Consent management

Usage

Usage of the consent management module is recommended, as it is automatically included in the library and enabled in the native code upon initialization.

Supported platforms include: Android mobile, Android TV, and Android Wear.

For more information, see Consent management

Sample App

To help to familiarize yourself with our library, tracking methods, and best practice implementation, explore the Android consent management sample app.

See the API Reference for a list of consent management methods for Android.

Enable

The following example enables consent management:

//TealiumHelper.java
import com.tealium.library.ConsentManager;

public static final String TEALIUM_MAIN = "main";

public static void initialize(Application application) {
	final Tealium.Config config = Tealium.Config.create(application, "ACCOUNT", "PROFILE", "ENVIRONMENT");

	config.enableConsentManager(TEALIUM_MAIN); //enable with tealium instance name

	final Tealium tealiumInstance = Tealium.createInstance(TEALIUM_MAIN, config);
}

Data Layer

The following variables are transmitted with each tracking call while consent management is enabled:

Examples

Simple Opt-in

The following example shows how to opt-in to consent management:

tealiumInstance.getConsentManager()
      .setUserConsentStatus(ConsentManager.ConsentStatus.CONSENTED);

Group Opt-in

The following example shows a category-based consent model, where tracking categories are grouped into a smaller number of higher-level categories, defined by you:

tealiumInstance.getConsentManager()
     .setUserConsentStatusWithCategories(ConsentManager.ConsentStatus.CONSENTED,
          new String[] {ConsentManager.ConsentCategory.ANALYTICS});

For examples, you may choose to group the Tealium consent categories "big_data", "analytics", and "monitoring" under a single category called “performance”. This may be easier for the user than selecting from the full list of categories. You may choose to represent this in a slider interface, ranging from least-permissive to most permissive (all categories).

Category-based Opt-in

The following example shows a category-based consent model where the user must explicitly select each category from the full list of categories. The default is UNKNOWN, which queues hits until the user provides their consent. If the user consents to any categories, events are de-queued, and the consent category data is appended to each tracking call.

tealiumInstance.getConsentManager()
   .setUserConsentStatusWithCategories(ConsentManager.ConsentStatus.CONSENTED,
       new String[] {ConsentManager.ConsentCategory.ANALYTICS,
                     ConsentManager.ConsentCategory.PERSONALIZATION});