Cookie Policy Generator
EU ePrivacy rules and the GDPR expect you to tell visitors which cookies you set and why. Check off the cookie types and third-party services your site uses and get a clear, complete cookie policy with browser opt-out instructions — generated entirely in your browser, free.
100% private — your policy is generated entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server.
1. Site Details
2. Cookie Types You Use
3. Third-Party Services
4. Contact & Effective Date
How to Use Cookie Policy Generator
Select your cookies
Check the cookie categories your site uses and the third-party services you've installed, then add your site name, contact email, and effective date.
Generate the policy
Click Generate to build a numbered cookie policy explaining each selected category, listing each third party, and including browser opt-out instructions.
Copy or download
Copy the policy or download it as a .txt file, link it from your cookie banner and footer, and have a professional confirm your consent setup.
About Cookie Policy Generator
Why you need a cookie policy
The EU's ePrivacy Directive (the 'cookie law') and the GDPR require sites serving European visitors to explain their cookies and obtain consent before setting non-essential ones. The UK has equivalent rules under PECR, and transparency requirements are spreading elsewhere. Even outside those jurisdictions, ad networks and analytics providers often contractually require cookie disclosure. A cookie policy — either standalone or as a detailed section linked from your cookie banner — is how you meet the transparency half of that obligation.
What belongs in a cookie policy
A useful policy explains what cookies are, lists the categories you use — essential, analytics, advertising, social media, preferences — with the purpose of each, identifies the third-party services that set cookies on your site (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, AdSense, embedded YouTube players, and similar), tells visitors how to manage or delete cookies in each major browser, and explains how consent is collected and withdrawn. Naming the actual third parties matters: regulators and users alike expect specifics, not just 'we use cookies to improve your experience.'
How this generator works
Tick the cookie categories your site uses and the third-party services you've installed, add your contact email and effective date, and generate. The tool assembles a numbered policy that explains each selected category, lists each named third party with its purpose and a pointer to its privacy documentation, and includes step-by-step browser management instructions. Everything is generated locally in your browser. Pair the policy with a consent banner if you serve EU/UK visitors, and have an attorney confirm your setup.
Common uses for Cookie Policy Generator
- Adding the policy page a cookie consent banner links to for GDPR compliance
- Disclosing Google Analytics and Meta Pixel tracking on a marketing site
- Documenting advertising cookies before enabling Google AdSense
- Explaining YouTube embed cookies on a blog or portfolio site
- Giving visitors clear browser-level opt-out instructions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a cookie policy legally required?
If your site serves visitors in the EU/EEA or UK and sets non-essential cookies, yes — the ePrivacy Directive and PECR, read together with the GDPR, require clear information about your cookies and prior consent for the non-essential ones. Elsewhere requirements vary, but disclosure is broadly expected: the CCPA's notice obligations reach cookie-based data collection, and many ad platforms contractually require it. A cookie policy is the standard way to provide that disclosure.
What is the difference between a cookie policy and a cookie banner?
The banner is the consent mechanism — the popup that asks visitors to accept or reject cookies before non-essential ones load. The policy is the detailed disclosure the banner links to: which cookies you use, why, who sets them, and how to opt out. Under EU rules you generally need both: the banner to collect valid consent, and the policy to make that consent informed. This tool generates the policy; you'll still need a consent banner solution if EU rules apply to you.
What should a cookie policy include?
An explanation of what cookies are, the categories you use (essential, analytics, advertising, social media, preferences) and each category's purpose, a list of the specific third-party services that set cookies on your site, instructions for managing or deleting cookies in major browsers, how you collect and honor consent, an effective date, and a contact method. This generator covers each of these based on your selections.
Is this generator enough, or do I need an attorney?
The generated policy is an accurate, well-structured disclosure template — but cookie compliance also depends on things a document can't fix, like whether your consent banner actually blocks trackers until consent is given and whether your cookie list stays current as you add tools. If you serve EU or UK users at any scale, have an attorney or privacy professional review your full cookie setup, policy and banner together.