Still loading GA4 & Maps prior to consent given (autoblocking mode)

  • Resolved haeki1

    (@haeki1)


    1 year, 6 months ago

    Hi, I just discovered Cookiebot allows GA4 and Maps to load prior to any consent given, even if consent mode is disabled and autoblocking mode is on. Is that correct and GDPR compliant? If I remember correctly, both scripts were not loaded before consent when I implemented cookiebot 1-2 years ago. GA4 is implemented with the official GA4-Tag of GTM.

    Regarding Maps my question is, if Cookiebot doesn’t block Maps since it’s not using regular cookies anymore? Even if it’s not using regular cookies I guess loading it prior to consent it’s not compliant to GDPR or is it?

    Kind regards

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  • Plugin Support christianusercentrics

    (@christianusercentrics)

    Hi @haeki1!

    I can see that you are loading your GTM script (which includes your GA4 tag) before the automatic blocking Cookiebot script in your source code. Due to the asynchronous load of GTM, it might have been a racing condition that determined whether or not GTM loaded before or after the Cookiebot auto-blocker was able to block it.

    In order for the Cookiebot automatic blocking to work, you will need to ensure that the Cookiebot script is the first to load on your website.
    You can read more about our automatic blocking mode and best practices here: https://support.cookiebot.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009074960-Automatic-cookie-blocking.

    You are right, Cookiebot can only automatically block website elements that actually set some sort of cookies.
    You can manually block website elements from loading, such as Google Maps iframes or scripts, by following our manual markup guide, found here: https://support.cookiebot.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405978132242-Manual-Markup-Guide.

    If there is anything else we can assist with, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly via our Support form, found here: https://support.cookiebot.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

    Thread Starter haeki1

    (@haeki1)

    Hi Christian,

    thank you for your reply. I know that they should get loaded synchronous but I am using the Cookiebot plugin to load GTM, so I can’t influence it besides the options I did already choose. ??

    I came here searching for this issue because I’m experiencing it too. I’m using the Cookiebot plugin to load GTM and it is enqueuing the GTM script before its own consent code, thereby going against its own setup recommendations. Is this a bug?

    Plugin Support Frederik Nagels

    (@fnagels)

    Hi @haeki1 & @ecclescake

    Thank you both for bringing this to our attention.
    We are currently working on a new release for the Plugin that should resolve this problem and correct the load order of GTM,GCM and Cookiebot.

    We will let u know when we have further information or a potential release date.

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