Smart Gyan – Finance, NEPSE, Online Earning & Skills Nepal by Gyanu Basnet: How to Make Your Blogger Site GDPR Compliant (2025 Guide)

Serving visitors in the EU? You need to be GDPR-compliant. In this easy guide, you’ll learn how to:

Enable Google Consent Mode
Install a cookie consent banner
Integrate a CMP like OneTrust, CookieBot, or Iubenda

1. Add Google Consent Mode

Paste this just before </head> in your theme:


// Initialize Consent Mode in denied state
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('consent','default',{
  'ad_storage':'denied',
  'analytics_storage':'denied'
});

2. Insert a Cookie Banner

In your <body>, add:



  This site uses cookies.

3. Use a CMP (Optional)

For advanced features and logs, integrate:

OneTrust: Paste their <script src="https://cdn.cookielaw.org/...otrc.js"> in <head>.
CookieBot: Paste <script id="Cookiebot" src="https://consent.cookiebot.com/.../uc.js">.
Iubenda: Paste <script src="//cdn.iubenda.com/.../iubenda_cs.js">.

4. Verify Your Setup

Use Google Tag Assistant to confirm that:

Consent events fire correctly
No tracking code runs before consent

Final Thoughts

GDPR compliance is crucial for reaching EU users and avoiding fines. Follow these steps to keep your Blogger site safe and user-friendly.

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How to Make Your Blogger Site GDPR Compliant (2025 Guide)