Permissions Release Notes: Privacy Notice Management

This article consolidates all permissions release notes for Privacy Notice Management since the OneTrust 202506.1.0 release, providing a single reference point for changes that impact roles, access, and permissions. Each section below corresponds to a release version and includes permissions release notes announced for the product in the respective release. The absence of a release below indicates that there were no permissions release notes announced for the product for that release. For details on permissions release notes across the platform, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog.

Important:

Starting in the OneTrust 202601.1.0 release, permissions release notes related to this product will be exclusively published in this article. If permissions release notes exist, the following note will appear within the Permissions section for the respective product on the myOneTrust Release Notes page with a link to this article:

"Permission changes have been implemented to improve platform usability and administrative efficiency. For more information, see Permissions Release Notes: [Product Name]. For a complete list of products with permission updates in this release, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog."

November 13, 2026 - 202611.1.0 (Fall Release)

New Permissions
The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

Create privacy notices

The Create privacy notices permission has been added and now controls users' ability to create privacy notices, including by bulk import.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the PNM create privacy notice or PNM bulk import permission.

Linked Permissions
The following linked permissions have been updated and will be automatically added or removed from the custom role during configuration as defined below. For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Edit privacy notices

When the Edit privacy notices permission is added to the custom role, the View privacy notices permission will no longer be automatically added.

View basic fields for privacy notices

When the View basic fields for privacy notices permission is added to the custom role, the View privacy notices permission will no longer be automatically added.

When the View basic fields for privacy notices permission is removed from the custom role, the View privacy notices permission will no longer be automatically removed.

Publish privacy notices

When the Publish privacy notices permission is added to the custom role, the View privacy notices permission will no longer be automatically added.

Removed Permissions
The following permissions have been removed from the platform or removed from select system roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

PNM create privacy notice

The PNM create privacy notice permission has been removed from the platform. This functionality is now controlled by the Create privacy notices permission.

PNM bulk import

The PNM bulk import permission has been removed from the platform. This functionality is now controlled by the Create privacy notices permission.

August 1, 2025 - 202508.1.0 (Summer Release)

New Permissions

The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

PNM view controls

The PNM view controls permission has been added to give users the ability to view notice controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

PNM add controls

The PNM add controls permission has been added to give users the ability to add notice controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

PNM remove controls

The PNM remove controls permission has been added to give users the ability to remove notice controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.