# Privacy & Cookie Policy Setup | Secure Privacy CMP Guide

> [CMP v1] Learn how to generate, customize, and embed a Privacy & Cookie Policy in Secure Privacy — including cookie declaration editing, section management, multi-language support, and three embed options.

- Canonical: https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/cmp-v1-how-to-set-up-a-cookie-declaration-on-your-website
- Product: Consent Management
- Category: Secure Privacy Legacy
- Published: 2026-03-06T12:44:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-03-22T19:27:48.639+00:00
- Reading time: 5 minutes

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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](https://secureprivacy.ai/pricing/).

## 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

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
    
2.  Click **Privacy & Cookie Policy** in the left sidebar.
    
3.  Click **Generate new privacy policy** and then **Next**.
    
4.  Answer the questions by completing the required fields — these responses personalize your policy.
    
5.  Click **Save all** to generate your personalized Privacy & Cookie Policy.
    

![Secure Privacy Privacy and Cookie Policy generator showing questionnaire fields and Save all button to generate a personalized policy](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/38600ad83810a69f882c-5a7dfe237a13.webp)

**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

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
    
2.  Click **Privacy & Cookie Policy** in the left sidebar, then click **Generator**.
    
3.  Click **Reset my choices** to revert all policy settings back to their defaults.
    
4.  Generate a new policy by answering the questions, completing required fields, and clicking **Next**.
    

![Secure Privacy Generator section showing Reset my choices button to revert Privacy and Cookie Policy settings to defaults](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/a1d45b698dda34b5a2d8-0858b2b09921.webp)

## How to Edit Text Inside the Cookie Declaration

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
    
2.  Click **Privacy & Cookie Policy** in the left sidebar, then click **Preview and edit**.
    
3.  Click the **Cookie Declaration** tab to switch to edit mode for your auto-generated cookie policy.
    
4.  Select the **Language** you want to edit before making any changes.
    
5.  Scroll to the section you want to edit and click on it.
    
6.  Click anywhere inside the text field to begin editing. The default text is pre-aligned with applicable legislation — only edit where legally necessary.
    
7.  Click the **small green tick** in the upper corner of the text field to save and confirm your changes.
    

![Secure Privacy Cookie Declaration edit mode showing editable text field with green tick button to confirm changes](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/e3ee53b396c8e9ef979b-e57a8d4c56f2.webp)

**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

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account.
    
2.  Click **Privacy & Cookie Policy** in the left sidebar, then click **Preview and edit**.
    
3.  Click the **Cookie Declaration** tab to switch to edit mode.
    
4.  Select the **Language** before proceeding.
    
5.  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.
    
6.  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.

![Secure Privacy Cookie Declaration editor showing Add Section button and modal window with Heading and Description fields](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/fe3e221bf1058ce69705-0303ac455bdc.webp)

## How to Change Language or Add a New Language to Your Policy

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account and click **Language** in the left sidebar.
    
2.  Select the languages you want to add to your account.
    
3.  Check the **Active languages** list on the right to see which languages are already installed.
    
4.  Click **Save** to apply your language settings.
    

![Secure Privacy Language settings page showing language selection list and Active languages panel with Save button](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/50d942b4a3b8f82fed28-1e3a25932837.webp)

## 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.

![Privacy and Cookie Center modal pop-up displayed on a website showing Cookie Declaration tab and Language selector for visitors](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/603c14b9d0844769e95e-1e1016e93b5b.webp)

## 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.

![Secure Privacy embed options showing Button type selected with language, button text, preview, and shortcode fields](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/bb7ec6c04bbe823dcba0-cc82f31874e9.webp)

### 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.

![Secure Privacy embed options showing Hyperlink type selected with language, hyperlink text, preview, and link code fields](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/b03fafa383a66defe266-e7b74dfceba1.webp)

### 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.

![Secure Privacy embed options showing Embed on website type selected with language selector and full-page embed code](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/612e853c2a581cb5694d-8ebb8c3f50fa.webp)

## How to Enable or Disable the Cookie Declaration

1.  Log in to your Secure Privacy account and click **Privacy & Cookie Policy** in the left sidebar.
    
2.  Click **Use on website**.
    
3.  Toggle **Enable cookie policy** to enable (green) or disable (gray) the Cookie Declaration on your website or domain.
    

![Secure Privacy Use on website settings showing Enable cookie policy toggle for enabling or disabling the Cookie Declaration on a domain](https://pub-7bd19505838640d0a08ef1bd6ec3fb9b.r2.dev/articles/304b814e4b25bd1abd53-c923143ee391.webp)

## 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](https://secureprivacy.ai/pricing/).

## See Also

-   [Secure Privacy Pricing Plans Overview](https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/secure-privacy-pricing-plans--consent-management-platform)
    
-   [Website Visits vs Page Views vs Consent Explained](https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/website-visits-vs-page-views-vs-consent-explained)
    
-   [Secure Privacy Volume Discounts | Custom Consent Storage Pricing](https://support.secureprivacy.ai/article/secure-privacy-volume-discounts--custom-consent-storage-pricing)