How to set up Google Consent Mode v2 with the GetTerms Cookie Consent Banner

If you will be using Google Consent Mode with the GetTerms Cookie Consent Widget, we recommend you fire your Google Tag via Google Tag Manager. We've created a template to make this extremely simple.

Note: This guide requires you to have Google Tag Manager installed on your website - If you haven't done this, follow this guide first.

Part 1: Installing the GetTerms Google Tag Manager Template

1. Add the 'GetTerms Consent Management' Tag Template to your workspace
   1. In your 'Google Tag Manager' workspace, open the 'Templates' tab.

   2. Within the 'Tag Templates' panel, click 'Search Gallery'.

      

   3. Search for 'GetTerms'

      

   4. Click the 'GetTerms Consent Management' result

      

   5. Click 'Add to workspace'

      

   6. Review the permissions required by the GetTerms Consent Management template, and click 'Add'

      

3. Add the 'GetTerms Consent Management' Tag

   1. Open the 'Tags' tab and click 'New' to add a new tag.

      

      Click the 'Tag Configuration' panel, and select the 'GetTerms Consent Management' custom tag type

      

      1. Configure any default consent preferences using the dropdowns provided. These defaults will be applied before the user has updated their consent preferences.

         If you need scripts to be 'opt-in' for compliance, you should leave all preferences defaulted to 'Denied'.

      2. Scroll down and click the 'Triggering' panel.

         

         Note: You can add multiple triggers by hovering the trigger's icon to reveal a checkbox to select more than one.

      3. Select 'Consent Initialization - All Pages'

         

   2. Click 'Save' to save the tag and exit.

Part 2: Enabling Consent overview

Consent overview tells you which tags have or haven't been configured for consent.

3. Open your container settings found in the admin tab

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   2. Tick the box for 'enable consent overview'

      

   3. You'll now see a shield in your tag settings which lets you know that consent overview is enabled.

      

   4. Clicking the shield opens your consent overview, which tells you which tags have or haven't been configured for consent.

      

   5. Selecting a tag and clicking the shield button will allow you to edit the consent settings for your tags in bulk. In this instance, select your google tag and edit consent settings.

      

   6. Configure it to 'No additional consent required' as it's a Google Tag and therefore knows about consent mode.

      

      
      

   7. Note: for non-Google related tags, - e.g. HotJar - you may need to set this up to require additional consent firing only upon 'analytics

      

4. Set the trigger for your Google tag to 'Page View - All Pages' or 'Initialization - All Pages'

   

5. Publish your GTM container by clicking 'submit' in the top right of the window, your GTM is configured.

   

Part 2: Enable Consent Mode in your Cookie Consent Widget configuration

1. Open the policy pack you wish to enable consent mode for from within your GetTerms dashboard
2. Enable 'Google Consent Mode' in GetTerms
   1. Log into 'GetTerms' and open your chosen Policy Pack with Cookie Consent enabled.
   2. Open the 'Cookie Consent' tab.
   3. Open the 'Cookie Consent Widget' tab.
   4. Open the 'Configuration' tab.
   5. Toggle 'Enable Google Consent Mode' to 'On'

2. Review your Installation Instructions.
   1. Go to the Installation tab and review the instructions, as they will be different than when Consent Mode was toggled off.
   2. Ensure that your website has embedded the GetTerms Cookie Consent Widget correctly:
      1. It should be the first <script> tag on the page.
      2. It should be embedded above your Google Tag Manager embed code.

3. Updates to your Cookie Consent Widget configuration can take up to 5 minutes to be reflected on your website. Grab a coffee & have a snack!