Thinking behind the bird.
Ideas, commentary and—soon—original research about consent, websites and the people responsible for keeping them in good shape.
Field notes for the web.
Useful arguments, not content for content’s sake.
Small businesses shouldn’t need a privacy department to run a website
The person responsible for consent is often the same person thinking about orders, forms, analytics, advertising and whether the homepage still works on a phone.
5 min readFree cookie consent software is actually pretty good. So why pay?
A free plan is not automatically a bad plan. For some websites it may be exactly enough. Paying should buy a better outcome—not merely permission to keep using the basics.
6 min read
The cookie banner may be the most awkward moment on your website
You can spend weeks polishing a homepage and then greet every new visitor with a privacy experience that looks as though it came from somewhere else.
5 min readConsent isn’t the destination. What happens after somebody says yes?
A permission is useful only when a business understands what it means, respects its boundaries and can carry that understanding into what happens next.
6 min readWorking on a story?
Consentina can provide commentary on cookie consent, WordPress privacy, consent UX, website tracking and the realities of running privacy technology for a small business.