How to Enable Cross-Domain Consent in Secure Privacy for a Better User Experience

Introduction
Managing cookie consent across multiple domains can frustrate users who must repeatedly grant permission. Secure Privacy’s cross-domain consent feature simplifies this by enabling a single consent banner across related websites. This guide explains how to activate and configure cross-domain consent to improve compliance and user experience.

Who Is This For?

• Website Administrators
• Privacy Compliance Officers
• Web Developers and IT Teams
• Digital Marketers managing multiple domains

Understanding Cross-Domain Consent

What is Cross-Domain Consent?

• Allows users to provide cookie consent once, which applies across multiple related domains or subdomains.
• Prevents users from seeing cookie banners on each site repeatedly.
• Enhances user experience, especially when navigating between related sites.

When to Use Cross-Domain Consent

• Use only if the domains share the same purpose or related content/functionality.
• Make sure data processing across domains aligns with legal privacy regulations.
• Avoid use if the domains serve different purposes to prevent compliance risks.

Example Use Case

Online hotel booking sites with multiple domains: location selection, hotel details, and booking. Users give consent once, instead of on each domain separately.

How to Enable Cross-Domain Consent in Secure Privacy

Step 1: Install the Secure Privacy Script

• Ensure the Secure Privacy script is installed on all domains involved.
• This script manages cookie consent across websites.

Step 2: Access the Settings Page

• Log into your Secure Privacy account.
• Click Account and navigate to the Domain Consent Consent tab.
• This is where you configure your consent groups.

Step 3: Create a New Cross Domain Consent Group

• Click the ADD NEW button to create a new consent group.
• Enter a group name in the popup window.
• Open the Domains dropdown list. Use the search bar to find and select domains you want to link for cross-domain consent.

Step 4: Save and Apply Changes

• Click Save to confirm the new consent group settings.
• This will enable cross-domain consent for the selected domains.
• Assigning the same consent group name to multiple domains ensures users only need to consent once.

Important Compliance Notice

Enabling cross-domain consent can lead to non-compliance if domains differ significantly in purpose.
Use only for related domains with the proper legal basis for shared data processing.
Cross-domain consent shares one consent cookie, reducing multiple banners but requiring careful legal consideration.

Common Issues & Fixes

See Also

• Navigate and Utilize Your Consent Dashboard
  
• Ensuring Compliance with Google's EU User Consent Policy
• Secure Privacy Now a Google-Certified Consent Management Platform