IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) — Overview Page

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IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) standardizes how publishers, CMPs, and ad tech vendors communicate consent and legitimate interest signals across the programmatic advertising ecosystem. The framework defines roles for Publishers, Consent Management Platforms (CMPs), Vendors, and Advertisers and Agencies. It includes TCF Supporting Resources, TCF Governance, TCF Compliance Programmes, and CMP and Vendor Notification mechanisms. TCF v2.0 published 2019; updated to v2.2 in 2023. IAB Europe page copyright 2026.