UMP to determine if user is in GDPR region OR Us Regulated State

[joe...@gmail.com]

Using Google UMP, how do you determine if the user is in a US Regulated State OR GDPR?

My use-case is rather simple. I want to change the button text in the Settings screen for UMPConsentForm.presentPrivacyOptionsForm. This code, as you all know, will fire up either the US State form (if you have it set up in the Admob UI) OR GDPR form. Because of this, the button text should dynamically read either ‘Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information’ OR ‘GDPR’.

Yes - A simple button text of 'Privacy Options' would be a decent 'catch all', but context-wise, it could greatly be improved if we can determine the regulatory region.

Thanks.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the Mobile Ads SDK Support team.

It could be done via location apis and on that basis you can configure the text as pre your own choice. I’ve raised this feature to the wider team to check the feasibility.

I will keep you posted once I receive any update in this.

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Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[joe...@gmail.com]

Thanks for checking. I do think location APIs are a bit too invasive for this though.. Requesting location for simple utility apps will bother users.

If this feature does not yet exist in the UMP SDK, I believe it will benefit both developers and users greatly.

Being able to determine if presentPrivacyOptionsForm is triggered from GDPR or US State Regulations will help to refine our UI/UX to give users MUCH more context.

[joe...@gmail.com]

Hello there, Touching base to see if there was any new update regarding this inquiry about US State Regulations vs. GDPR and being able to determine it from the UMP SDK.

On Monday, February 24, 2025 at 5:54:15 PM UTC-5 Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor wrote:

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi,

This feature request is currently under investigation. For the time being, the best approach we have to this now is to use IABTCF_gdprApplies, something like:

• if IABTCF_gdprApplies == 1 && consentInformation.getPrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus() == PrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus.REQUIRED), the form at the privacy options entrypoint is the GDPR form
• else if consentInformation.getPrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus() == PrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus.REQUIRED), the form at the privacy options entrypoint is the US States form

IABTCF_gdprApplies is available as soon as requestInfoUpdate is called, so the you should have access to the value immediately.

Note: You can iterate IABTCF_gdprApplies values from userDefault.

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[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Please be advised that, in the short term, users requiring specific GDPR compliance can utilize the IABTCF_gdprApplies local storage key to ascertain a user's location within the EEA.

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