Adding Consent Types
How to add a new Consent Type to your Project.
- Concord uses Consent Types to determine the type of Consent Events that you can capture on your website or in your applications.
- This article provides instructions on adding a new Consent Type to your Organization.
- To learn more about how Consent Types work, refer to this article: Consent Types Overview
Adding a New Consent Type
1. Click on the Consent drop-down menu, choose Consent Settings, and select the Consent Types tab.
![Concord Admin UI Navigation Consent Settings Consent Types](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7cc8616124d1aab21f74_1.Nav.Consent.Consent.Settings.Consent.Types.png)
2. Click Add Consent Type.
![Concord Admin UI Add Consent Type Button](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7cfd1d713440a070f0f9_2.Add.Consent.Settings.Dark.png)
3. Choose the category for your Consent Type:
- Disclosure Consent: Preferences related to notices like privacy policies and terms of service.
- Communication Consent: Preferences related to the use of email, phone, and other types of communication.
- Privacy Setting Consent: Preferences related to the use of social media, analytics, personalization, etc.
- Custom Consent: Allows for optionally grouping and categorizing Consent Types by custom identifiers.
![Concord Admin UI Navigation Add Consent Type Category](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7d396e86b996796f6589_3.Add.Consent.Type.Category.Dark.png)
4. Click Next.
5. Choose the subcategory for your Consent Type.
Subcategory options will default based on Consent Type category:
- Communication: Email, Phone, Custom.
- Disclosure: Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Custom.
- Privacy Setting: Advertising, Analytics, Device Location, Strictly Necessary, Personalization, Social Media, Unclassified, Custom
![Concord Admin UI Add Consent Type Subcategory](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7d983e3841f448063733_4.Add.Consent.Type.Subcategory.Dark.png)
6. Click Next.
7. Add a label for your Consent Type.
Assign a label to your Consent Type for internal use. Labels are used with category and subcategory to create a unique Consent Type and are shown in reports to users.
![Concord Admin UI Add Consent Type Label](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7dcb1d713440a071e3d9_5.Add.Consent.Type.Label.Dark.png)
8. Click Next.
9. Enter details for your Consent Type:
- Name: The Consent Type name is used to identify your Consent Types in Concord and is the friendly name that is shown to your users in the Privacy Center.
- Description: This is a longer field allowing you to describe in more detail what the consent is for. This description is also visible to end users in the Privacy Center.
- States: The states of consent based on user actions.
- ~Accepted / Declined: The default consent states are “accepted” and “declined” as most cases will require the end user to accept or decline consent.
- ~Viewed: This is less common, but select “viewed” if this a Consent Type where you want to track views instead of or in addition to click activities like accepts or declines.
- ~Implied: Select “Implied” if the end user does not need to take positive action to consent, but consents by using your website or application, like with a privacy policy. Note that all Consent Types that include implied as an option are sent automatically when we first see a new visitor to your website or application.
- Duration: This determines how long a user’s consent will last for this specific Consent Type. The default duration is 12 months.
- Url: You may add a URL here to link to any associated documents for this Consent Type. Examples include links to cookie policies, privacy policies, terms of service, and EULAs.
![Concord Admin UI Add Consent Type Details](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7df4ceff8e595a0b5311_6.Add.Consent.Type.Details.Dark.png)
10. Click Done.
We will display a message letting you know the Consent Type been successfully added. Once complete, the consent details will be displayed to your users in the Privacy Center under their Consent History.
![Concord Privacy Center Consent Event Details](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5d099221b9278b5f6445db0f/651b7e14b17bd622226fdbf1_7.Consent.Event.Details.png)