Product update: Improved Design Editor
Our design editor has been revamped and is now available in your dashboard with a modern, optimized layout. Important buttons have been repositioned and the user interface has been restructured to give you a faster, smoother workflow when designing your cookie banner.
consentmanager reaches 100,000th website milestone!
This month, consentmanager has reached an exciting milestone. We’re now serving our 100,000th website! We’re incredibly grateful to all our clients and partners for the trust you’ve placed in us. Your support has been invaluable as we continue to improve and innovate our compliance solutions. We look forward to continuing this journey with you and achieving even more growth and, of course, collecting more cookies!
New Zealand updates privacy law to align with EU standards
New Zealand’s Privacy Amendment Act 2025 has introduced a new Information Privacy Principle 3A (IPP 3A), effective 1 May 2026, requiring organizations to inform individuals when their personal information is collected indirectly, such as from a third party. The new principle enhances transparency and accountability and brings New Zealand’s privacy framework into closer alignment with EU data protection standards, helping to improve the country’s EU adequacy status. Organizations operating in or targeting individuals in New Zealand are encouraged to adopt GDPR-level transparency and consent management measures ahead of the commencement date to ensure compliance readiness.
Political ads: New EU regulation requires explicit consent
Under Regulation (EU) 2024/900, explicit user consent is required for political advertising. This means, consent for personalized ads is no longer sufficient, and users must actively opt in to political advertising before any personal data is used for targeting. In our latest guide, we explain what this means for advertisers and publishers and show how to configure your consentmanager setup to stay compliant, including adding a new “Political Advertising” purpose and enabling explicit opt-in.
Read more here:
https://www.consentmanager.net/en/knowledge/legal/political-advertising-consent/
Massachusetts Data Privacy Act to take effect in 2027
The Massachusetts Senate has passed the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA), which will come into effect in 2027. Inspired by the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, the new law introduces strong protections for consumers and clearer rules for businesses. It limits how much personal data companies can collect, reinforces the principle of data minimization, and gives individuals the right to opt out of targeted advertising and data sales. As the effective date approaches, you will be able to activate MDPA compliance in your CMP dashboard under the “Legal” section, just as you can already do for other U.S. state privacy laws currently in effect.
ICO fines businesses +£500k for misuse of personal data
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined two companies a total of £550,000 for making unwanted marketing calls to individuals who had opted out of receiving them. An investigation found that the companies could not demonstrate valid consent. To remain compliant under the UK GDPR, organizations must be able to prove that consent was freely given and properly recorded. This can be achieved through implementing a proper consent banner and consent logs, which record key details including the date and time of a user’s visit and their consent or rejection status. Taking these steps not only strengthens regulatory compliance but also helps protect businesses from costly fines.Official statement by the UK’s ICO can be found here:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/warning-over-robo-calls-as-energy-firms-fined-half-a-million-pounds-for-unlawful-marketing-calls/
DMEXCO 2025: Another great year!
The two days at this year’s trade fair flew by in no time and were filled with inspiring conversations, new insights, and great energy. We were delighted to meet so many new faces and reconnect with familiar ones at our stand. The consentmanager team had a fantastic time and we want to thank everyone who stopped by and made DMEXCO 2025 such a success!
Further optimizations and adjustments in October
Further new features and optimizations can be found in the release log:
- New: Design editor
- New: Compatibility mode: Admiral
- New: Compatibility mode: inMobi
- New: Compatibility mode: Sourcepoint
- New: Compatibility mode: iubenda
- New: SCIM Support for Automated User Lifecycle
- Improved: Allow explicit consent for purposes
- Improved: News box on dashboard
- Improved: Monitor: Combine Results
- Improved: UX Cookie Queue freezes
- Improved: Highlight missing legislations
- Improved: Selection boxes too small for the purpose
- Improved: UX Universal Search
