The Privacy & Cookie Policy feature in Secure Privacy lets you generate, customize, and embed a GDPR-compliant privacy policy and cookie declaration on your website — automatically populated with cookie and plugin data from your latest scan results. This guide covers every available option: generating, editing, resetting, adding sections, managing languages, embedding, and enabling or disabling the policy.
Note: This feature is available on Plus, Business, and Enterprise plans. See all available features on the Secure Privacy pricing page.
Who Is This For?
Website owners and administrators generating and managing a GDPR-compliant cookie policy with Secure Privacy
Privacy officers editing cookie declaration text and adding custom sections for their organization
Developers embedding the privacy and cookie policy on website pages using button, hyperlink, or full-page embed options
How to Generate Your Privacy & Cookie Policy
Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
Click Privacy & Cookie Policy in the left sidebar.
Click Generate new privacy policy and then Next.
Answer the questions by completing the required fields — these responses personalize your policy.
Click Save all to generate your personalized Privacy & Cookie Policy.
Note: Cookie and plugin data inside the Privacy & Cookie Policy — such as content under "With whom we share the collected personal information" — is generated automatically from your latest scan results and updates whenever you rescan your domain.
How to Reset Your Privacy & Cookie Policy
Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
Click Privacy & Cookie Policy in the left sidebar, then click Generator.
Click Reset my choices to revert all policy settings back to their defaults.
Generate a new policy by answering the questions, completing required fields, and clicking Next.
How to Edit Text Inside the Cookie Declaration
Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
Click Privacy & Cookie Policy in the left sidebar, then click Preview and edit.
Click the Cookie Declaration tab to switch to edit mode for your auto-generated cookie policy.
Select the Language you want to edit before making any changes.
Scroll to the section you want to edit and click on it.
Click anywhere inside the text field to begin editing. The default text is pre-aligned with applicable legislation — only edit where legally necessary.
Click the small green tick in the upper corner of the text field to save and confirm your changes.
Note: Cookie and plugin data within the Cookie Declaration — including auto-generated section names such as "Social media cookies" and "Analytics cookies" — cannot be edited manually. Only the description text within those sections is editable. These sections update automatically with each rescan.
How to Add a New Section to Your Cookie Declaration
Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
Click Privacy & Cookie Policy in the left sidebar, then click Preview and edit.
Click the Cookie Declaration tab to switch to edit mode.
Select the Language before proceeding.
Click Add Section at the top of the editor to insert a new section at the beginning of the policy, or at the bottom to attach it at the end.
In the Add Section modal window, enter a Heading and Description for the new section, then click Save.
Note: Moving sections within the policy is not currently supported but is planned for a future release.
How to Change Language or Add a New Language to Your Policy
Log in to your Secure Privacy account and click Language in the left sidebar.
Select the languages you want to add to your account.
Check the Active languages list on the right to see which languages are already installed.
Click Save to apply your language settings.
How Visitors Access Your Privacy & Cookie Policy on Your Website
After providing consent, visitors will see the Privacy & Cookie Center button in the bottom-left corner of your website. When clicked, a modal window opens where visitors can:
Change the Language of the Privacy & Cookie Center displayed
Access the Cookie Declaration under its corresponding tab
Note: The icon and color scheme of the Trust Badge can be configured in your dashboard and may differ from the default appearance.
Embed Options for Your Privacy & Cookie Policy
Secure Privacy provides three ways to embed your Privacy & Cookie Policy on your website. All embed options allow you to select the display language and preview the element before copying the code.
Option 1: Button embed
Displays a clickable button that opens your Privacy & Cookie Policy. Configure the button text and copy the shortcode to paste into the HTML or source code of your page.
Option 2: Hyperlink embed
Displays a text hyperlink to your Privacy & Cookie Policy. Configure the hyperlink text and copy the link code to paste into the HTML or source code of your page.
Option 3: Embed on website (full page)
Embeds your complete Privacy & Cookie Policy as a full-page element within a page on your website. Copy the embed code and paste it into the HTML or source code of your chosen page.
How to Enable or Disable the Cookie Declaration
Log in to your Secure Privacy account and click Privacy & Cookie Policy in the left sidebar.
Click Use on website.
Toggle Enable cookie policy to enable (green) or disable (gray) the Cookie Declaration on your website or domain.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I edit the auto-generated cookie category sections in the Cookie Declaration?
You can edit the description text within auto-generated sections, but the section names — such as "Analytics cookies" or "Social media cookies" — and the cookie/plugin data within them are generated automatically from your scan results and cannot be edited manually. These sections update whenever you rescan your domain.
What happens if I reset my Privacy & Cookie Policy?
Resetting reverts all your generator answers to their defaults. Any manually edited text in the Preview and edit section will be lost when you regenerate the policy. Save any custom content you want to keep before clicking Reset my choices.
Which plan do I need to use the Cookie Declaration feature?
The Privacy & Cookie Policy and Cookie Declaration features are available on Plus, Business, and Enterprise plans. See the full feature comparison on the Secure Privacy pricing page.