Cookie Consent - February 20, 2026 - 202602.1.0 (Winter Release)

General Availability

Enhanced CMP Reporting Data Model

Leverage an enhanced Insights dashboard for Cookie Consent to view more comprehensive analytics for interaction rates consent types, including improved calculation methodologies, new columns in the Measures folder, and a new Opt-out signals tab. This enhanced dashboard replaces the legacy Cookie Consent dashboard, which is now fully deprecated.

Note:

As of the OneTrust 202602.1.0 release, users without solution packaging can access the dashboard but will not have access to some features.

This feature is related to the following ideas:

For more information, see Insights Cookie Consent Dashboards (Solution Packaging).

New CMP Templates

Leverage the following new templates to configure your CMP with settings and text relevant to regional privacy statutes.

Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA)
Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA)
UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA)

For more information, see Adding, Editing, and Managing Cookie Consent Templates.

Customizable Framework Selection for Compliance Assistant

|Available with Solution Packaging Only

Activate or deactivate frameworks and their compliance checks when leveraging CMP Compliance Assistant. This enhancement provides greater control over which regulatory frameworks and criteria you evaluate your CMP against.

For more information, see Leveraging CMP Compliance Assistant.

Updated TC Strings and Renamed Template for IAB TCF 2.3

Leverage new IAB TCF 2.3 strings and a renamed IAB TCF 2.3 template when configuring your CMP for IAB TCF. These updates allow your configurations to correspond to TCF version 2.3 and its updated specifications. Specifically, the previously optional disclosedVendors segment is now mandatory in every TC string.

For more information, see IAB TCF 2.3 FAQ and Adding, Editing, and Managing Cookie Consent Templates.

Fixed

The Connecticut Privacy Act (CTDPA) template has been enhanced with updated bundle group names and descriptions and banner description.
Resolved an issue that prevented the CMP from correctly detecting the browser language when the Enable language detection on scripts setting was enabled for the CMP scripts and the browser language was set to Traditional Chinese (ZH-HANT).
Resolved an issue that prevented the scanner from successfully detecting cookies on scanned pages.
Resolved an issue that prevented the scanner from successfully completing scans if a form submission triggered a page reload on a scanned webpage.
Resolved an issue that caused the scanner to incorrectly identify patterns in some cookies if the cookie name contained "aw ".
Resolved an issue that prevented CMP Compliance Assistant frameworks settings from remaining enabled when no issues were detected.
Cookie descriptions have been updated to display correct translations when configured in regional variants of Hindi.
Resolved an issue that prevented users from saving changes to templates when the Risk Accepted setting for HTML sanitization was enabled in Global Settings.

Existing Public Preview Features

Enhanced Auto-Blocking Interface

Leverage an improved Auto-Blocking experience, featuring a redesigned safe list, block list, and match list. The enhanced Auto-Block tab is designed for a quicker and easier user experience when reviewing and blocking URLs.

For more information, see OneTrust Cookie Auto-Blocking (Enhanced Interface).

Banner SEO Configuration

Deploy your banner script with header (<h>) tags replaced as paragraph (<p>) tags for improved search engine optimization.

For more information, see Publishing and Implementing Cookie Consent Scripts, or contact OneTrust Support or your account representative.

Support for Multi-Language Privacy Policy Links

Configure privacy policy links in multiple languages on the Dynamic Links section of the Website Details screen. This feature enables you to offer privacy policy links and information in each language relevant to your business needs.

For more information, see Configuring Domain Branding.

Enhanced State Support for the Global Privacy Platform

The Global Privacy Platform (GPP) settings now support consent strings for the following US states:

Delaware
Iowa
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Tennessee

For more information, see Configuring Global Privacy Platform Settings.

Bulk Export APIs

The following APIs are now available for use to create and cancel bulk exports and retrieve their status, progress, download details, and credit details. These APIs enable users to extract large volumes of cookie receipts at once with a limit of six bulk exports per month.

