{"id":90914,"date":"2024-11-21T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/why-doesnt-the-churchtools-website-require-a-general-cookie-banner\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:58:18","password":"","slug":"why-doesnt-the-churchtools-website-require-a-general-cookie-banner","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/other-website\/why-doesnt-the-churchtools-website-require-a-general-cookie-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"Why doesn&#8217;t the ChurchTools Website require a general cookie banner?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ChurchTools Website uses only functional cookies, which do not require a cookie banner.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you use &#8220;external services&#8221; such as YouTube, Spotify, etc., on your website, each service must be enabled with its own consent banner before a website visitor can access it. The consent banner is automatically displayed as a placeholder at the location where the service is embedded until the visitor confirms it, thereby enabling the service. Only then is a connection established to the external roles.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For external roles, this consent banner therefore replaces a general cookie banner for each role.  <\/p>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#e7c000;border-left-width:0.5rem;color:#3f3400;background-color:#ffe5644d;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">The privacy policy must, of course, still be adapted by website operators\u2014in your case, your church congregation\u2014so that external roles are also covered.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a8db7e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/how-to-integrate-an-external-service-into-churchtools-website\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7503\">How do I integrate an external service into the ChurchTools Website?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/14-how-to-create-content\/\" id=\"7509\">How do I create and edit posts, appointments and groups?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ChurchTools Website uses only functional cookies, which do not require a cookie banner. 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