The EU Cookie Compliance module enables a website to meet the requirements of the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications regarding the use of cookies.
If a website makes use of cookies other than for the temporary storage of data while a transaction is in progress, the user must be informed and given the opportunity to decline the use of cookies. The site must also include an explanation of the cookies that are used.
This is a port from the Drupal module of the same name.
The module displays a pop-up at the bottom or at the top of pages to make users aware of the fact that cookies are being set. The user may then give his/her consent or move to a page that provides more details. Consent is given by the user pressing the agree button or by continuing to browse the website. Once consent is given another pop-up appears with a thank you message.
The module provides a settings page where the pop-up can be customised. There are also template files for the pop-ups that can be overridden by your theme.
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Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions at https://backdropcms.org/guide/modules.
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Visit the configuration page under Administration > Configuration > system > EU Cookie Compliance (admin/config/system/eu_cookie_compliance) and enter the required information.
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If desired, give the administer EU Cookie Compliance popup permissions that allow users of certain roles access the administration page. You can do so on the admin/user/permissions page.
- There is also a 'display EU Cookie Compliance popup' permission that helps you show the popup to the roles you desire.
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You may want to create a page that would explain how your site uses cookies. Alternatively, if you have a privacy policy, you can link the pop-up to that page (see next step).
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If you want to customise the pop-up background and text color type in the hex values. Once it exists, you can also use the jQuery Colorpicker module.
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If you want to theme your pop-up override the themes in the template file.
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If you want to show the message in EU countries only, install the [GeoIP module](http://backdropcms.org/project/geoip] and enable that option on the settings page.
NOTICE: The module does not audit your cookies nor does it prevent cookies from being set.
Additional documentation is located in the Wiki: https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/eu_cookie_compliance/wiki/Documentation.
Bugs and Feature requests should be reported in the Issue Queue: https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/eu_cookie_compliance/issues.
- Graham Oliver (https://github.com/Graham-72).
- Seeking additional maintainers.
- Ported to Backdrop CMS by Graham Oliver.
- Maintained for Drupal by Sven Berg Ryen.
- Maintained for Drupal by Marcin Pajdzik.
- Maintained for Drupal by Achton Smidt Winther.
- Maintained for Drupal by id.tornado.
- Maintained for Drupal by mibfire.
This port to Backdrop would not, of course, be possible without all the work done by the developers and maintainers of the Drupal module.
This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.