Consent Log

The log is your proof under GDPR Art. 7(1): you must be able to demonstrate that consent was given. The view is deliberately read-only — entries cannot be edited.

Columns

Column	Content
Consent ID	Random identifier of the consent record, also stored in the browser cookie
Timestamp	When the decision was made
Type	Accepted all, Only necessary, Individual or Updated
Accepted groups	The cookie groups that were agreed to
IP hash	One-way hash of the IP address

Also stored are the rejected groups, the device type and a truncated user agent.

Data protection

The IP address is never stored in clear text, only as a hash. That is enough to distinguish two decisions from the same source, but does not allow reconstructing the address. No customer numbers, names or email addresses are logged.

Retention

The field Consent log retention (months) in the plugin configuration controls how long entries are kept (default 36 months). A monthly scheduled task removes older entries automatically.

Do not set the retention shorter than the consent validity. Otherwise you delete the proof for consents that are still active.

Export

The CSV export lives under Consent Statistics (premium) or on the Admin API route /api/_action/prems-cookie-consent/export.

Turning logging off

Enable consent logging can be switched off. The banner keeps working, but you lose both the proof and the statistics. Inside the EU, switching it off is rarely a good idea.