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Who sets a cookie makes it first-party or third-party. What each does, how browsers treat them in 2026, why consent depends on purpose, and what to check on your site.

What a CMP does, how it differs from a cookie banner, whether the law requires one, what to look for and a simple audit to tell if you need one.

What cookies are and how they work, the kinds on your site, where third-party cookies stand in 2026, what India’s and Europe’s rules expect, and a checklist for this week.

What Global Privacy Control is, which US state laws require covered businesses to honour it, what a GPC signal requires, what the Sephora settlement showed, and how to implement it.

A state-by-state tracker of the 24 US comprehensive consumer privacy laws as of October 2026: who they cover, consumer rights, universal opt-out signals, enforcement and a compliance checklist.

What a Consent Manager is under India’s DPDP Act, who must register, why no business has to use one, and why using one does not reduce your own compliance duties.

The GDPR’s consent rules, turned into what a cookie banner has to do: ask first, make refusing as easy as accepting, explain what cookies do, allow changes and keep proof.

What Google Consent Mode v2 does, which sites it affects, what happens without it, and how its four signals follow the choice a visitor makes on your banner.

GrantCookie labels each privacy law opt-in, opt-out or notice. What each model means, where GrantCookie applies it, and what to do when visitors come from several markets.