Privacy Center Direct Access Links

Overview

Privacy Center allows you to use direct access links when you want to directly load a specific area of Privacy Center. As an example, your organization may want to add a direct access link in your privacy policy or via email that allows people to go directly to the Privacy Options section to submit a privacy request to view, delete, or change their data. This document will help you add the URL query parameters that will load Privacy Center and show a specific area of Privacy Center including:

• Privacy Options
• Do Not Sell
• Consent Settings
• Privacy Center

Currently you can include the following direct access links on your website, in email communications, etc.:

Privacy Center

• <YOUR_URL>?cord_section=privacy_center
• Example: https://concord.tech/?cord_section=privacy_center

Privacy Options (Requires Privacy Requests Enabled to be enabled in the Admin UI in Privacy Requests → Request Settings)

• <YOUR_URL>?cord_section=privacy_options
• Example: https://concord.tech/?cord_section=privacy_options

Do Not Sell (Requires Privacy Requests Enabled & Enable Do Not Sell to be enabled in the Admin UI in Privacy Requests → Request Settings)

• <YOUR_URL>?cord_section=privacy_options_dns
• Example: https://concord.tech/?cord_section=privacy_options_dns

Consent Settings (Requires Consent Mode to be set to anything other than disabled in the Admin UI in Consent → Consent Settings)

• <YOUR_URL>?cord_section=consent_settings
• Example: https://concord.tech/?cord_section=consent_settings

Toggle Convenience Method

If loading speed is of the utmost importance, you can use our convenience method to programmatically toggle the Privacy Center widget. This approach is slightly faster than using direct access links because it doesn't require a page navigation.

When to Use Each Approach

1. Direct Access Links - The recommended approach for most use cases. Link to your privacy policy page with the query parameter, providing a graceful fallback if the widget fails to load.

2. Toggle Convenience Method - Use window.concord.plugin.widget.toggle() for optimal load performance. Ideal for footer links, navigation elements, or any interactive component where you want instant access to the Privacy Center.

Implementation Example

Here's how we implement this on our own site in the footer and nav bar:

<a
  href="/privacy-policy?cord_section=privacy_center"
  onClick={(e: React.MouseEvent) => {
    if (window.concord?.plugin?.widget?.toggle) {
      e.preventDefault();
      window.concord.plugin.widget.toggle();
    }
  }}
>
  Privacy Settings
</a>

This code checks if the Concord widget is loaded and available before calling toggle(). If the widget isn't available, the link falls back to the direct access URL, ensuring users can always access the Privacy Center.