilities Comparison

Plan Improvements

All plans benefit from the new performance architecture. Feature availability scales with your selected plan:

• Free and Basic: Access to the new web component engine and redesigned administration.
• Premium: Includes advanced styling, AI color detection, and alternative close actions (scroll, timeout, etc.).
• Enterprise: Full IAB TCF 2.2 support, cross-domain consent, advanced JS API integrations, and granular regional controls.

Additional capabilities include:

• Consent synchronization across browser tabs
• Alternative close actions such as escape key, click outside, or timeout
• Optional page reload on consent for compatibility with certain scripts
• Custom trigger support via the JS API

Deprecated features:

• Fixed banner types
• Global CSS overrides
• Legacy geolocation page

Why This Matters for Your Store

This update represents everything we’ve learned since 2018. By switching to the new version, you ensure your store has:

• Faster performance and better Core Web Vitals.
• Zero risk of theme or CSS conflicts.
• Seamless synchronization with Shopify’s native privacy settings.
• A future-ready foundation for global privacy compliance.

Getting Started with the New Version

To explore the new configuration options, navigate to the Banner Settings tab in your Pandectes GDPR Compliance app. Use the unified live previewer to test your new layout before publishing.

If you need assistance during the transition, our support team is available to help you optimize your setup and make the most of the new banner features.

Updated on: 11/01/2026