Google-certified CMP requirement will be applied beginning January 16, 2024

TL,DR:

If you want to serve Google Ads, you can not use this module after January 2024, you have to switch to a commerical CMP.

You can still use this module for Google Analaytics (and Google TagManager, if you do not include AdSense scripts or similar in your TagManager), but not for Google Ads.

I highly doubt this module will ever become a Google certified CMP. If you take a look at the sign-up form, you'll see that you have to be a member of the IAB before being able to apply. The IAB is a commercial organization, membership is not free (not even for students, and I've found nothing on their website regarding open source projects).

Google's new requirements are of administrative/legal nature and can not be solved by a non-commercial open source module.

Btw, I've asked Google's DoubleClick support how an open source module could become certified (not having high hopes though). If I get an answer from them, I'll post here.

Thx for your effort here @hudri! Let's hear what Google says, but I think we should just add that information to the module page. Perhaps we can polish the module page a bit like webform did: https://www.drupal.org/project/webform →

As expected, the answer is not really an answer....

We appreciate your interest in CMP Certification. Please note that if you are a publisher using our products such as Google AdSense, And Manager, AdMob, and are serving ads to users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK regions; you're required to use a Google Certified CMP that is integrated with IAB's TCF. Based on the details you've provided, you're currently using COOKiES Consent Management CMP which appears to be not currently certified on our platform. If you can't be a member of the IAB to implement your own CMP, you can consider the list of Google-certified CMPs. In which case, you’re not required to apply for a Google CMP certification.

For more details on the requirements for a CMP Certification, we recommend that you review with your team our externally available documentation on New Google consent management requirements for serving ads in the EEA and UK (for publishers). This should also help your team identify what you need and what works for you regarding CMP.

Additionally, you may also review more information on TCF requirements regarding user transparency, please visit IAB’s website here.

@hudri thanks a lot! Could you prepare a text snippet for the module page, perhaps with a link here?
That would be great and super helpful.

EU/UK publishers: This module is not suitable to gather consent for displaying personalized ads on your site. You can use this module to consentfully track ads (e.g. Google Analytics), but not to display ads (e.g. Google AdSense). Publishers showing ads on their site should use a IAB certified CMP for compliance reasons. More information can be found in issue #3387177 💬 Google-certified CMP requirement will be applied beginning January 16, 2024 Active

Thank you for the info.
Looks like another hurdle forced in and now actually force people into paid solutions?

@marcoka indeed, but please note, that this isn't a general case, but something Google Ads requires you to do, to comply with their terms.

Yes i understand. The problem will be banner galore. Like every service creates it own banner?
One banner for adsense that is forced by google-monster. A second banner then is for general cookies.

I am thinkig about a good solution.