If a user does not consent, how does Cookiebot block cookies from being placed?

Molly Shotwell

• September 13, 2018 16:08

Trying to communicate to our marketing automation system how marketing cookies might be blocked, but I can't find the answer about the actual mechanics of it. 

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  Martin Iv. – vConnect

  • September 14, 2018 10:54

  Hey Molly,

  When you implement prior consent, you are changing script data type. Browsers use that attribute to interpreter what to run.When the type is changed to "text/plain" you are essentially telling the browser "not to run this code", which sets the cookies. So in combination with Cookiebot attribute you are adding to the script ( e.g. data-cookieconsent="marketing" ), you achieve the goal to ask visitors for their consent.
  When user accepts the cookies, Cookiebot executes this block of code that you have changed to "text/plain" and sets everything that is inside ( external js files, etc.. ) and the cookies are set.

  Regards,
  Martin

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