To help publishers toward compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Google Mobile Ads SDK allows publishers to use two different parameters to indicate whether Google should enable restricted data processing. The SDK provides publishers with the ability to set RDP at an ad request level utilizing the following signals:
- Google's RDP
- IAB-defined
IABUSPrivacy_String
When either parameter is used, Google restricts how it uses certain unique identifiers and other data processed in the provision of services to publishers. As a result, Google will only show non-personalized ads. These parameters override the RDP settings in the UI.
Publishers should decide for themselves how restricted data processing can support their compliance plans and when it should be enabled. It is possible to use both optional parameters at the same time, although they have the same effect on Google's ad serving.
This guide is intended to help publishers understand the steps required to enable these options on a per-ad request basis. In both cases the app writes settings to NSUserDefaults.
RDP signal
To notify Google that RDP should be enabled using Google's RDP signal, you must
write the key gad_rdp (exact name) with a value of YES to
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults:
[NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults setBool:YES forKey:@"gad_rdp"];
IAB signal
To notify Google that RDP should be enabled using IAB's signal, use the key
IABUSPrivacy_String (exact name). Make sure that the string value you use is
compliant with the IAB
specification.
[NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults setObject:iab string
forKey:@"IABUSPrivacy_String"];
Mediation
If you use mediation, follow the steps in CCPA settings to add your mediation partners to the CCPA ad partners list in the Ad Manager UI. Also, consult each ad network partner's documentation to determine what options they offer to help towards CCPA compliance.