Tool Overview:
Cookie Information

About Cookie Information

Cookie Information is a consent management platform launched in 2017 that helps organizations collect and manage user consent for cookies and tracking technologies. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, the company has experienced significant growth, becoming the second-largest third-party service on Denmark's top 100 websites by 2021, second only to Google. The platform operates as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, with data centers located within the EU.

What does Cookie Information do?

The platform provides tools for collecting user consent on both websites and mobile applications while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations including GDPR, PECR, and UK GDPR. It performs regular scans of websites to detect cookies and tracking technologies, with customizable scan frequencies that can be set to daily or weekly intervals. The system stores all consent data within EU/EEA borders and includes features for geotargeting, allowing organizations to display different consent banners based on users' geographic locations.

Cookie Information integrates with major marketing and analytics platforms, notably serving as a certified Google CMP Partner with native integration for Consent Mode v2. The platform includes implementation options through direct script installation, Google Tag Manager templates, and WordPress plugins. For data security, the service employs 256-bit AES encryption for data at rest and secure HTTP (TLS/HTTPS) for data transmissions, maintaining a stated 99.5% monthly uptime.

What makes Cookie Information different?

A distinguishing aspect of Cookie Information is its extensive banner customization capabilities, allowing modifications through JavaScript, CSS, and HTML - a feature not universally available among consent management platforms. The service supports 44 languages and includes subdomains in its base offering, which can be significant for organizations managing multiple web properties.

The platform's technical infrastructure utilizes cloud services with redundant storage configurations and daily backups to encrypted, geo-redundant storage. It employs load balancing, automatic scaling, and self-healing components to maintain service availability. The system provides both basic consent rate statistics and advanced reporting capabilities, enabling organizations to monitor and analyze their consent collection processes.

Use cases and industries

Cookie Information targets several specific user groups: web and marketing agencies managing websites and analytics for clients, website owners requiring consent management solutions, and marketing teams needing to ensure GDPR compliance. The platform offers different service tiers based on consent volume and subpage count, with plans ranging from Essential to Professional and Managed Compliance options.

The service has expanded its capabilities through strategic developments, including a 2022 acquisition of the Danish privacy startup Phinder and a 2023 merger with Polish analytics platform Piwik PRO. In 2024, they launched Sheltr, a sub-brand focused on making digital rights protection more accessible. The platform maintains pricing structures that vary based on factors including monthly consent collection volume and the number of subpages being scanned, with plans starting from €9 to €269 per month depending on usage requirements.