Lots of people have been asking for a Cookie component in Elements because of the EU’s GDPR that mandates them. It looks like the EU is walking back the scope of the GDPR however in regards to those Cookie banners/popups. With those new changes, would a Cookie component be necessary anymore? Can w…

Hej @differentdan , Well at this stage its only an proposal of the commision, here in Belgium they will still use the cookie-banner / popup because we need to give the visitor the choice for accepting cookies or not bla bla. Still, Europe isnt fast at taking decissions soo… :stuck_out_tongue: I re…

@differentdan In general: Any cookie banner you might add will never be compliant with the different interpretations in the EU countries. For example, in Germany you would need to add the cause of the cookie and some information on the first stage of the cookie banner. Even before you click to recei…

Yes, this is really good to know!

Yesterday I created a cookie banner for use in Elements with ChatGPT. It includes a statement with a button to make it disappear, and it appears at the bottom of the page. The cookie banner refreshes after 7 days to satisfy Safari’s refresh rate. All you need is to insert the code into the HTML snip…

[image] MikeV: Well at this stage its only an proposal of the commision, here in Belgium they will still use the cookie-banner / popup because we need to give the visitor the choice for accepting cookies or not bla bla [image] Fuellemann: In general: Any cookie banner you might add will n…

[image] differentdan: It looks like the EU is walking back the scope of the GDPR This is the stuff web developer dreams are made of :laughing:

Cookie banners no longer necessary per new GDPR updates

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Fuellemann (Jan Fuellemann) November 20, 2025, 3:35pm 3

This will take a few years to become law, so in the meantime we still need these, unfortunately

Topic		Replies	Views
Cookies Opt out Global Elements	18	452	October 31, 2025
GDPR Cookie Warning for ELEMENTS sites Elements	0	104	November 4, 2025
Cookie Consent Elements	1	87	March 30, 2026
Will a Cookies Notice be built into ELEMENTS? Elements	10	275	May 30, 2025
Cookies Elements	4	149	October 13, 2025

Cookie banners no longer necessary per new GDPR updates

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