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Preference center

The preference center is Layer 2 of the banner. It opens when a visitor clicks Manage on the first banner, clicks the floating button after consent, or a developer calls OptSens.showPreferences(). Here the visitor reviews categories and changes their choices.

Tabs

The tabs shown depend on the active banner mode.

TabShown inContent
CategoriesAll modesCookie categories with a toggle each, plus the cookies in each category
Vendors / PartnersIAB TCF modeThe IAB and Google AC partners shown to the visitor, with per-partner controls
Cookie declarationAll modesThe full cookie declaration with name, provider, description, and expiry per cookie

GDPR, CCPA, and Basic modes show Categories and Cookie declaration. The Vendors / Partners tab appears only in IAB TCF mode.

Categories

The five standard categories always show. The cookies listed inside each come from your cookie declaration, and an Uncategorized section appears only when a scan found cookies that are not categorized yet. The Necessary category is always on and cannot be switched off. The visitor toggles the other categories, then chooses an action:

  • Accept all, grant every category.
  • Reject all, keep only necessary.
  • Confirm, store exactly the toggles they set.

In CCPA mode the toggles control what may be sold or shared, since that model is opt-out.

Open it from your own UI

Add a "manage consent" link anywhere, for example in your footer:

<a class="os-manage-consent" href="#">Manage Privacy Preferences</a>

OptSens wires the click to open the preference center. You can change and translate the link text. From code, call OptSens.showPreferences().

The link is active while the floating button is off. When the floating button is on, OptSens hides manage links and the button is the entry point. In CCPA regions the "Your Privacy Choices" link is the entry point, and manage links stay hidden there too. Turning the floating button off is part of floating-button customization, which is gated by plan.

After a visitor consents, the floating button stays on the page to let them reopen this panel and change their choice. If you turn the floating button off, OptSens adds a "Manage Privacy Preferences" link to your footer instead. A way to change consent is always available, as GDPR requires. If you already placed your own .os-manage-consent link, OptSens activates it instead of adding one.

Language

The preference center shows in the same language as the banner. When more than one language is configured, a selector in the panel lets the visitor switch.