Cookie Dash

This plugin provides two cores pieces of functionality.

1. This plugin allows you to quickly deploy Google Tag Manager to your site by entering a Google Tag Manager ID on the plugin settings page.
   
2. This plugin provides a cookie consent banner that allows your website's users to choose whether they would like to accept or decline cookies.
   
   If a user declines consent, the load of the Google Tag manager container is blocked and all of the scripts included in it are blocked.
   This plugin works under the assumption that all your tracking scripts and cookies that contain personal information (Adverting or Analytics for example) are loaded through Google Tag Manager.

See the installation instructions page on WordPress.org for up to date installation instructions.

1. Download the plugin
2. Upload the plugin zip file to your plugins directory
3. Activate the plugin from your plugin page
4. Go to Settings > WP GTM Data Privacy
5. Enter Your Tag Manager Container ID
6. Test your container output by using Google Tag Assistant
7. Installation questions?  Create a support ticket.

There are two basic forms of cookie consent Opt Out and Opt In.

Opt Out Consent

In this model cookies and other tracking are loaded by default and a user must choose to opt out to block the loading of cookies and other tracking scripts.

Opt In Consent

In this model cookies and other tracking scripts are not loaded by default and a user must choose to opt in to allow the loading of scripts and tracking cookies.  GDPR currently requires an Opt In model if you are using tracking cookies in your container.

Is This Plugin GDPR compliant?

Since Google Tag manager does not track anything by itself, it is technically GDPR compliant out of the box. But, if you are loading tracking scripts such as advertising cookies through your container, they will not be blocked by default and therefore your site will not be compliant.

As of version 1.1.1 this plugin supports both Opt-In and Opt-Out. Choose the Opt-In method for GDPR compliance, which will not load the GTM container without the user explicitly opting in to personalization cookies.

Licensing

As a reminder, this plugin is licensed under the GPL V2.0 which provides no warranty of merchantability or fitness for a specific purpose.  The burden of compliance is ultimately on the site owner.

There are two basic forms of cookie consent Opt Out and Opt In.

Opt Out Consent

In this model cookies and other tracking are loaded by default and a user must choose to opt out to block the loading of cookies and other tracking scripts.

Opt In Consent

In this model cookies and other tracking scripts are not loaded by default and a user must choose to opt in to allow the loading of scripts and tracking cookies.  GDPR currently requires an Opt In model.

Is This Plugin CCPA compliant?

As of version 1.1.1 this plugin supports both opt-in and opt-out tracking. 

As of this writing the CCPA and other U.S. based privacy laws only require Opt Out based tracking which would make this plugin compliant with those laws in terms of cookie consent.  Cookie consent is not the only aspect of compliance.

Licensing

As a reminder this plugin is licensed under the GPL V2.0 which provides no warranty of merchantability or fitness for a specific purpose.  The burden of compliance is ultimately on the site owner.

You may set the privacy policy slug for the plugin in the plugin settings. The WordPress default privacy policy slug is /privacy-policy/

The cookie consent banner comes with subtle unobtrusive styling that should blend well with most sites. However, you can easily override the styling using CSS. Use the cookie consent banner's ID selector to style your banner.

Use a color picker to choose your colors!

The cookie consent banner's ID selector is #ThisSiteUsesCookiesBox

Example:

#ThisSiteUsesCookiesBox {
    background-color: yourcolor;
    color: yourTextColor;
}

#ThisSiteUsesCookiesBox a {
    color: yourTextColor;
}

#ThisSiteUsesCookiesBox a:hover {
  color: yourTextColor;
}

#ThisSiteUsesCookiesBox a:visited {
  color: yourTextColor;
}