Consent Management (Cookies and Consent)

Purpose

Improve the efficiency of the Data Protection Office by automatically identifying processing activities that rely on consent and managing cookie consent collection, validation, and traceability.

Primary users

Data Protection Office teams, privacy counsel, compliance managers, and website/app owners responsible for consent banners and consent-based processing.

Where it fits (process/stage/trigger)

Used during ongoing privacy operations and compliance monitoring, triggered by new/updated web trackers or vendors, changes in processing activities, DPIA/ROPA updates, and periodic audit readiness checks.

Key capabilities / workflow

Analyzes cookie and tracking configurations and mapped processing activities, extracts consent signals and related records, determines whether consent is required, validates consent scope/retention/proof against policy and regulatory expectations, triggers re-collection when invalid or missing, and generates evidence while updating the consent registry for auditability.

Inputs

Cookie banner/consent platform logs, tracker/vendor lists, data processing inventory (e.g., ROPA entries), consent policies and retention rules, and contextual metadata such as purpose, region, and channel (web/app).

Outputs / Deliverables

A consent register updated with valid consent status, an exceptions list for missing/invalid consent, audit-ready evidence (timestamped proof and scope), and compliance logs documenting when consent is not required and the recorded lawful basis.

Value

Reduces manual workload for privacy teams, improves consistency and traceability of consent decisions, lowers compliance risk related to cookie and consent obligations, and accelerates audit preparation with standardized, evidence-backed outputs.