I will help you to install the cookie banner on your website cms

"Cookies" are simply small packets of data. They're sent to a device when someone visits a website, and they're stored in the user's browser. Essentially, cookies store data that allows websites to "remember" users. For example, they might contain someone's username.

Cookies are capable of processing what's known as personal data, or personally identifiable information. To protect users' privacy rights, it's important that people have the option to refuse cookies if they don't want to share personal information with businesses.

Failing to obtain the necessary consent is a breach of privacy law. The penalties depend on which specific privacy law you breached by not obtaining consent, but they include financial penalties and fines. You may also suffer reputation damage or lose customers in the event there's a data breach.

The short answer is no. Under the GDPR, individuals must be free to choose whether to accept cookies and provide access to their personal data. Mandating cookies takes this free choice away from users, which means you're not obtaining valid consent.

There's no right answer, but you must have a safe and secure storage process for holding all cookie data, including where consent is refused. Consult an IT specialist if you're unsure how to proceed with safe cookie storage, and check the applicable privacy law for knowing the data retention time.

How long it takes for cookies to expire depends on whether they're a "session" cookie or "persistent" cookie.

Session cookies disappear, or expire, once the user closes the website and ends the session. Because they're only temporary, and they're essential for website functionality, there's usually no need to obtain user consent before using them.

Persistent cookies "persist" as long as they're reasonably necessary. While there's no clear guidance for how long these cookies may last, try to consider what's fair on the user. For example, if they haven't visited your website for six months, it's probably worth getting their consent again.

There's no hard rule on when cookie consent expires. However, you shouldn't assume that consent lasts indefinitely, so it's good practice to refresh your cookie consent every 12 months or so. When it's time to renew consent, you can just use the same process you used to obtain consent previously.