[IMP] website: update cookies bar

task-4546111

closes #15000

X-original-commit: 3adcad0
Signed-off-by: Audrey Vandromme (auva) <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Marion Spindler (masp) <[email protected]>

Author: masp-odoo

content/applications/websites/website/configuration/cookies_bar.rst

@@ -3,55 +3,123 @@ Cookies bar
 ===========
 
 **Cookies** are small text files sent to your device when you visit a website. They are processed
-and stored by your browser and track user information like login details, preferences, and browsing
-history. **Essential cookies** are necessary for the website to function, while **optional cookies**
-are used to analyze behavior or display ads.
+and stored by your browser and record visitor information like login details, preferences, and
+browsing history. **Essential cookies** are necessary for the website to function, while
+**optional cookies** are used to analyze behavior or display ads.
 
-Data protection laws require notifying users about data collection methods and purposes.
-**Cookies bar** fulfill this obligation by informing users on their first visit and allowing them to
-decide whether to store all or only essential cookies on their device.
-
-Configuration
-=============
-
-To enable the cookies bar on your website, go to :menuselection:`Website --> Configuration -->
-Settings` and enable :guilabel:`Cookies Bar` in the :guilabel:`Privacy` section.
+Data protection laws require notifying visitors about data collection methods and purposes.
+**Cookies bar** fulfill this obligation by informing visitors on their first visit and allowing them
+to decide whether to store all or only essential cookies on their device.
 
 .. note::
-   The :ref:`Cookies Policy <cookies-bar/policy>` page (/cookie-policy`) is automatically created
-   when you enable the cookies bar.
+   - Cookies bars are required to obtain visitors' consent for optional cookies only. Consent is not
+     required for essential cookies.
 
-.. _cookies-bar/customization:
+   - Odoo is compliant with `Google consent mode v2 <https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/13695607>`_.
 
-Customization
+Configuration
 =============
 
-To adapt the display of the cookies bar, click :guilabel:`Edit`, go to the
-:guilabel:`Invisible Elements` section at the bottom of the panel, and click
-:guilabel:`Cookies Bar`. You can modify the :guilabel:`Layout` and :guilabel:`Size` of the
-cookies bar, and enable :guilabel:`Backdrop` to gray out the page in the background when the cookies
-bar is displayed on the screen.
+To add a cookies bar on your website, go to :menuselection:`Website --> Configuration -->
+Settings` and enable :guilabel:`Cookies Bar` in the :guilabel:`Privacy` section. This activates
+:guilabel:`Block tracking 3rd-party services` by default, including social media, video hosting
+platforms, and Google services. Click :guilabel:`Add domains to the block list` to include other
+external websites. These services remain blocked on your website until visitors accept optional
+cookies.
 
-Click anywhere in the building block to further customize the appearance of the cookies bar using
-:guilabel:`Block`, :guilabel:`Column` and/or :guilabel:`Inline Text` customization options.
-
-To edit the contents of the cookies bar (i.e., the consent message), click directly in the building
-block.
+.. note::
+   Using third-party cookies without a cookies bar does not prevent them from being triggered. Only
+   the presence of a cookie bar **and** the visitor’s refusal ensure that these cookies are blocked.
 
 .. _cookies-bar/policy:
 
 Cookies policy
 ==============
 
 When you enable the cookies bar for your website, Odoo creates the **Cookie Policy** page
-(`/cookie-policy`) containing a non-exhaustive list of cookies, with their purpose and examples. To
-access it, click the :guilabel:`Cookie Policy` hyperlink in the cookies bar or open the page from
+(`/cookie-policy`) containing a list of cookies set by default, with their purpose and examples.
+
+.. spoiler:: Click here to preview the list of default cookies
+
+   .. list-table::
+      :header-rows: 1
+      :stub-columns: 1
+
+      * - Category
+        - Role
+        - Name
+      * - Essential - Session & Security
+        - Authenticate visitors, protect visitor data and allow the website to deliver the services
+          visitors expects, such as maintaining the content of their cart, or allowing file uploads.
+          The website will not work properly without these cookies.
+        - session_id (Odoo)
+      * - Essential - Preferences
+        - Remember information about the preferred look or behavior of the website, such as the
+          preferred language or region. The website will continue to function without these cookies,
+          but the visitor’s experience may be affected.
+        - frontend_lang (Odoo)
+      * - Optional - Interaction History
+        - Collect information about your interactions with the website, the pages you've seen, and
+          any specific marketing campaign that brought you to the website. The website will work
+          without these cookies, but some features or services may not perform optimally.
+        - im_livechat_previous_operator (Odoo),
+          utm_campaign (Odoo),
+          utm_source (Odoo),
+          utm_medium (Odoo)
+      * - Optional - Advertising & Marketing
+        - Make advertising more engaging to visitors and more valuable to publishers and advertisers,
+          such as providing more relevant ads when you visit other websites that display ads or to
+          improve reporting on ad campaign performance. Note that some third-party services may
+          install additional cookies on your browser in order to identify you.
+        - __gads (Google),
+          __gac (Google)
+      * - Optional - Analytics
+        - Understand how visitors engage with the website, via Google Analytics. The website will
+          still work without these cookies.
+        - _ga (Google),
+          _gat (Google),
+          _gid (Google),
+          _gac_* (Google)
+
+.. note::
+   It is not possible to let visitors customize or select which optional cookies they want to allow.
+
+.. tip::
+   You could add a link to this page in your website's footer, for example.
+
+.. _cookies-bar/edit-policy-page:
+
+Edit the Cookies policy page
+----------------------------
+
+To access it, click the :guilabel:`Cookie Policy` hyperlink in the cookies bar or open the page from
 :menuselection:`Website --> Site --> Pages`.
 
 To adapt the content of the page according to your needs, click the :guilabel:`Edit` button.
 
+.. note::
+   You have to list every cookie you added yourself on the `/cookie-policy` page including their
+   name, role, category and duration.
+
 .. tip::
-   You could add a link to this page in your website's footer, for example.
+   To check the duration of cookies, use your browser’s developer tools.
 
 .. seealso::
    :doc:`Pages <../structure/pages>`
+
+.. _cookies-bar/customization:
+
+Customization
+=============
+
+To adapt the display of the cookies bar on your website, click :guilabel:`Edit` on the website
+editor, go to the :guilabel:`Invisible Elements` section at the bottom of the panel, and click
+:guilabel:`Cookies Bar`. You can modify the :guilabel:`Layout` and :guilabel:`Size` of the
+cookies bar, and enable :guilabel:`Backdrop` to gray out the page in the background when the cookies
+bar is displayed on the screen.
+
+Click anywhere in the building block to further customize the appearance of the cookies bar using
+:guilabel:`Block`, :guilabel:`Column` and/or :guilabel:`Inline Text` customization options.
+
+To edit the contents of the cookies bar (i.e., the consent message), click directly in the building
+block.