Cookies

Cookies can be considered personal data if they can identify an individual. To comply with privacy regulations such as the GDPR, you must ask your site visitors for consent before placing “non-essential” cookies on their device.

What is an essential cookie? Essential cookies are automatically placed on your site visitors’ device because they are required for your website to function properly. Without these cookies being used your site visitors would not be able to benefit from the services your website offers (such as session cookies that keep your users logged in, cookies that remember which items have been saved to a shopping cart, etc.)

What is a non-essential cookie? Non-essential cookies are any cookies that are not essential cookies. Without these cookies, your site visitors would still be able to use your site properly. Examples of non-essential cookies are cookies that are used to analyze user behavior or display personalized ads.

If I use cookies on my Framer Site, how do I make sure I do this in a GDPR friendly way? If you include third-party services on your website that use non-essential cookies you are required to ask permission before placing the cookies on your site visitors’ device. Adding a cookie banner to inform your visitors about the cookies you are using and collecting their consent is required.

What should a cookie banner look like? Local privacy laws may require different formats for cookie banners. We advise our users to do their own research about what cookie banners should look like depending on the applicable regulations. In general, cookie banners should have all four of the following to be (GDPR) compliant: 1) accept and deny buttons, 2) auto-block cookies until user gives consent, 3) granular cookie consent option to users via Settings, and a 4) link to a Cookie Policy.