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# Smart Geo-targeting Consentik Wix

# Smart Geo-targeting: show every visitor the right consent banner for their region
Privacy laws are not the same everywhere. Europe requires explicit consent before any tracking, most US states use an opt-out model, and countries like Japan or Australia only require a notice. With **Smart Geo-targeting**, Consentik detects each visitor’s location and automatically serves the consent banner their local law requires — so you stay compliant in every region without configuring each country by hand.
**Availability:** Smart Geo-targeting is included in the **Advanced** plan. You’ll find it in the **Geolocation** tab of the **Settings** dashboard.

### How it works
Consentik already detects each visitor’s location across **284 regions** (countries, plus individual US states). Smart Geo-targeting adds a legal ruleset on top: every region is mapped to one of three **consent modes**, and the banner your visitor sees is built for that mode.
|  | ${color}[#000000](🟢 Opt-in) | **🟠** ${color}[#000000](Opt-out) | **🔵** ${color}[#000000](Notice) |
| Where it applies | EU/EEA, UK, and other GDPR-style laws | US states (CCPA/CPRA and similar) | Japan, Australia, New Zealand… |
| Tracking before a choice | Blocked until the visitor accepts | Runs right away; the visitor can opt out anytime | Runs right away |
| Required buttons | Accept + Reject shown equally | Accept + an always-reachable "Do not sell/share my personal data" control | Accept |
| Can the banner be closed? | No — a choice is required | Yes | Yes |
| Banner type | Your choice: Simple Banner or Banner with Categories | Always Simple Banner | Always Simple Banner |
| GPC signal | — | Honored automatically | — |

Region-to-law mapping is maintained by Consentik and updated as new laws phase in — you don’t need to track legislation yourself.
**Note:** This article explains how the feature works and is not legal advice. If you’re unsure which rules apply to your business, please consult a legal professional.
[*Learn more about 3 consent models: Opt-in, Opt-out, Notice.*](https://help.omegatheme.com/en/article/consent-models-explained-opt-in-opt-out-and-notice-15gnz61/?bust=1783568993025)

### Turn on Smart Geo-targeting
1. In the Consentik admin, open the **Settings** dashboard and go to the **Geolocation** tab.
2. Find the **Smart Geo-targeting** card and switch the toggle **On**.
3. A confirmation note appears: each visitor now gets the consent mode their region’s law requires. Regions with no specific law use a safe default you can change.
4. Click **Save** to publish.
When the toggle is **Off**, one banner applies to every region — exactly like before. Your per-region configuration is kept, so you can switch the feature off and on without losing anything.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/3/8/3/8383e5404a31c000/image_15ocdng.png)

### Choose where the banner appears (Display restriction)
The **Display restriction** card controls **where** the banner shows; Smart Geo-targeting controls **which mode** each region gets. They work together:
* **All countries** — the banner appears everywhere (recommended, since compliance follows the visitor).
* **Specific regions** — the banner only shows in regions you pick with **Edit regions**. With Smart Geo on, visitors inside those regions still get the law-correct mode; visitors outside them simply won’t see a banner.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/3/8/3/8383e5404a31c000/image_11mzysv.png)

### Review and fine-tune your regions
With Smart Geo-targeting on, the region grid lists all 284 regions, grouped **By continent** or **By law**. For each region you’ll see its ISO code, a law badge (GDPR, GPC, PDPA…) and its consent mode:
* **Locked regions** show a 🔒 chip with the mode required by law — for example, EU countries are locked to Opt-in and US states with privacy laws are locked to Opt-out. These can’t be changed.
* **Adjustable regions** (no specific law) show a three-way selector — Opt-in / Opt-out / Notice. For example, you can switch a region with no privacy law to Notice to reduce friction for those visitors.
Useful tools in the grid:
* **Search** any country or state by name.
* **Set all N selectable** — apply one mode to every adjustable region in a group at once (locked regions are never affected), or you can choose which model you want for each region.
* **Reset to law defaults** — clear all your overrides and return every region to its legal default.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/3/8/3/8383e5404a31c000/image_l5duoe.png)

