What’s the difference between consent and preference management?

Consent Management involves obtaining and managing user permissions for data collection and processing. Preference management focuses on allowing users to set and update their choices for how a business communicates with them. While Consent Management tools offer users the choice to share their data (or not) for targeted advertising, Preference Management tools give users granular options for defining and when and how they receive marketing communications and other outreach—offering them the chance to opt-down, rather than opt-out.

How does “permissioned data” relate to consent and preference management?

Permissioned data refers to the user-centric data that individuals have explicitly allowed your company to use. For example, in the case of cookie consent, it might include a partially obfuscated digital fingerprint used for retargeting ads. In the case of communication preferences, it could involve a user granting permission for your marketing team to send emails about new blog posts.

How do Transcend’s Consent and Preference Management tools work?

First, you’ll set up branded interfaces to collect end-user choices. For Consent Management, telemetry automatically collects and classifies tracking technologies for collecting user data. For Preference Management, you’ll want to map out the inputs (e.g. marketing systems, Privacy Center) for user preferences. Finally, you’ll customize workflows to automatically update user data across your different systems as users provide inputs.

If we’re only looking for a cookie consent tool, do we have to purchase Transcend Preference Management?

No, Transcend Consent Management and Transcend Preference Management may be purchased separately.

How do we get started?

Get in touch with our team to see our platform and determine how it fits your needs.

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