Permissions Release Notes: Universal Consent & Preference Management

This article consolidates all permissions release notes for Universal Consent & Preference Management 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."

May 15, 2026 - 202605.1.0 (Spring Release)

New Permissions

The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

Create bulk exports for consent receipts

The Create bulk exports for consent receipts permission has been added to give users the ability to create bulk exports with data from consent receipts.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Cookie manager, Privacy officer, Consent manager, Cookie consultant, Site admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Create bulk exports for data subjects

The Create bulk exports for data subjects permission has been added to give users the ability to create bulk exports with data from data subjects.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Cookie manager, Privacy officer, Consent manager, Cookie consultant, Site admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Download consent receipts export files

The Download consent receipts export files permission has been added to give users the ability to download export files for consent receipts.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Cookie manager, Privacy officer, Consent manager, Cookie consultant, Site admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Download data subjects export files

The Download data subjects export files permission has been added to give users the ability to download export files for data subjects.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Cookie manager, Privacy officer, Consent manager, Cookie consultant, Site admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

View bulk exports

The View bulk exports permission has been added to give users the ability to view the list of bulk exports.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Cookie manager, Privacy officer, Consent manager, Cookie consultant, Site admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Cancel bulk exports

The Cancel bulk exports permission has been added to give users the ability to cancel or delete pending or scheduled exports.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Cookie manager, Privacy officer, Consent manager, Cookie consultant, Site admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

April 2, 2026 - 202604.1.0

Updated Permissions

The following permissions have been updated in the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

Consent receipt data subject consent bulk update

The Consent receipt data subject consent bulk update permission has been updated to allow users to perform the following bulk actions:

  • Delete data subjects

  • Delete test data subjects

  • Remove test flags

  • Add purposes to data subjects

This updated functionality has been granted to the following system roles:

Consent manager, Privacy officer, Site admin

This updated functionality has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned this permission.

February 20, 2026 - 202602.1.0 (Winter Release)

  • 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

    permission.name.features.consent.datasubjects.bulk-actions-import

    Bulk edit data subjects