### Check your coverage
The **Coverage** card answers “with my current setup, which banners will be served, and to how many regions?” It shows a colored bar and counters for Opt-in, Opt-out, and Notice regions. Every number updates instantly as you change settings, before you save.
Click **Preview banners in use** to see the actual banner variants your visitors will get (up to three — one per mode in use), each with a short description of its behavior.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/3/8/3/8383e5404a31c000/image_j665s9.png)
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/3/8/3/8383e5404a31c000/image_je2e69.png)

### Preview what a visitor in any country sees
Use the **Preview by visitor location** card to check any region before saving:
1. Type a country or state into the search box (or pick one of the common examples).
2. Consentik shows the detected mode and law badge for that region — e.g. Germany → Opt-in (GDPR), California → Opt-out (CCPA), Japan → Notice.
3. Below it, the exact banner that visitor would see is rendered with your current (even unsaved) settings.
If the region is excluded by your Display restriction, the preview says so — no banner is shown there.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/3/8/3/8383e5404a31c000/image_1qk1val.png)

### What changes in the other tabs
When Smart Geo-targeting is on, a status bar appears at the top of the Design, Behavior, Content, and Policy tabs so you always know whether you’re editing a single global banner or the Opt-in banner within a three-variant setup. When it’s off, the bar offers a shortcut: **Enable in Geolocation →**.

###### Design
Your **banner type** choice (Simple Banner or Banner with Categories) applies to the **Opt-in** banner. Opt-out and Notice regions always use the Simple Banner, because their laws don’t require category controls. The preview panel shows which mode you’re looking at.

###### Behavior
The **Select Consent Behavior** card now uses three independent checkboxes — **Accept**, **Reject/Decline**, and **Preferences** — instead of fixed combinations. Each checkbox carries a tag telling you whether the button is required or optional and where it applies. Required buttons come pre-ticked, but you stay in control and can change any of them.
| ${color}[#000000](Region mode) | ${color}[#000000](Buttons visitors see) | ${color}[#000000](Who decides) |
| Opt-in | The buttons you tick (Accept, Decline, Preferences) | You |
| Opt-out | Accept + "Do not sell/share my personal data" checkbox | Automatic (US state laws) |
| Notice | Accept only | Automatic (notice-based laws) |

Also in this card, the **Data sale opt-out (CCPA)** section controls the “Do not sell/share my personal data” checkbox and its label (up to 150 characters). It’s ticked automatically when you first enable Smart Geo-targeting, and it only renders for visitors in Opt-out regions.
* **Block element until consent is given** is applied automatically per mode: locked on in Opt-in regions, off elsewhere.
* The **re-open button** turns on automatically for Opt-in and Opt-out regions (in Opt-out regions it’s the visitor’s way back to the Do-Not-Sell control). Notice regions don’t show it.
* **Show close icon** defaults to on and applies only to Opt-out and Notice banners — these laws require an explicit choice.

###### Content
Your banner title, message, and button labels are shared by all three modes — the difference between modes is **which buttons appear** and **how tracking behaves**, not the wording. Edit your copy once and it applies everywhere.

###### Integrations
No extra per-region setup is needed — your integrations follow each visitor’s mode automatically:
* **Google Consent Mode v2:** the head script stays exactly the same (default Denied). In Opt-out and Notice regions Consentik automatically sends a consent update (granted) on page load; in Opt-in regions it waits for the visitor’s choice.
* **Auto-Block scripts:** blocked at load only in Opt-in regions; in Opt-out regions they run until the visitor opts out; in Notice regions they run freely.
* **Global Privacy Control (GPC):** honored automatically in Opt-out regions.

### FAQ
1. **Do I need to reconfigure my existing banner?** No. Your current design, content, and behavior settings carry over and become the Opt-in banner. The Opt-out and Notice variants are generated automatically from legal requirements.
2. **Can I change the mode for an EU country or a US state with a privacy law?** No — regions with a specific law are locked to protect you from misconfiguration. You can adjust the regions that have no specific law.
3. **What happens if I turn Smart Geo-targeting off?** Everything returns to a single global banner, and all legal locks and tags are removed. Your per-region configuration is kept for when you turn it back on.
4. **Does my Google Consent Mode setup need to change?** No. The recommended default-Denied head script keeps working as is — Consentik sends the right consent updates per region automatically.