Send consent for DMA compliance

For a general introduction to DMA consent data, see here.

The SDK offers two alternative methods for gathering consent data:

• Through a Consent Management Platform (CMP): If the app uses a CMP that complies with the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) v2.2 protocol, the SDK can automatically retrieve the consent details.

  OR

• Through a dedicated SDK API: Developers can pass Google's required consent data directly to the SDK using a specific API designed for this purpose.

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Note

AppsFlyer recommends using only one of the above methods per specific event sent. If both methods are sent for the same event, AppsFlyer will prioritize the manual consent data sent via the dedicated SDK API.

Use CMP to collect consent data

A CMP compatible with TCF v2.2 collects DMA consent data and stores it in SharedPreferences. To enable the SDK to access this data and include it with every event, follow these steps:

1. Initialize the SDK from the Application class.
2. Immediately after initializing the SDK, call enableTCFDataCollection(true) to instruct the SDK to collect the TCF data from the device.
3. In the Activity class, use the CMP to decide if you need the consent dialog in the current session.
4. If needed, show the consent dialog, using the CMP, to capture the user consent decision. Otherwise, go to step 6.
5. Get confirmation from the CMP that the user has made their consent decision, and the data is available in SharedPreferences.
6. Call start().

Application class

public class AppsflyerBasicApp extends Application {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
      super.onCreate();
      String afDevKey = AppsFlyerConstants.afDevKey;
      AppsFlyerLib appsflyer = AppsFlyerLib.getInstance();  
      // In this example the AppsFlyerConversionListener is not initialized.
      // It is optional
      appsflyer.init(afDevKey, null, this);
      appsflyer.enableTCFDataCollection(true);
    }
}	

Activity class

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  private boolean consentRequired = true;
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      if (consentRequired)
          initConsentCollection();
      else
          AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().start(this);
  }
  
  private void initConsentCollection() {
    // Implement here the you CMP flow
    // When the flow is completed and consent was collected 
    // call onConsentCollectionFinished()
  }

  private void onConsentCollectionFinished() {
    AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().start(this);
  }

Manually collect consent data

To manually collect consent data, perform the following:

1. Initialize the SDK from the Application class.
2. In the Activity class, determine whether the GDPR applies or not to the user.
3. Determine whether the consent data is already stored for this session.
   • If there is no consent data stored, show the consent dialog to capture the user consent decision.
   • If there is consent data stored continue to the next step.
4. To transfer the consent data to the SDK, create an object called AppsFlyerConsent  with the following optional parameters:
   • isUserSubjectToGDPR - Indicates whether GDPR applies to the user.
   • hasConsentForDataUsage - Indicates whether the user has consented to use their data for advertising purposes.
   • hasConsentForAdsPersonalization - Indicates whether the user has consented to use their data for personalized advertising purposes.
   • hasConsentForAdStorage - indicates whether the user has consented to store or access information on a device.
5. Call setConsentData() with the AppsFlyerConsent object.

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Note

SDK registers only parameters which are explicitly passed to the  setConsentData() method via the AppsFlyerConsent object.

6. Call start().

// Set the consent data to the SDK:
// Collect the consent data
// or retrieve it from the storage
...
// Example for a user NOT subject to GDPR
AppsFlyerConsent nonGdprUser = new AppsFlyerConsent(false, false, false, false);
AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().setConsentData( nonGdprUser);

// Example for a user subject to GDPR
AppsFlyerConsent gdprUser = new AppsFlyerConsent(true, true, true, false);
AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().setConsentData( gdprUser);

// Start the AppsFlyer SDK
AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().start(this);

Verify consent data is sent

To test whether your SDK sends DMA consent data with each event, perform the following steps:

1. Enable the SDK debug mode.
2. Search for consent_data in the log of the outgoing request.

Logs snippet example for CMP flow

LAUNCH-10: preparing data: { ... {"consent_data":{"tcf":{"policy_version":4,"cmp_sdk_id":300,"cmp_sdk_version":2,"gdpr_applies":1,"tcstring":"XXXXXXXX"}}} ... }

Logs snippet example for manual flow

LAUNCH-10: preparing data: { ... {"consent_data":{"manual":{"gdpr_applies":true,"ad_user_data_enabled":true,"ad_personalization_enabled":true}}} ... }