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May I ask, in what way does your website fail? And more importantly, what information are you storing about the visitor? Are you using Google Analytics? X3 does not use cookies, and neither does it store anything about the user. It doesn't matter where you host your website ... The law is about what information you store about the users browser/location/user.

I was talking to another client about this earlier, who wanted more dedicated choices foor cookie consent. There is a service in the link below, which includes a free plan for 5000 visitors per month (should cover most private websites):
https://www.osano.com/cookieconsent

It would need to be added into X3 as Settings > Custom > Custom Javascript, and then you would manage it externally from their settings. There is no native "plugin" for advanced cookie consent in X3, because it's gets painfully complicated depending on what settings you require.

I don't quite see what this has to do with Google fonts or CSS. In any case, if you require advanced cookie options, there a lots of external services/plugins that will work (I mentioned one in my previous post). I can help integrate them in X3, but there is no native plugin for this in X3.

The European Union offers a test on websites to see if they comply and mine is listed as "failed" since there isn't a opt-out option from any cookies or third party links

I wonder when third-party links became non-compliant, and as mentioned, X3 does not store cookies or anything about user (unless you use Google analytics for example). Of course, there are differences between "necessary" storage (for example storing menu structure, or selected "cart" options for the user) and storing private data about the user. One is necessary and one is not, and necessary storage for app functionality does not require consent (especially when you are not storing anything considered "personal"). But it's your decision of course.

It's all debatable of course. I'm pretty sure you are not infringing anything if you only store countries. If you store IP's, it's debatable (lots of talk on the web), but as long as you can't use that IP to identify anyone or cross-reference the user, you are not storing anything about any "user". From the sense of private websites/servers, IP's are only used for technical/security reasons anyway.

I was under the assumption that the fonts and link to the CSS files not stored on my website were an issue.

There was debate some time ago about 3rd-party scripts adding cookies, but I'm pretty sure that's no longer the case. When these scripts/css are loaded from JSDelivr, it means your website will load much faster because the scripts are hosted on super-fast CDN, and may often be cached in the visitors browser (from other websites using the same script/css).

It comes down to opinion and how the EU law is interpreted. The law is clearly in place to prevent companies from deliberately storing user data (without consent) for usage of some sort (tracking, stats, ads etc).

hi Karl,
sorry to reply in this post after so long time.
But there are some changes in the European DSVGO regulations.
And now it is a obligatory to use an cookie consent with opt out option for any web site, it is not just enouth to inform about the cookies.

Do you think, you will add such a banner as a plugin for X3?

Thank a lot for your answer in advance.

Lena wrote:And now it is a obligatory to use an cookie consent with opt out option for any web site, it is not just enouth to inform about the cookies.

You will need to use an external cookie plugin, as it's just unnecessarily complicated to add this into X3 with all same options as the plugin itself. For example use one of the following. I can help you add the javascript, but you will need to configure it yourself (based on your cookie requirements).
https://cookie-bar.eu/
https://www.cookiehub.com/

Cookie laws are meant to prevent corporations from collecting data, and everyone hates having to click the "allow/dismiss" button. Now they have plugins to block cookie plugins from appearing in their browser, because it's annoying. This will be normal like ad-blocker soon. Yes, users don't want to see them, and it means they don't consent (or more likely, they really don't care). But neither do you (website owner) because you don't even know what cookies your website is storing (probably none).

I won't use anything else than a simple consent on my website (like at files.gallery), as I can't see any law that states anything else, unless I am actively tracking user data on my website (I am not, and I doubt you are).