Authenticated Consent for New and Existing Users

Transfer consent from local storage to new and existing data subject IDs (DSIDs) for user profiles when leveraging Cross-Device Consent. This enhancement allows you to apply previously captured consent to user profiles to streamline consent collection.

Always Inactive Consent State

Leverage the new Always Inactive consent state to allow users to display tracking technologies that are present but not enabled on their websites. This consent state enables you to notify your end users that a tracking technology is deployed but not active.

For more information, see Cookie Consent Models and Configuring Geolocation Rules.

Enable Global Privacy Platform on TCF 2.2 Templates

Enable the Global Privacy Platform setting on TCF 2.2 templates. This setting allows you to enable the IAB Tech Lab - Global Privacy Platform (GPP) and populate the IAB TCF EU section of the GPP string.

For more information, see Configuring the Global Privacy Platform Settings.

Vendor Identification, Categorization, and Consent

Vendor Identification, Categorization, and Consent enables you to categorize any vendor services on your website and provide detailed consent options to your visitors. This feature streamlines vendor disclosure and consent by detecting known services and linking them to tracking technologies. Leverage Vendor Service Identification, Categorization, and Consent to perform the following actions:

Identify known vendor services when scanning your websites.
Categorize the vendor services active on your websites.
Link tracking technologies to identified vendor services.
Allow end users to configure consent for vendor services on the Preference Center.
Capture records of consent at the vendor service level.
Configure IAB templates to capture and disclose vendor service information.
View source URLs for tag initiators on the Initiators tab of the Scan Results screen.

For more information, see Vendor Identification, Categorization, and Consent Feature Guide.

Legitimate Interest Configuration for Reject All on IAB Templates

Implement a Reject All button on your Preference Center and Cookie Banner that prevents objection to legitimate interest. This enhancement improves compatibility with Google Limited Ads.

For more information, see Customizing the Preference Center Template.

Server-Side Rendering

Server-side rendering is now available for Cookie Banner HTML and CSS.

For more information, see Server-Side Rendering: Performance and Availability.

Accessibility Conformance

Text in the banner now displays with a minimum font size of 16px (WCAG-A 1.1.4: Resize Text).

Things to Know

New columns have been added to theMeasuresfolder for theCookies Summarydata table. These metrics support a more accurate consent experience and reduce signal loss. The following columns are now available:

: CMP Banner Accept All Rate PercentageThe percentage of users who accepted all consent options from the banner.
: CMP Banner Close Rate PercentageThe percentage of users who closed the banner without further interaction.
: CMP Banner Continue with Close Rate PercentageThe percentage of users who continued to the site after closing the banner.
: CMP Banner Continue without Accepting Rate PercentageThe percentage of users who continued to the site without accepting the banner.
: CMP Banner Reject All Rate PercentageThe percentage of users who rejected all consent options from the banner.
: CMP Interaction Rate PercentageThe percentage of users who interacted with the banner or preference center.
: CMP Preference Center Accept All Rate PercentageThe percentage of preference center users who accepted all consent options.
: CMP Preference Center Confirm Rate PercentageThe percentage of preference center users who confirmed their consent selections.
CMP Preference Center Reject All Rate Percentage: The percentage of preference center uses who rejected all consent options.
CMP True Opt-in Rate Percentage: The percentage of users who provided at least partial consent.

TheJob queueon theCompliance Assistantscreen no longer limits the list of scans to seven days and can be configured to display any previously completed scans.

Translations for IAB-seeded illustrations, the banner description, and the preference center description are now available when leveraging IAB TCF templates inAlbanian,Norwegian, andSerbian (Latin).

The_OT_smcookie has been added to support operational service measurement, platform reliability, and usage metering for CMP deployments.

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Issues that may impact our customers are documented in our Known Defects Database located here with approved workarounds and targeted releases for resolving the issue.

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