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Cookie Management Guide ​

This comprehensive guide explains how Consent Pro automatically manages cookies based on user consent to ensure GDPR and CCPA compliance for your Webflow website.

Table of Contents ​

When users deny consent for a category, Consent Pro automatically scans and removes associated cookies while preserving essential functionality.

  1. Consent Change Detection - Triggered when user updates preferences
  2. Cookie Scanning - Scans all existing browser cookies
  3. Database Matching - Matches cookies against the Open Cookie Database and our internal Cookie Database
  4. Category Filtering - Removes cookies from denied consent categories
  5. Whitelist Protection - Preserves essential and user-defined cookies

Essential Cookies Overview ​

Consent Pro sets several essential cookies to manage user consent preferences and ensure proper functionality. These cookies are always enabled and are required for the core operation of the consent management system.

Below is a comprehensive list of all cookies set by the system, along with their descriptions:

Cookies & Their Descriptions ​

  • fs-consent - Main consent cookie storing user preferences in JSON format (includes ID and consent choices per category)
  • fs-consent-updated - Marks if the user has updated their consent settings. Set to "true" upon changes
  • fs-consent-ad_storage - Stores whether ad storage is allowed ("true" or "false"). For Google Tag Manager consent mode
  • fs-consent-ad_user_data - Stores whether ad user data consent is granted or denied
  • fs-consent-ad_personalization - Indicates consent for ad personalization
  • fs-consent-analytics_storage - Indicates if analytics storage is allowed
  • fs-consent-functionality_storage - Indicates if functionality storage is permitted
  • fs-consent-personalization_storage - Reflects consent for personalization storage
  • Expiration: Defaults to 120 days, but configurable
  • SameSite: Set to "None" for compatibility in third-party contexts
  • Secure: Always set to true – sent only over HTTPS
  • Domain: Auto-detected from hostname or set via configuration (special handling for Webflow.io domains)
  1. Essential – Required for core functionality (always enabled)
  2. Marketing – Covers advertising/marketing-related cookies
  3. Analytics – For tracking and measurement purposes
  4. Personalization – Controls cookies related to user preferences and customization

Important Note: None of the cookies store any user identifiable information. The information stored is strictly used for the solution's internal logic, with no user identifiable information included.

Consent Pro uses a combination of our Internal Cookie Database and the Open Cookie Database to automatically identify and categorize cookies from popular services.

Supported Categories ​

  • Essential - Required functionality cookies
  • Analytics - Web analytics and performance tracking
  • Marketing - Advertising and marketing cookies
  • Personalization - User preferences and customization
  • Uncategorized - Third-party cookies not in other categories

Default Whitelisted Cookies ​

These cookies are automatically preserved regardless of consent settings:

The following essential cookies are automatically whitelisted for internal state management:

  • fs-consent - Stores user consent preferences
  • fs-consent-updated - Tracks consent update state
  • fs-consent-ad_storage - Ad storage consent state
  • fs-consent-ad_user_data - Ad user data consent state
  • fs-consent-ad_personalization - Ad personalization consent state
  • fs-consent-analytics_storage - Analytics storage consent state
  • fs-consent-functionality_storage - Functionality storage consent state
  • fs-consent-personalization_storage - Personalization storage consent state

Automatic Whitelist Prefixes ​

You can add this prefix to your Cookie to have it whitelisted by our Solution

  • fscw_* - Any cookie starting with fscw_ (Finsweet Consent Whitelist)

Specify the list of cookies to be ignored inside the Webflow app, and Consent Pro will automatically whitelist those cookies

Custom Cookies Whitelist

Custom Configuration ​

You can customize the expiration time for consent cookies through the Consent Pro configuration. The default is 120 days, but this can be adjusted based on your compliance requirements.

Domain Configuration ​

Consent Pro automatically detects the hostname for cookie domain settings. For Webflow.io domains, special handling is implemented to ensure proper cookie functionality across subdomains.

Security Settings ​

All consent cookies are automatically configured with:

  • Secure flag: Ensures cookies are only sent over HTTPS connections
  • SameSite=None: Provides compatibility in third-party contexts while maintaining security
  • HttpOnly protection: Where applicable, prevents client-side JavaScript access to sensitive consent data