This article describes the GDPR message that Google will set up for you if you don’t publish your own by 16 January 2024.
Beginning from 16 January 2024, publishers will be required to use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) when serving ads to users in the European Economic Area and the UK. If you don't currently have a suitable GDPR message, you'll be invited to choose a GDPR message option when you sign in to your AdSense account. If you choose to create a GDPR message but don't publish it by 16 January 2024, we’ll publish a default GDPR message for you using Google's own CMP. You can customise this GDPR message later.
You can switch to another CMP at any time. You're welcome to use any Google-certified CMP. If you choose to use another CMP, our systems will detect this and we won't set up a GDPR message for you on 16 January 2024.
Confirm your GDPR consent options
Before your GDPR message goes live, you'll need to sign in to AdSense to finish setting up your message. We’ll need some information about the consent choices that you want to show your site visitors.
In the 'Confirm consent options in your GDPR message' dialogue, decide whether you want to include the Do not consent option. If included, your message will present your users with a choice to not consent to your ad partners and your ad partners’ purposes.
Your message will either show:
- Consent and Manage options
Your message will include two choices. Learn more about the elements included in a two-button GDPR message.
Or - Consent, Manage options and Do not consent
Your message will include three choices. Learn more about the elements included in a three-button GDPR message.
If you don't sign in to your account before 16 January 2024, your consent message will show Consent, Manage options and Do not consent. Note that you can change your GDPR settings at any time.
Default GDPR message settings
If we publish a GDPR message for you, it will have the following default settings:
| GDPR setting | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| Site URL | The site URL or domain of your site. | Your site's URL. |
| Language | The language in which the message will be displayed. | We'll attempt to detect the language of your site and set this as the language of the message. If we can't, we'll use the default language in your AdSense account; otherwise, English. |
| User consent options | The user consent options displayed to site visitors in the message. |
This will be set to the consent options that you choose in AdSense. If you don't choose an option, then your consent message will show: 'Consent, Do not consent or Manage options'. Your message won't include a 'Close' option |
| Styling | The format and styling of the message. | No customisation of fonts, styles, colours, etc. |
| Privacy policy URL | Your site's privacy policy URL. | This will be set to your site's URL initially.
Note: You must update this to your site's privacy policy URL. A privacy policy page is required by the Google EU user consent policy.
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| Logo | The logo associated with your site. | Turned off. |
| Consent revocation link | A link to allow the site visitor to revoke consent for the use of cookies/personalised ads on your site. | Automatically added to your site. |
| Ad partners | Under the Google EU user consent policy, you must identify each ad partner that receives the personal data of users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and UK and provide information about the use of that data. |
'Commonly used ad partners'. This is a preselected list of ad partners (formerly referred to as 'ad technology providers'). If you previously selected 'custom ad partners' in your GDPR settings, we will use your selected ad partners. |
| Legitimate interest controls | The legitimate interest controls displayed to site visitors in the message. | All options will be turned on and displayed. |
Customise your GDPR message
You can change the text and format elements of your default message at any time. Some settings that you might want to update include:
- Styling: You can edit and format your message to match your site's editorial and visual standards.
- User consent options: You can change the button options in your message, for example, if you don't want to show a 'Do not consent' button.
- Logo: If you have a logo associated with your site, you can add a logo to your message.
- Ad partners: You can add or remove any ad partners from the preselected list. Learn how to manage GDPR ad partners.
- Legitimate interest controls: You can decide whether to display the legitimate interest controls to visitors and if you want to turn them off. Learn how to manage legitimate interest settings.
Learn more about GDPR messages.
