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Ad creatives are the visual and textual elements designed to capture user attention and drive engagement or conversions in digital marketing campaigns. Cookie banners, on the other hand, are mechanisms to obtain user consent for tracking cookies, which are critical for collecting behavioral data used in ad targeting and measurement. The relationship between ad creatives and cookie banners is rooted in the dependency of ad effectiveness on user consent: without cookie consent, the ability to track user interactions with ad creatives, retarget users, and measure campaign performance is significantly impaired. Practically, this means that the design and implementation of cookie banners directly impact how many users consent to tracking, which in turn affects the data available to optimize ad creatives. For example, a well-designed cookie banner that clearly communicates value and respects privacy can increase consent rates, enabling more precise audience segmentation and personalized ad creative delivery. Conversely, poor cookie banner UX can reduce consent rates, limiting data-driven creative optimization and reducing campaign ROI. Therefore, marketers and digital strategists must coordinate cookie banner strategies with ad creative planning to ensure that tracking permissions support effective creative testing, personalization, and performance measurement.