SmartConsent Blog
Releases, jurisdiction explainers, integration playbooks, and the thinking behind why SmartConsent exists.
Cookie banners were designed for one regulation and one continent. The 2026 reality — eleven jurisdictions, GTM Consent Mode v2, performance budgets — has outgrown them. Here's what we changed when we built SmartConsent.
What GTM Consent Mode v2 actually is, why it became mandatory for EEA traffic in March 2024, and the difference between basic and advanced mode. Plus the four signals every cookie banner must set — and when — to avoid silently losing your analytics.
SmartConsent — SmartGenie's jurisdiction-aware cookie consent manager — is now generally available. Free for unlimited domains across 11 regulations, under 10KB gzipped, no third-party fonts or trackers.
A plain English guide to UK cookie consent requirements in 2026 — what the ICO actually requires, what's changed, and what your website needs to comply.
