As part of Publisher integration with the IAB Europe TCF, use ad inspector to view the following privacy signals in the ad request:
- GDPR applies:
IABTCF_gdprApplies - AC string:
IABTCF_AddtlConsent - TC string:
IABTCF_TCString
Prerequisites
Before you continue, do the following:
- Complete all items in the initial Prerequisites to create an Ad Manager account, set your test device, initialize Google Mobile Ads SDK, and install the latest version.
- Launch ad inspector.
View privacy signals and status
After you load an ad or request a test ad, complete the following steps to view privacy signals and status:
- Tap your preferred request in SDK request log.
Select Privacy signals:
Privacy signals displays the privacy signals in the ad request:
To learn more about the AC string, see Google's Additional Consent technical specification. For consent details in the TC string, such as the CMP ID and the IAB consented vendor list, click Decode. IAB GPP Encoder / Decoder opens. If you see errors, follow Understand privacy issues.
Copy troubleshoot output
If you have issues with ad inspector, contact support. Copy a JSON string that contains troubleshooting inputs. This string includes details of your Ad Manager app, adapter status, and all ad units test results.
To copy the troubleshoot output, tap the app icon seven times until you see Copied ad inspector JSON to clipboard.