A privacy consent notice allows visitors to accept or reject tracking categories configured on your site. This includes Hub activity tracking and third-party tools such as Google Analytics, Siteimprove, and Adobe Analytics tracking. Depending on the tracking options configured, the visitor may accept none, some, or all of the resulting tracking categories.
Unless enabled, the privacy consent notice will not appear to visitors on arrival. If enabled and consent is set to optional, visitors can interact with the site without accepting any cookies (consent notices appear in the lower right corner). If consent is required, visitors must accept only necessary or all cookies before interacting with the site. Whenever the privacy consent notice is enabled, visitors can select Review settings on the consent notice to see configured tracking categories and descriptions and turn them on or off individually.
Note:
Browsing activity is not tracked, regardless of the site's enabled tracking mechanisms, if either of the following are true:
- The Esri User Experience Improvement program is disabled for a member's organization.
- The browser configuration does not allow activity tracking.
By default, the privacy consent notice will not appear to visitors on arrival unless you enable the notice. Visitors to a site, page, or view can always update their privacy preferences by clicking the Manage Privacy link in the product footer. The footer cannot be removed because visitors must always have access to your site's privacy consent notice. Read more about Expanded configuration options for privacy consent in the Esri Community blog.
Configure a consent notice
To enable or disable a consent notice, complete the following steps:
- Follow the steps to open your workspace and manage a site if necessary.
- Click the Settings tab, and click General.
- For Privacy configuration, click Display privacy notice to turn the consent notice on or off.
- If displaying a privacy consent notice, choose one of the following Notice type options:
- Consent optional—A visitor can use the site without selecting a privacy consent (tracking occurs until rejected by the visitor).
- Require consent—A visitor must accept or reject tracking to use the site (tracking does not start unless accepted).
If Hub activity tracking is enabled, the consent notice displays disclaimer text unique to Esri and the Esri Privacy Statement.
Note:
Under Optional display settings, you can provide custom disclaimer text and a privacy policy link to display on the consent notice in the Privacy description text box.
If no tracking is enabled, default disclaimer text informs visitors that they are not being tracked.
- Click Save.