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title: Consent Policy (Exercise)
slug: privacy-and-security-shield-lab/consent-policy-exercise
description: Managing consent automatically within Platform
docTags: 
createdAt: 2024-01-26T13:31:54.311Z
---

The automatic consent enforecement feature within Platform involves the following core steps:

- Confirm consent data is available in Platform
- Define a consent policy
- Enable the consent policy
- Test consent policy enforcement

In this exercise we will:

### Create a consent policy to automatically remove non-consenting profiles from audience activation workflows

1. Navigate to **Policies** sub-section located under **Privacy** within the Menu
2. Click **Create Policy**
3. Enter the following policy name: **Opt Out of Email - Inititals**



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### Define an If/Then statement:

1. In the policy canvas, click **Marketing action** and select **Email Targeting**
2. Select the consent attribute **Marketing Preferences (Receive Email).** This consent attribute uses the field path **consents/marketing/email/val**
3. Click **Save**
4. Once saved, click the **Consent policies** radio button. 
5. Click the newly created consent policy. The right-hand rail should appear. 
6. Toggle the **Policy status** button to **enable** the policy. Auto enforcement of consent is now **enabled** and the applicable downstream audience activation workflows will now automatically filter profiles that have **opted out** of email marketing.

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### Testing the Policy Enforcement

1. In the left navigation of AEP, select **Destinations**.
2. Select the '**My destinations**’ radio button in the Catalog view. Verify you see an **Amazon S3 Connection**
3. Select '**Activate**'. 

![](https://adbecdn.azureedge.net/labs/archbee/privacysecurityshield/ScreenShot2023-10-26at3.09.29PM.png)

1. Select the "**Email S3**" destination and click **Next**

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1. Select your audience and click **Next**

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1. Select '**Create schedule**'. Then select '**Next**' in the upper right corner.
2. Pick a schedule for the export and click **Create,** then click **Next.**

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1. Clear all preset fields
2. Click on **Add New Mapping** and add the field

```html
Source Field: xdm: _adobeamericaspot5.identification.core.email
Target Field: Attribute: _adobeamericaspot5.identification.core.email
```

1. Click on '**Next**' in the upper right corner of the workflow. This will take you to the the '**Review**' step. Select '**Finish**' to complete the Profile Activation
2. Click on **View applicable Consent Policies** on the Review screen. Note that some of the qualifying profiles in the audience are filtered out due to their consent preferences as captured in the data and dictated by the active consent policy.

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