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Quickstart

A guided walk through the One Privacy setup, end to end. The dashboard work takes about 10 minutes. The install on your website depends on your platform and is usually a single tag in Google Tag Manager or a small change by a developer.

What you'll need​

The website you want to add a banner to.

A way to add the banner to your site, such as Google Tag Manager, your CMS (WordPress, Shopify), or a developer who can drop in a small tag.

Access to confirm you own the website. We walk you through it.

The six steps​

  1. Create your account.
  2. Add your website.
  3. Confirm the website is yours.
  4. Run your first scan.
  5. Customize the banner and publish it.
  6. Add the banner to your website.

1. Create your account​

Open the sign-up page, enter your work email and a password, then click Create account.

A verification email goes to your inbox. Open it and click the link to confirm.

Sign upThe Create your account screen.quickstart-signup.png

More detail: Signing up and verifying email.

2. Add your website​

After signing in, you land on the Workspaces page.

Click Create workspace and provide:

A name for your workspace (this is just for you, your company name works well).

The address of your website, in the form https://example.com.

Create workspaceThe Create Workspace dialog with the name and website fields.quickstart-create-org.png

Click Create. Your workspace is set up and your website is added as the first project.

More detail: Creating a workspace.

3. Confirm the website is yours​

A short dialog opens automatically and asks you to confirm ownership. We walk you through it on screen.

If you'd rather pass this step to your developer or IT team, send them the Verifying your website page.

When the check passes, you're set.

4. Run your first scan​

Open your project and go to Cookies → Scanner, then click Start scan.

One Privacy visits your website the way a real visitor would and lists every cookie and tracker running on it. A small site usually finishes in a few minutes.

Scan runningThe scanner page during a running scan.quickstart-scan-running.png

When the scan finishes, you'll see a tidy list of cookies. This is what your banner will be asking visitors about.

More detail: Running a scan.

5. Customize and publish​

Go to Banner Configuration → Customization.

You'll see the banner with a live preview on the right. A few easy first edits:

Set your brand color.

Adjust the wording so it sounds like your business.

Add a second language if you have visitors who speak it.

When the banner looks right, publish it in three stages:

Save draft to keep your changes.

Publish to Test to try it on a staging site first.

Publish to Live once you're happy.

This three-stage flow keeps your live website safe.

More detail: Banner customization overview.

6. Add the banner to your website​

Go to Banner Configuration → Scripts.

You'll see two tabs: Test (available on paid plans) and Production.

Scripts pageThe Scripts page with Test and Production tabs.quickstart-scripts.png

Copy the Production snippet and paste it into the <head> of every page on your website. If you'd rather hand this to your developer or use a platform you already have set up, follow one of our step-by-step guides:

Install with Google Tag Manager

Install on WordPress

Install on Shopify

Refresh your website in a fresh browser session (incognito works well) and the banner appears.

You're live​

That's the whole setup. A few good next steps.

Turn on a scheduled scan so new trackers are caught automatically.

Set up geo targeting if you have visitors in different regions.

Invite your team so others can help.