GetCookies for Google Tag Manager

What the template does

• Consent Mode v2 defaults

  Sets ad_storage, analytics_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, functionality_storage and personalization_storage to denied by default (configurable), with security_storage granted.

• Returning visitors

  Reads the visitor's saved choice and applies it straight away, so tags do not wait for the banner.

• Loads the banner

  Injects the GetCookies loader with your domain ID.

• Updates consent

  When the visitor accepts, rejects or customizes, the template updates Google's consent state, and the banner pushes a getcookies_consent_update event to the dataLayer for your own triggers.

• Ads options

  Wait-for-update (500 ms by default), ads data redaction and URL passthrough can be set in the tag.

Who it is for

Teams that already run their tags through Google Tag Manager and want consent handled where the tags live. If your site has no GTM container, the plain script install is simpler: one script in the page head, with Consent Mode v2 signals on every plan.

Set it up

1. Download the template from your GetCookies dashboard, or from https://api.getcookies.co/api/v1/gtm-template/download.

2. In GTM, go to Templates, Tag Templates, New, then Import and save.

3. Create a tag from the GetCookies CMP template and enter your domain ID.

4. Trigger it on Consent Initialization - All Pages, not All Pages.

5. On each tracking tag, open Consent Settings and require the matching consent types, for example analytics_storage for GA4 and ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization for Google Ads and Meta.

6. Test in GTM Preview, then publish. Details: GTM installation guide and GTM advanced setup.

Limits

• Updates are manual

  An imported template file does not update itself; import the newer file from the dashboard to update it.

• Tags outside GTM

  Scripts hard-coded in the page are not controlled by GTM. Use the banner's own blocking or data-cookieconsent attributes for them, or the Advanced (Hybrid) install.

• Tag consent settings are yours

  Non-Google tags such as Meta only wait if you add consent requirements to them in GTM.

• No TCF strings yet

  GetCookies is not yet a registered IAB Europe CMP, so the template does not provide TC strings to ad tags.

Troubleshooting

• Tags fire before consent

  Check the GetCookies tag uses the Consent Initialization trigger and that each tracking tag has consent requirements. GTM Preview shows the consent state per event.

• Consent does not update

  Keep Enable Google Consent Mode v2 ticked in the tag and look for GetCookies messages in the browser console.

• Banner shows twice

  Remove the head script if GTM loads GetCookies, unless you chose the Hybrid install on purpose.

Frequently asked questions