Canva added a cookie consent notice to the top of its Privacy Policy on May 5, 2026. The new language discloses that Canva uses essential cookies to operate the service, and requests consent to use additional cookies for personalization, advertising, and performance analytics. The change introduces a cookie banner with 'Accept all cookies' and 'Manage cookies' options, and references a separate cookie policy for detailed choices.
The updated policy now includes a cookie consent banner at the entry point of the Privacy Policy. The terms disclose that Canva uses essential cookies required for service operation, and seek user consent for additional cookies used for personalization, tailored advertising (including on partner sites), and website performance analysis. You can manage individual cookie preferences through the 'Manage cookies' option or accept all cookies at once.
The updated policy now embeds a consent mechanism at the policy entry point, making cookie choices visible and actionable before non-essential tracking begins. This change operationalizes consent collection required by privacy regulations in many jurisdictions, and gives users a clear opportunity to limit data collection scope at the outset.
→ Review the cookie options presented in the consent banner when accessing Canva.
→ Click 'Manage cookies' to review individual cookie categories and adjust preferences.
→ Clicking 'Accept all cookies' will authorize Canva to deploy non-essential cookies for personalization and advertising tracking as stated in the policy.
→ Without managing preferences, Canva will treat your selection as consent to use cookies for the purposes disclosed in the notice.
New disclosure requiring explicit user consent for non-essential cookies used for personalization, advertising, and analytics.
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Canva now requires you to choose whether to accept additional tracking cookies beyond those needed to run the service.
This change adds a cookie consent disclosure and collection mechanism to Canva's Privacy Policy. The update likely reflects compliance with cookie consent requirements under GDPR (EU cookie law), ePrivacy Directive, and similar frameworks requiring explicit consent for non-essential tracking technologies. The addition of a cookie policy reference and consent options suggests Canva is implementing or formalizing a consent management structure. Organizations using Canva in their vendor stack should confirm this change does not alter data processing flows or vendor obligations under existing Data Processing Addendums.
GDPR (Articles 4(11), 7, 32), ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law), CCPA (California Online Privacy Protection Act), comparable state privacy laws requiring opt-in or opt-out mechanisms for non-essential tracking
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