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Experimental project
This is a sandbox project, which contains experimental code for developer use only.
This module allows your website to comply with the Dutch law on the use of
cookies. By Dutch law the visitor must consent with placing cookies on your
client to gather visits or other information about the visitor. The site
owner must inform the visitor about what kind of information will be
gathered and must be able to provide proof of visitors’ consent.
The Dutch government provides a javascript-based solution that displays a
bar on top of the website. This bar provides all necessary elements to
comply with the law, like asking for permission and providing information,
except for actual disabling of cookies and tracking scripts.
This module uses the javascript solution from the Dutch government as a
library and adds the ability to prevent modules from placing tracking
cookies on your client. The main module offers the basic functionality
like showing and configuring the cookie-bar. To exclude certain
functionalities, submodules are used. Currently there is a submodule
for Google analytics, Piwik and Webtrends. These submodules make sure
their javascripts are not being executed, and their cookies are not being
set, when the visitor has not agreed. Users can always change their choice;
the module provides a link so visitors can change their mind. If cookies
were already set at this point, the module will delete them.
All choices made by visitors are logged into the drupal database, providing
a unique key per visitor. The module provides two hooks, which developers
can use to build their own submodule. It is very easy to extend the
functionality of this module, one can just take one of the submodules as an
example and extend the module with their functionality.
Similar modules
- This module does not prevent cookies being set, and it does not delete existing cookies when previously accepted.
- This module does not use the official Dutch RIjksoverheid cookie opt-in library
- This module eventually accepts cookies when not agreed: http://drupal.org/node/1568590
Cookie Control
This is also a great module.
- Unfortunately it does not work with the official Dutch RIjksoverheid cookie opt-in library.
- It also doesn't log choices which is required by Dutch law.
- It doesn't include support for Piwik and Webtrends
This module is built in association with Dictu, and is maintained by Sogeti.
Project information
- Project categories: Developer tools, Security
- Created by beljaako on , updated
