Glossary
A short, plain-English reference for the terms you'll see across One Privacy, the dashboard, and privacy law in general.
A
Accept All. A button on the cookie banner that gives consent to every category in one click.
Audit. A formal check of how your business handles data. The Consent Audit in One Privacy is the evidence trail you can show during one.
B
Banner. The cookie consent message that appears when a visitor first lands on your website.
Banner Configuration. The section of One Privacy where you customize, geo-target, and install your banner.
C
CCPA. The California Consumer Privacy Act. A privacy law that gives California residents the right to know, delete, and opt out of the sale of their personal information.
CMP. Consent Management Platform. A general term for tools (like One Privacy) that handle cookie consent.
Consent. The visitor's agreement (or refusal) to allow specific cookie categories.
Consent Audit. The log of every consent event your website has collected.
Consent Mode. Google's standard for receiving consent signals from your banner. See Google Consent Mode.
Cookie. A small piece of data a website stores in the visitor's browser. Cookies can be necessary, functional, performance, or targeting.
Data Fiduciary. Under India's DPDP Act, the business or organization that decides how personal data is processed (similar to "controller" under GDPR).
Data Principal. Under India's DPDP Act, the individual whose personal data is being processed (similar to "data subject" under GDPR).
DPDP Act. India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Requires clear, free, informed consent before non-essential cookies run.
Cookie Inventory. Your master list of every cookie discovered across scans.
CPRA. The California Privacy Rights Act. CCPA's successor, with more detailed rights and rules.
D
Default rule. A geo rule that catches every visitor who isn't covered by another rule.
Do Not Sell. A button required for California (and similar) visitors to opt out of the sale of their personal information.
Domain. Your website's address, like example.com. In One Privacy, each domain is a project.
Draft. A saved set of banner customizations that hasn't been published yet.
F
Floating button. The small, persistent icon on your website that lets visitors reopen their cookie preferences any time.
Functional cookies. Cookies that remember the visitor's choices, like language or region. Category ID C0002.
G
GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation. The privacy law that applies to people in the EU, UK, and EEA.
Geo rule. A rule that maps a region (or list of regions) to a specific banner.
Google Consent Mode. Google's mechanism for receiving consent signals. One Privacy emits these automatically.
GTM. Google Tag Manager.
I
Inventory. See Cookie Inventory.
L
LGPD. Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados. The country's general data protection law.
Live. The published version of your banner that real visitors see.
N
Necessary cookies. Cookies that the website cannot work without. Always on, never require consent. Category ID C0001.
O
Opt-in. A consent model where the visitor must actively agree before any non-essential cookie runs. Used by GDPR.
Opt-out. A consent model where cookies can run by default but visitors must have an easy way to opt out. Used by CCPA.
P
Performance cookies. Cookies that measure site usage, like analytics. Category ID C0003.
Project. A single website inside a workspace. One project equals one domain.
Publish to Live. Push your banner changes to your real website.
Publish to Test. Push your banner changes to a test environment so you can verify on a staging site.
R
Reject All. A button on the banner that declines every non-essential category in one click.
S
Scan. A visit to your website by One Privacy's scanner that lists every cookie and tracker found.
Scheduled scan. A scan that runs automatically on a recurring schedule.
Snippet. The small piece of code you add to your website to load the One Privacy banner.
T
Targeting cookies. Cookies used for advertising and tracking visitors across websites. Category ID C0004.
Test environment. A safe place to verify banner changes before publishing them to your real website.
TXT record. A line of text added to your domain's settings to prove ownership.
U
User ID. An anonymous identifier One Privacy uses to track a visitor's consent across pages and sessions.
V
Verification. The one-time check that you own a domain. Required before scanning or running a banner.
W
Workspace. Your top-level account in One Privacy. Holds your websites, team, and settings.
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