Using Cookiebot for PIPEDA compliance (Cookiebot Admin)

Configure your CMP for PIPEDA

This guide focuses solely on the tools needed to make your website's use of cookies and online tracking compliant with PIPEDA. It doesn't cover other aspects of PIPEDA compliance.

These steps aren't intended as legal advice — if you're in doubt, seek advice from a trusted legal source or your data protection authority.

Setting up your CMP for PIPEDA compliance is straightforward — it's ready to use out of the box. Follow these steps to configure it.

First time set up

If you are setting up Cookiebot for the first time, you can select the PIPEDA preset. This will automatically configure the banner to comply with PIPEDA. You can still make some changes to suit your needs though. 

Adding PIPEDA as an additional legislation

If you already have a CMP set up for another region, add PIPEDA as a separate domain group so the two configurations don't conflict.

Follow the following steps to create the additional domain group.

1. Add a new domain group.
   • If you only have one domain group: go to "Domains & Aliases" in the left-hand menu, then click "Manage your domain groups"
   • If you already have multiple domain groups: click "Manage" at the top of the domain group section in the left-hand menu.
2. Click the "+ Create group" button
3. Name the new group "PIPEDA" and click "Create group." You'll see it added to your list of domain groups.
4. Click the "Configure CMP" icon next to your new PIPEDA group to open its settings.
5. Click "Legislation presets" on the right side of the screen and select the PIPEDA preset.
6. Click "Save changes." Your PIPEDA domain group is now active and ready to use.

Check out our blog post: PIPEDA: Canada’s data privacy law explained