Autoblocking Overview

Autoblocking is Cookie Compliance’s consent-first safeguard. It pauses non-essential scripts and iframes until a visitor makes a choice, then only allows what aligns with that choice to run. This prevents pre-consent leakage, keeps analytics and ads honest, and helps you meet prior-consent obligations. Think of it as a gate that opens only for what a […]

Geolocation

Geolocation lets Cookie Compliance adapt the banner’s experience to where your organization is based and where the visitor is browsing from. The result is a consent model that fits regional expectations without maintaining multiple banners. You manage it in Consent Configuration in the dashboard. What Geolocation controls (in plain terms) Geolocation decides what the visitor […]

Google Consent Mode

Google Consent Mode lets Google tags (Analytics, Ads, Floodlight, etc.) adapt to a visitor’s consent. Cookie Compliance sets a default (before any choice) and then updates Google when the visitor selects an Access Level that enables the relevant Purpose Categories. The result: keeping measurement and advertising aligned with your policy. What it does in Cookie […]

Facebook/Meta Consent Mode

Facebook/Meta Consent Mode makes the Meta Pixel align with a visitor’s consent. Before consent, the Pixel is held in a revoked state; once consent is given for the relevant purpose, it upgrades automatically—so what runs matches the user’s actual choice. Cookie Compliance integrates this without custom coding. What it does Implementation Step 1 — Place […]

Microsoft Consent Mode

Microsoft Consent Mode is a privacy feature for Microsoft tags that adjusts how data is stored and sent based on a visitor’s consent. It applies to: With Consent Mode, tags change behavior according to specified consent signals. For UET, the key control is the ad_storage setting: granted (allow ad cookies) or denied (no ad cookies). […]

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a browser signal indicating the visitor’s preference to opt out of sale/sharing and similar tracking. When you enable GPC support in Cookie Compliance, the signal is honored before any interaction: the session starts in a protected state where marketing/personalization purposes are held off by default. The banner still appears and […]

Autoblocking Checklist

Goal: make sure non-essential services stay paused before consent and only start when the visitor’s choice (via Access Levels and Purpose Categories) allows them. Quick checks (one screen) Cookie Compliance script placement (must be first) For autoblocking to work reliably, the Cookie Compliance inline configuration script and the loader script must appear at the very […]