Enabling Phone Number Verification for Preference Centers

You can configure Multi Page Preference Centers to allow data subjects to log in to your Preference Center using their phone number. This will access their preferences based on the consent stored against their phone number. In addition, if Multi Identity is enabled for the Preference Center and there are other linked identities associated with the phone number, the Preference Center will display all preferences linked to that data subject.

To enable phone number verification

Note:

The Enable Phone Number Verification setting on the Consent Settings screen in Global Settings must first be enabled in order to enable this setting for a Preference Center. For more information, see Universal Consent & Preference Management Settings.

  1. On the Universal Consent & Preference Management menu, select Interfaces > Preference Centers. The Preference Centers screen appears.

  2. Navigate to the Preference Center Builder for the Multi Page Preference Center that you want to edit by clicking the corresponding link in the Name column. The Builder tab on the Preference Center Details screen appears.

  3. Navigate to the Settings tab and scroll to the Preference Center Login section.


  4. Enable the Enable Phone Number Verification setting. The Data Subject Identifier field appears.
    Note:

    Mobile is selected by default and is the recommended identifier type for phone number verification.

  5. In the Data Subject Identifier field, select the identifier type.
  6. Click the Save button.
  7. Click the Publish button. The Publish Preference Center modal appears.

  8. Click the Publish button.

Accessing the Preference Center with a phone number

You can log in to the Preference Center using the Preference Center Login URL which will navigate you to the Preferences Login screen.

  1. When a data subject attempts to access the Preference Center, they will be directed to the Preferences Login screen.

  2. Select Phone in the Login Method field to log into the Preference Center using a phone number. The Phone Number field appears.



    Note:

    The following information should be kept in mind regarding branding settings:

    • The logo is pulled from the logo uploaded in the Sign-in Page section on the following menu: Global Settings > Email and Branding > Application branding

      • Recommended ratio is 7:3

      • Default dimensions are 300 x 53px

      • Maximum dimensions are 350 x 150px

  3. Select your country code and enter your phone number in the Phone Number field.

    Note:

    When new users without existing profiles in OneTrust enter phone numbers into the preference center and their profile gets created, special characters are removed from their phone number identifier for format standardization.

  4. Select the language in which you want to view the Preference Center in the Language field.

  5. Click the Send button. A verification code is sent to the entered phone number and the Verification Code field appears.



  6. Enter the code that you received in the Verification Code field.

  7. Click the Submit button.

Preference Center Phone Login FAQs

The following responses are supported solutions to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about accessing Preference Centers. The OneTrust team continuously monitors these inquiries and will make additional FAQs available as they are identified.

What happens if I enter the wrong access code when attempting to log in to the Preference Center?

You will have four more attempts to enter the correct access code. After five attempts, you will need to contact the privacy team for assistance.

What if I didn't receive the access code or need additional time before logging in to the Preference Center?

You can click the Resend Code button to receive a new access code. The code will be valid for 10 minutes.

Preference Center Login Screens: Behavior by Data Subject Identifier

  • If your primary identifier is an email, you will see the Preferences Login screen.



  • If your primary identifier is a phone number and you have enabled phone number login on the preference center, you will see the Preferences Login screen.



Note:

Timeout duration is 10 minutes and cannot be modified. After this time, you will be redirected to the Login screen.

Available Languages for Phone Verification Login Messages

Phone verification login messages can be translated into multiple languages, and they can be displayed in a specific language by defining the locale values directly in the Verify template. OneTrust available languages and language-locale tags are listed below in alphabetical order by Language.

Note:

Phone verification login messages will be sent in English as the default user language if a translation has not been defined for a specific language-locale.

Language

Corresponding OneTrust Language

Afrikaans

af & af-xx

Arabic

ar & ar-xx

Catalan

ca & ca-xx

Chinese (simplified using mainland terms)

zh & zh-xx (unless exception)

Chinese (simplified using Hong Kong terms)

zh-HK

Croatian

hr & hr-xx

Czech

cs & cs-xx

Danish

da & da-xx

Dutch

nl & nl-xx

English (American)

en & en-xx (unless exception)

English (British)

en-GB

Estonian

et & et-xx

Finnish

fi & fi-xx

French

fr & fr-xx

German

de & de-xx

Greek

el & el-xx

Hebrew

he & he-xx

Hindi

hi & he-xx

Hungarian

hu & hu-xx

Indonesian

id & id-xx

Italian

it & it-xx

Japanese

ja & ja-xx

Kannada

kn & kn-xx

Korean

ko & ko-xx

Lithuanian

lt & lt-xx

Malay

ms & ms-xx

Marathi

mr & mr-xx

Norwegian

nb & nb-xx

Polish

pl & pl-xx

Portuguese (Brazilian)

pt-BR

Portuguese

pt & pt-xx (unless exception)

Romanian

ro & ro-x

Russian

ru & ru-xx

Slovak

sk & sk-xx

Spanish

es & es-xx

Swedish

sv & sv-xx

Tagalog

tl & tl-xx

Telugu

te & te-xx

Thai

th & th-xx

Turkish

tr & tr-xx

Ukrainian

uk & uk-xx

Vietnamese

vi & vi-xx

Linked Identities in the Preference Center

Multi Identity Preference Centers allow data subjects to log into a Preference Center with one identity, such as an email address, and be able to see and modify other preferences that they have indicated through other Linked Identities, such as an additional email address or a phone number. If Multi Identity is enabled for the Preference Center and there are other linked identities associated with the phone number used to log into the Preference Center, then the Preference Center will display all preferences captured for the linked identities.

Note:

For more information on Multi Identity Preference Centers, see Setting Up a Multi Identity Preference Center.