Cookie Banner

Disclaimer: Umso does not provide legal advice and the site owner is responsible to seek legal advice and make sure the site is tested and working as expected by your jurisdiction's law regarding cookies.

Sites created with Umso may store cookies to help your site run efficiently and help enhance customer experience. If your site is using custom code or integrations, your site may place cookies that aren't essential.

Some countries and state laws require the site owner to inform their visitors regarding the cookies being placed on their computer. In Europe, laws are even more strict and require you to take more steps, for example, blocking all non-essential cookies prior to receiving visitors' consent.

Adding a cookie banner does not mean your site fully complies with applicable laws. Please consult a specialist to make sure you are covering all the steps needed to be fully compliant with your relevant jurisdiction(s).

You can either set up a simple Cookie Banner notice or you can enable Cookie Settings to allow your visitors to fully manage what type of cookie should be stored on their computer.

Cookie Banner

By only enabling the cookie banner in your site you will display a notice to the visitor as soon as they access your site. This way you will make them aware of the use of cookies.

Please note that this mode does not prevent cookies from being stored or allow your visitor to manage them. To block cookies, you will need to enable Cookie Settings.

Enabling Cookie Banner Settings

Cookie Banner Settings will allow visitors to fully manage what cookie categories can be stored. You can also add a policy URL and enable prior cookie blocking.

Prior Blocking

By enabling prior blocking your site, only essential cookies and scripts are loaded. Visitors can accept all categories or specify which category they wish to enable. Once enabled, scripts and cookies will be loaded for the accepted categories. If Prior Blocking is not enabled, all scripts and cookies will load at first and the user will be able to re-adjust the categories, however some scripts might store third-party cookies that won't be able to be removed.

Categories

Cookies on Umso are split into 4 categories. Essential, Functionality, Performance & Analytics and Targeting & Advertising.

Essential is required and can't be disabled, that is crucial for Umso's site's security and functionality and we do not store any identifiable personal information.

Functionality helps give your visitors a better user experience.

Performance & Analytics helps collect information regarding interaction with your site, traffic and measurement to help better you improve your site.

Targeting & Advertising helps better deliver marketing content and customized ads.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies can't be removed, and it is the site's owner's responsibility to ensure that your visitor is aware. Most laws do not require third parties to be removed but do check with a specialist to make sure your site is compliant.

By Enabling Prior Blocking, you will be able to prevent third-party cookies from being stored at first, if the user decides to give consent, once installed, withdrawing consent won't remove them. It will however block scripts from running again.

Creating a Policy

If your site uses a cookie banner, it will most likely require a policy. When cookie settings is enabled, you can add a URL for your policy. We suggest creating a page on your site for your policy, or you can also add an external link for it.

Here are the cookies Umso sites may store so you can use them to add to your cookie policy.

Policy Versioning

We allow you to version your policy so you can provide proof of consent if you need. Every time consent is given for your site, we record it as proof of consent which is required by some jurisdictions. That will help if you ever need auditing.

Make sure your policy version is updated accordingly so you are aware of what policy your visitor gave consent to.

Multi-Language

Cookie Banner is available in 4 languages. English, Portuguese, German and French. If you need to translate it for another language please send us a support request at [email protected].

Integrations

All Umso integrations are categorized as below. If your site has any of our built-in integrations they will automatically work with our cookie solution.

If you add a new integration by using header code, the cookie solution will not work at first and you will have to adapt your code to include an HTML tag below that allows us to run your script after the consent is given.

To adapt your script to work, add the following tag and replace CATEGORY with either essential, functionality, performance, or targeting. See the Categories section above to decide which one fits your script.

data-cs-category="CATEGORY"

The type tag of your script will dictate if you want it to run prior to the user consent being given. For example, if you do NOT want it to be executed right away, your type should be text/plain, if you want your script to be loaded as the page loads use text/javascript.

Your code should look similar to:

<script 
type="text/plain" 
data-cs-category="functionality" 
src="<< YOUR SCRIPT URL >>" 
/>

Stripe script is essential because they help prevent fraudulent activities, and it is required on any site that makes use of our Stripe integration.

How to Set Up

1. To set up your cookie banner, go to your site's footer and enable the Cookie Banner to switch in your Site Settings under "Cookie Solution".

2. To have access to the advanced features of the cookie banner enable Cookie Settings. You will be able to control Prior Blocking and set Policy URL to see how your visitors can manage the cookies categories.

3. You can change the banner text, banner position, and color of the banner background and text color.