Update your Website’s Navigation – Here’s Why
Update your navigation periodically so visitors can find your new pages.
Users dislike the obnoxious popups, website owners are often unaware if they need a banner, and website designers struggle to communicate the need for them.
FCD have always tried to keep running costs of websites as low as possible, especially for static websites where businesses simply upload their complete company brochure. So, requiring an additional monthly fee, even as little as £6/mo, can feel quite large for these people.
Yes, especially if you use any tool that requires cookies – usually analytics or a feature on your website that uses personal information.
The EU data laws require them to comply fully with GDPR. You must give your users an opt-in approach to cookies and clarify why they’re used, the service behind them, and what you plan to do with their personal information. However, this can quickly expand into the legal side of website design so we recommend reading some of the articles available online by specialised experts. For example, check out CookieYes’ guide on understanding legal policies.
From as little as £6/mo, you can purchase a third-party service like these that installs a simple, clean cookie consent banner. Some even offer auto-generating privacy policy and cookie policy pages. These third-party services constantly scan your website and notify you if anything slips through resulting in a non-compliant website.
We’ve hand-picked some consent managers that aren’t annoying to the visitor and offer branding customisation that allow your cookie banner to feel part of your website – not an afterthought. Here’s our recommendations:
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In short, yes.
The Cookie Consent Managers you can purchase do a fantastic job of periodically scanning your website and providing you the tools to ensure full, water-tight compliance with GDPR. Scanners let you know if you’ve become uncompliant and what you need to change but most of the time, it’s an automatic process. This automation also includes updates to your privacy and cookie policies if you’ve chosen those features.
If you track users via Google Analytics or capture data from a contact form, chances are you need a cookie banner. They do more than allow visitors to accept or reject cookies – they provide a level of privacy control to the visitor and give you peace of mind that the user is OK to send their personal information over to you.
On top of this, it shows that you’re serious with their personal information. When installed correctly, these cookie popups provide visitors the detail to understand what cookies are on your site, how they work and why you use them – excellent for the privacy-conscious individual.
The EU law introduced cookie consent a while ago via the GDPR update back in 2018 with other other governing bodies outside the EU following in their tracks. This means that you’ll struggle to find a reason to not include one.
No. And they shouldn’t.
The negative impression of cookie popups comes from poor implementations. Many news and media websites have failed to create banners that work properly and often use black-hat design techniques where the reject button is hidden, or they choose to make it difficult to turn off categorised consent toggles.
They should be simple to use and have a similar experience to your website, so your visitors don’t get disoriented. If done correctly, the user won’t care too much that they’re being interrupted. They will thank you for having a correctly designed, easy-to-use banner and a privacy control popup.
Providing choice to your visitors is heavily praised. Simply providing a clean, easy to use cookie banner and settings manager sets the standard for the experience throughout your website. After all, it’ll be the first thing they’re greeted with as soon as they visit your website for the first time.
With anything in business, there’s a risk. We feel the small monthly cost of purchasing any of the cookie consent managers available quickly outweighs the legal costs and fines should anything occur.
It is your responsibility as a business owner to make sure your website complies with any law, and we will do our best to guide you where possible so you’re legal, compliant, and up to date with any data law. We’re not legal advisors and if you are worried about the legal side of website design, you can always consult an independent legal company to learn more.