Permissions Release Notes: Settings & Administration

This article consolidates all permissions release notes for Settings & Administration since the OneTrust 202506.1.0 release, providing a single reference point for changes that impact roles, access, and permissions. Each section below corresponds to a release version and includes permissions release notes announced for the product in the respective release. The absence of a release below indicates that there were no permissions release notes announced for the product for that release. For details on permissions release notes across the platform, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog.

Important:

Starting in the OneTrust 202601.1.0 release, permissions release notes related to this product will be exclusively published in this article. If permissions release notes exist, the following note will appear within the Permissions section for the respective product on the myOneTrust Release Notes page with a link to this article:

"Permission changes have been implemented to improve platform usability and administrative efficiency. For more information, see Permissions Release Notes: [Product Name]. For a complete list of products with permission updates in this release, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog."

June 26, 2026 - 202606.2.0

Linked Permissions

The following permissions have been linked and will be automatically added or removed from the custom rule during configuration as defined below. For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Settings

  • When the Settings permission is removed from the custom role, the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • View users

    • Edit Single Sign-On settings

    • View organizations

Note:

In addition, any higher-level permissions linked to the View users permission and the View organizations permission will also be removed.

May 15, 2026 - 202605.1.0 (Spring Release)

Split Permissions

The following permissions have been split for more granular and precise access controls and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Old permission name

New permission name

System roles

Custom roles

Sandbox admin

Edit sandboxes

These permissions have been granted to the Site Admin system role.

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Sandbox admin permission.

Edit change requests for sandboxes

Manageaccount

View account details

These permissions have been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Compliance Manager, Privacy Program Auditor, Site Admin, TPDD Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Manageaccount permission.

Create support cases

Edit subscriptions

Renamed Permissions

The following permissions have been renamed to improve clarity on the actions associated with each individual permission. No changes have been made to permission functionality.

Old permission name

New permission name

Sandbox view only

View sandboxes

Localization import

Import selected localization content

Documents

View documents

Documents create

Create documents

Documentswrite

Edit documents

Bulk imports

View bulk imports

Default user language edit

Edit default language for users

Settings custom email template

Edit custom email settings

Settings help get

View help

Manage custom subdomains

Edit email and branding settings for domains

Permission Group Change

The permission groups associated with the following permissions have been updated as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

View documents

The Documents permission group has been removed from the platform. The following permissions that previously belonged to the Documents permission group have been moved to the Administration permission group:

  • View documents

  • Create documents

  • Edit documents

Create documents

Edit documents

March 13, 2026 - 202603.1.0

Renamed Permissions

The following permissions have been renamed to improve clarity on the actions associated with each individual permission. No changes have been made to permission functionality.

Old permission name

New permission name

Export organizations

Bulk export organizations

Users export

Export user list

Usergroupsbulksearch

Bulk search for users

Manage API keys

Edit API keys

Manage client credentials

Edit client credentials

User provisioning

Edit user provisioning

Users log view

View user login audit logs

Users log export

Export user login audit logs

Manage Single Sign-on

Edit Single Sign-On settings

Session settings

Edit session setting

Localization editor

View localization editor

Localization editor edit

Edit localization content

Bulk user import

Bulk import users

Import create

Create bulk imports

Import templates

Edit bulk import templates

Custom email template edit

Edit email branding

Custom email template view

View email branding

Language activator edit

Edit available languages for use

Manage email settings

Edit email account settings

View email failure log

View email account failure logs

Subprocessor Controls - User Level

Manage sub processors controls in user preferences

Subprocessor Controls - Global Level

Edit sub processors controls in global settings

Manage custom domains

Edit domains

Manage Two-step Verification

Edit multi-factor authentication settings

User attribute dropdown configure

Edit visible user attributes

Notification settings

Edit notification settings

February 20, 2026 - 202602.1.0 (Winter Release)

Renamed Permissions

The following permissions have been renamed to improve clarity on the actions associated with each individual permission. No changes have been made to permission functionality.

Old permission name

New permission name

Organizations read

View organizations

Organizations add

Create organizations

Organizations edit

Edit organizations

View organization audit history

View organization activity log

View roles

View user roles

Create roles

Create user roles

Edit roles

Edit user roles

Users read

View users

Users add

Create users

Users edit

Edit users

Users delete

Delete users

Deactivate user

Deactivate users

Users activate user

Reactivate users

User groups

View user groups

User groups add

Create user groups

User groups edit

Edit user groups

Removed Permissions

The following permissions have been removed from the platform or removed from select system roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of change

Documents read

The Documents read permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

June 20, 2025 - 202506.1.0

  • Various permissions have been linked to add clarity to dependencies and reduce the effort of managing custom roles. With this enhancement, permissions related to these objects or functionalities may now be automatically added or removed alongside another permission that was explicitly added to or removed from the custom role during configuration. These changes can be seen by clicking the View linked permissions link in the Role Summary. In the OneTrust 202506.1.0 release, linked permissions are now available for the following objects or functionalities within Global Settings:

    • Bulk Import

    • Bulk User Import

    • Email Branding and Templates

    • Localization Editor

    • Organizations

    • Roles

    • Users

    • User Export

    • User Groups

    For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.