Cookie Policy Generator

Which cookie categories always appear in the policy?

Strictly necessary and functional cookies are written into every version. The analytics block and the advertising block appear only when you answer Yes to the matching question, so the document lists between two and four categories in section 2.

How does section 4 change with my answers?

Section 4 builds its sentence from your two answers. Analytics alone gives “third party cookies to report usage statistics of our website”, advertising alone gives “to deliver advertisements on and through our website”, and both are joined with “and”. If you answer No to both, it says only that some features may set third party cookies, for example embedded content from another provider.

Does it list the actual cookies my site sets?

No. The text names a few typical examples (_ga, _gid, _gat, Google AdSense, Meta Pixel, DoubleClick) as illustrations. It does not scan your site and has no table of cookie names, providers, purposes or lifetimes. If you want that level of detail you have to compile it from your own cookie audit and add it by hand.

Does the tool create the cookie banner that section 5 mentions?

No. Section 5 simply states that visitors are shown a consent banner on their first visit and can accept all cookies or only essential ones. Nothing here builds a banner or blocks scripts. If your site has no banner, or it behaves differently, edit that paragraph so the policy matches what visitors actually see.

The analytics block says the data is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Is that safe to publish?

It is a fixed sentence, not something the tool checked. Whether it fits depends on how your analytics product is configured, so confirm it against your own setup and reword it if it overstates what happens.

How are blank fields and special characters handled?

An empty company, URL, email or date is replaced by a bracketed placeholder such as [Company Name] or [Effective Date] so you can spot it. Whatever you type is inserted as plain text without escaping or validation: the URL is not checked, and the date is free text. Ampersands and quotes stay as typed, so escape them yourself if you paste into HTML.

Does it cover local storage, pixels or other similar technologies?

Only in passing. The introduction says “cookies and similar tracking technologies”, and the advertising examples name Meta Pixel, but there are no separate sections for local storage, fingerprinting or server-side tracking.