Create a cookie notice

A cookie notice tells truConsent which cookie categories your site uses and which individual tags fall under each category. Once approved, the SDK reads this configuration to show the correct consent choices to your visitors.

1. Navigate to Cookie Notices

   In the left sidebar, under Cookie Consent, click Cookie Notices.

   The page lists every asset in your organisation. Assets that already have a cookie notice show an Edit button and a status badge. Assets without one show a Create Cookie button.

   Click Create Cookie next to the asset you want to configure, or Edit to update an existing notice.

2. Choose a tag source (Step 1 of 3 — Tag Source)

   Choose how to populate the cookie tags for this notice:

   Manual

   Select and configure each cookie tag yourself. Use this option when you know exactly which scripts and cookies your site sets.

   Click Next to proceed to Groups & Tags.

   Website Scan

   truConsent crawls up to 5 pages of your live site and auto-detects cookies. Usually completes in under 2 minutes.

   Enter your site URL in the Website URL field and click Scan Now. Wait for the scan to finish before clicking Next.

   GitHub

   truConsent scans your repository to identify cookie-setting scripts.

   Click Connect GitHub and authorise the truConsent GitHub app. Once connected, select the repository to scan, then click Next.

3. Configure cookie groups and tags (Step 2 of 3 — Groups & Tags)

   Select the consent categories that apply to your site. Necessary is always pre-selected and cannot be removed.

   Group	GTM storage type(s)	Purpose
   Necessary	security_storage	Security, authentication, and basic site functions
   Analytics / Statistics	analytics_storage	Understand how visitors interact with the site
   Marketing / Advertising	ad_storage, ad_user_data	Track visitors for advertising and attribution
   Functional / Personalisation	functionality_storage, personalization_storage	Personalised features and A/B testing
   Social Media / Embedded Content	—	Embedding social media and third-party content

   When you check a group it expands to show:

   Pre-defined tags — common scripts for that category (for example, Necessary includes reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare, hCaptcha, and Google Tag Manager). Check the ones your site uses.

   Data elements — the personal data collected by each tag. Pre-mapped for known tags. Review and adjust if needed.

   Custom tags — for scripts not in the pre-defined list:

   1. Enter a Label (display name shown to users).
   2. Enter the Cookie key (the exact cookie name the script sets).
   3. Optionally enter the Script URL of the third-party script.
   4. Click Add.
   5. Select the data elements collected by this custom tag.

   Click Next when all groups and tags are configured.

4. Review and create (Step 3 of 3 — Review)

   The Review & Confirm screen shows a summary:

   • Asset — the asset this notice applies to
   • Tag Source — Manual, Website Scan, or GitHub
   • Cookie Groups — the groups you selected with their tag counts

   Click Create Notice to submit.

   Admin approval required

   After creation, the notice status is Not active. A platform admin must approve it in the Action Center before it becomes active and the SDK will serve it to your visitors.

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