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Cookie banners and page speed - how not to wreck Core Web Vitals
How a consent banner affects Core Web Vitals - layout shift, render blocking, script weight and caching. What to check before you put a CMP on production.
Cookie scanning - how to find out what your site really stores
How to inventory the cookies on your site - automated scanning, cookies loaded after interaction, third-party cookies, and why the list has to be refreshed on a schedule.
Dark patterns in cookie banners - what you must not do
Which cookie banner practices count as dark patterns - unequal buttons, pre-ticked consent, buried reject, consent fatigue. Positions of the EDPB and CNIL, and the Planet49 ruling.
Cookie consent fines in Poland - what the real exposure is
What a non-compliant cookie banner can cost in Poland - UKE penalties under the Electronic Communications Law, GDPR fines from the UODO, the state of case law and the myths circulating online.
Cookie policy - what it must contain and how to write one
What a GDPR-compliant cookie policy has to cover - cookie categories, storage duration, third-party recipients and how to withdraw consent. A checklist and the most common mistakes.
How to install a cookie banner in PrestaShop - step by step
Install a GDPR cookie consent banner in PrestaShop 1.7 and 8 in 3 steps - a ready-made CookieFox module with your shop key baked in, no template editing. GDPR consent for e-commerce.
How to install a cookie banner in WordPress - step by step
Install a GDPR cookie consent banner in WordPress in 3 steps - a ready-made CookieFox plugin with your site key baked in, no theme or functions.php editing. Plus a note on cache plugins.
How to choose a Consent Management Platform (CMP) in 2026
CMP selection criteria compared - GDPR and ePrivacy compliance, script auto-blocking, a cookie scanner, a consent register, Consent Mode v2, banner performance and pricing.
Google Consent Mode v2 - what every site owner must know
Google Consent Mode v2 in practice - the ad_storage, analytics_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization signals, the certified CMP requirement and the impact on Google Ads and GA4.
GDPR-compliant cookie consent - a practical guide for 2026
How to collect valid cookie consent under the GDPR and ePrivacy - equal accept and reject buttons, no dark patterns, script blocking before consent and a consent register.
What are cookies and how do they work? A complete guide
Cookies explained simply - what browser cookies are, their types, what they are used for, and what the GDPR and the ePrivacy rules say about them.
A GDPR-compliant cookie banner in minutes
CookieFox scans your site, blocks scripts until consent and keeps a consent register. Deployment is a single line of code.
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