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The Consent category stores the user’s consent information as per the privacy policy. Perform the following steps to add a Consent category:
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Enter a Catalogue Field. As you type, suggestions based on the existing Catalogue Fields appear. You can choose a suggested Catalogue Field or click +Add Catalogue Field to add a new field.
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Map the Catalogue Field to its corresponding Source Field. Same as the above behaviour, you can choose a suggested Source Field or click +Add a new Source Field to add a new field.
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Enter a description for easy identification.
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Choose String as the Data Type. Consent only stores Yes or No type of value. Therefore, the only Data Type allowed is String.
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Choose Consent as the Category.
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Choose one of the following Regulations:
  • GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
  • CCPA – California Consumer Privacy Act
  • Others – If your organisation follows any other regulation apart from the above-mentioned options
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As per advanced settings, define the TTL for consent. Forever is the default value. You can choose the number of Days for TTL as per your requirement. A consent purpose maintains a timestamp property that gets updated every time a state is communicated. This is used to determine how long the value can be retained based on the TTL value.
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Save the changes.
Last modified on February 26, 2026