New Features & Enhancements
Consent-Sorting (15079)
- The sorting functionality has been enhanced, improving user experience by providing more flexibility and efficiency to organize content in the consent module.
Bulk delete feature on org portal for consent topic (15077)
- Consent topics within the organization portal have been provided with a bulk delete feature, allowing users to efficiently manage and remove multiple records at once.
Cookies no longer found on subsequent scans are highlighted (14392)
- The cookie scanning functionality has been enhanced, cookies detected in previous scans but no longer present in the most recent scans are displayed.
Cookie Consent Auto Scan interface now shows option for Deep Scan without explicitly adding deep scan URL (15135)
- The user‑experience has been improved, where the Deep Scan option was not visible or available in the Consent Auto Scan interface until the deep scan URL was explicitly added by the user. Cookie Consent Auto Scan interface now shows option to configure Deep Scan without explicitly adding deep scan URL
Domain/App dropdown under in Topic tab (15137)
- A domain/app drop‑down selector has been added in the Topic tab to enhance navigation and filtering capabilities by allowing users to easily choose and switch between domains/apps.
Enhancement for managing very large number of sub brands in the organization (14997)
- Reports handling has been refactored to manage a large number of sub-brands.
Filter for successes/failures in Preference management (15008)
- A success/failed filter has been added in the Preference Management api monitoring service, to segregate the successes and failures for easier viewing by an organization user.
Audit log entry for deleted people through preference management (14585)
- An audit‑logging feature has been added to track and record when individual consumers are deleted from the Preference Management system.
Support for request ID in verification email template (15072)
- Request ID has been introduced as a dynamic variable template tag in the verification email template.
Storing of email contents (15053)
- The platform has been improved to store the actual contents of emails that are sent to consumers. This is visible on the DSR Search->Activity tab.
Alert when regulation/request enabled with no supporting system/vendor (14346)
- An alert has been added for the scenario in which a regulation or request is enabled with no supporting system or vendor.
Preference Management partial redesign (15056)
- The preference‑management user experience has been enhanced with a new UX design for easier navigation.
One click unsubscribes for Preference Management (14909)
- Preference Management module has been extended to support a one-click unsubscribe for any category or individual preference label.
Invalidate Open Vendor links if tasks no longer exist (15021)
- The ability to invalidate open‑vendor links has been introduced to allow the organization to disable a link previously sent.
Security Updates
No specific security updates included in this release.
Infrastructure Updates
Removed consent tables: consumer_comm_topic and consumer_cookie_id_map
- DB tables consumer_comm_topic and consumer_cookie_id_map which used to capture the consumer subscription and map the ids have been removed. Now new table is used to store topic subscriptions.
Bug Fixes
- The language translation for the GPC message and the TC string is fixed (15154).
- Access to cookie topics by the Cookie User Group, according to permissions, is fixed (15107).
- The discrepancy between the customer address in the Review view and in the DSR Search/Customer record is fixed (15218).
- Tasks not being displayed on the All Tasks and My Tasks pages when the status was set to Accepted is fixed (14885).
- The verification email message being shown for requests with “No Verification” selected is prevented (15219).
- Saving of the Request Type Configuration is fixed (15153).
- CCPA requests still being received for clients is fixed (15140).
Hot Fixes – Version 8.5.0
- The Regulation start date being displayed before the effective date on the consumer portal is fixed (15158).
- The Datafetch rework request transitioning to an ‘Unverified’ state instead of ‘Open’ is fixed (15192).
Upcoming Features
Bulk delete feature for the consent libraries
Bulk delete support for consent libraries so that they can be efficiently managed and removed without requiring to delete items one by one.
Search option in the consent dropdowns
Support to search a domain/app from the dropdown
Manual review after scan for new/deleted cookies before adding to popup
Support for reviewing of new/deleted cookies after scan before adding those to the popup
MS Purview Connector
Ability to search To and From fields for the consumer’s email address, ability to search content of the email by the email address, ability to search attachments
Assessment Improvements
Ability to support a robust set of features for our assessment module. Features that allow complex, multi-national organizations to leverage.
UI/UX Enhancements
Continued updates to streamline navigation and improve user interface consistency.
Ability to ask, “verification questions” separate from the verification email process
Ask consumers for additional information (using verification questions) before the request is submitted without requiring them to complete email verification.
Configurable response times for requests
Support the various response times for requests for any given country
Effective Date – Improvements
Enhancements for effective date configuration so that users can confidently set, view, and understand when regulations take effect without confusion or unintended behavior.