Tim Trott

<p>The Cookie Law is a new piece of privacy legislation from Europe that requires websites to obtain consent from visitors to store or retrieve any information on a computer or any other web connected device, like a smartphone or tablet.</p>
<p>It has been designed to protect online privacy, by making consumers aware of how information about them is collected by websites, and enable them to choose whether or not they want to allow it to take place.</p>
<p>It started as an EU Directive that was adopted by all EU countries on May 26th 2011. At the same time the UK updated its Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, which brought the EU Directive it into UK law.</p>
<p>Each EU member state has done or is doing the same thing. Although they all have their own approach and interpretation, the basic requirements of the directive remain the same.</p>
<p>This plug-in will create a small banner at the top of the guest’s browser that greets them with the message:</p>
<pre><code>We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies from this website. If you would like to change your preferences you may do so by following the instructions <a href="http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1">here</a>
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<p>You can change this text from within the plug-in settings page, and as of version 2.0 you can change the visual style, either by selecting a preset theme or by creating your own. You can also float the message over your website header, or have it push the header further down the page so that it is not obstructed.</p>
<p>This plugin relies on implied cookie consent and you should ensure that this method is correct for your website. If you are relying on implied consent you need to be satisfied that your users understand that their actions will result in cookies being set. Without this understanding you do not have their informed consent. – http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/blog/2012/updated-ico-advice-guidance-e-privacy-directive-eu-cookie-law.aspx</p>
<p>For more information on the Cookie Law please visit http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx</p>
<p>DISCLAIMER</p>
<p>Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure that this code remains up to date and conforms to the EU Cookie Law, the authors cannot and will not be held responsible if it is found to be inadequate in any way. The authors are NOT legal experts and nothing contained within constitutes legal advice.</p>
<p>It is your responsibility to ensure that implied consent is suitable for your site before using this code or plugin.</p>
<p>CHANGE LOG</p>
<p>2.05    Updated support for IE11, added option to disable enqueing jQuery, fixed PHP errors, tested up to WP 4.4</p>
<p>2.02    Fixed compatibility with conflicting function names</p>
<p>2.01    Fixed bug hiding admin bar (test code remained)</p>
<p>2.00    Added responsive layout, new configuration manager, improved control over styling and more configuration options.</p>
<p>1.01    Fix for IE8 CSS<br />
    Fixed broken PHP tag in code</p>
<p>1.00    Initial Release</p>


Plugin Name: EU Cookie Law Complience

Adds a message to the top of the page stating that cookies are used and if they continue viewing the site then that counts as implied consent.

damiroquai

<p>Klaro is a free & open-source tool that provides an intuitive, user-friendly and compliant way to manage consent on your website. Klaro is easy to use and configure, lightweight and compatible with all modern browsers.</p>
<p>Klaro is simple, unobtrusive and optimized for mobile as well as desktop browsers. It tries to stay out of the way while helping you to be fully transparent and compliant.</p>
<p>Klaro can manage both inline and external scripts as well as static tracking elements like images or stylesheet links.</p>
<h4>Features include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>100% GDPR compliant</li>
<li>Customisable cookie message using .po file (multi language support)</li>
<li>Redirects users to modal for more cookie information and toggle individual scripts</li>
<li>Custom link to Privacy Policy page</li>
<li>Option to refuse deletion of functional cookies</li>
<li>Option to review and edit user consent</li>
<li>Option to reset the user consent</li>
<li>Set the text and background collors</li>
<li>Optimised for mobile as well as desktop browsers</li>
<li>Can manage: inline and external scripts, images, stylesheets, links</li>
<li>Allow users to have control of what scripts are loaded.</li>
<li>Shortcode to review and reset consent from privacy policy page or any post/page </li>
</ul>
<h4>How it Works</h4>
<p>To get started after install, create new Application (for internal or external scripts, images or stylesheets…) under Klaro Consent Manager / Add New. Enter script name and description, for example name it "Google Analytics" and enter description "Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google". Set purpose to "Analytics" . Publish Application than scroll at the bottom of the newly created App and copy code generated by the plugin. Code should look something like this:</p>
<pre><code><script type="opt-in" data-type="application/javascript" data-name="google-analytics">

// Your Google Analytics Code, all except script tags which we replace with this one…

</script> 
</code></pre>
<p>So in your google analytics code leave your external script as it is and change only internal script, with the code you copied above. You should get something like this:</p>
<pre><code><script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-XXXXXXXX-X”></script>

<script type="opt-in" data-type="application/javascript" data-name="google-analytics">

  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());
  gtag('config', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X’);

</script>
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<p><a href="https://wordpress.transformnews.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo URL</a></p>
<h4>Important!</h4>
</p>
<p>Activating this plugin does not guarantee that your website is successfully meeting its responsibilities and obligations of GDPR. Individual organisations should assess their unique responsibilities and ensure extra measures are taken to meet any obligations required by law and based on a data protection impact assessment (DPIA).</p>


Klaro Consent Manager

This lightweight plugin will help you make your website fully compatible with last EU GDPR policies.

Plugin Name: EU Cookie Law Complience vs Klaro Consent Manager