Footer link and floating button
How visitors change their mind from any page, and how we keep that out of their way.
Visitors need a way to change their mind from any page. We make that as unobtrusive as the law allows.
Your own footer link (recommended)
<a href="#" data-cmp="settings">Cookie settings</a>Clicking any element with data-cmp="settings" opens the settings. If your page has one, the banner adds nothing else.
Where the law requires a link
Under the rules in force today (release 2026.09.2), visitors from these places must see a “Your privacy choices” link: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Montana, Delaware, New Hampshire and Minnesota, Canada outside Quebec, and South Korea. Vermont joins them on 1 January 2028. For visitors from those places:
- If your page has a
data-cmp="settings"link, the banner uses it. - Otherwise we add a small “Your Privacy Choices” link at the end of your page’s footer. It uses your footer’s own style and text colour, with California’s opt-out icon beside it.
- Only if the page has no footer at all does a small button float in the bottom corner.
In California, visitors whose browser sends Global Privacy Control see a short “Opt-out request honored” message. As California requires, the same status also appears next to the link and in the settings. If the visitor later chooses to allow tracking, the status is removed.
The floating button elsewhere
The floating button is off by default. If your pages have no footer link and you want a button on every page, turn on Floating “Cookie settings” button under Advanced on the Banner tab.
Scheduled changes
The 2026.09.3 update, rolling out now on 5% of sites, changes where the link appears in two ways:
- US state laws apply only to the businesses they cover, based on your answers under About your business on the Banner tab. If a state’s law doesn’t cover your business, visitors from that state don’t get the link. Until you answer, every law applies as before.
- In Canada outside Quebec, visitors also see a small notice that says what the site uses and lets them turn it off. The “Your privacy choices” link stays.
The updates starting on 5 October 2026 (2026.09.4) and 15 October 2026 (2026.09.5) don’t change where the link appears. See Where the banner shows for everything they change.