Local Storage Classification and Blocking

Classification of Local Storage

After inserting the osano.js into the head of your website, Osano will begin automatically discovering and reporting the full URL of the scripts attempting to load on your site. It will also discover and report on specific cookies placed on your site.

You also have the option to turn on the Local Storage discovery and blocking. Local Storage is treated separately from scripts and cookies and are managed within their own tab. You are not required to utilize Local Storage blocking.

Once Local Storage discovery is turned on, your site has been scanned (within 2-24 hours), and Osano will provide you with a list of all Local Storage items loading on your site.

Managing Local Storage

Local Storage is managed independently from script and cookies, but the mode of operation will mirror the "Compliance Mode" of the overall configuration.

• Allow All [least restrictive]

• When in "Allow All" mode, Local Storage items will not be discovered, identified, or blocked. They will load on your page regardless of any other Osano settings. When in "Allow All", the Local Storage feature is basically TURNED OFF.

• Listener/Discovery

• When in "Listener" mode, Osano will discover or identify Local Storage items for categorization but no blocking will occur.

• Permissive

• When in "Permissive" mode, all Local Storage items with rules will be accepted or denied based on the user's preferences. All unmanaged [in "Discoveries"] Local Storag eitems will be identified and allowed regardless of consent given.

• Strict [most restrictive]

• When in "Strict" mode, all Local Storage items with rules will be accepted or denied based on the user's preferences. All unmanaged [in "Discoveries"] Local Storage items will be BLOCKED regardless of consent given.

IMPORTANT

Local Storage will never run on a MORE RESTRICTIVE compliance mode than the configuration itself.

If the configuration is running in "Strict" mode and blocking all unmanaged/unclassified cookies and scripts, but Local Storage is running in "Listener" mode, unmanaged/unclassified Local Storage items will NOT be blocked, they will be identified only.

HOWEVER, if the configuration is running in "Permissive" mode and the Local Storage settings in "Strict" mode, the overall "Permissive" will take precedence, and your Local Storage settings will also operate in "Permissive" mode.

The configuration's overall Compliance Mode will ALWAYS take precedence when it is less restrictive than the Local Storage Compliance Mode.

Rules

From the rules section, you can edit any aspect of already created Local Storage classifications. To save changes made to an entry, be sure to click the "Save Classification" icon.

You can create ad hoc classification rules using the purple (+) at the bottom right-hand corner. These rules will apply to any matching Local Storage items discovered in the future.

You can also delete Local Storage classifications in this section by clicking the red trashcan icon. Once a Local Storage rule has been deleted from "Rules," the Local Storage discovery itself will return to the "Discoveries" section.

Discoveries

From the "Discoveries" section, you can see a list of all discovered but not yet classified Local Storage items that we have identified on your site.

To manage a discovered Local Storage item, simply click the Review button, change whatever information you desire, if any, and click the save button.

This rule will then be added to the "Rules" section along with any other identified Local Storage items that may fall under this same rule.

Ignored

You can use the "Ignore discoveries matching this rule" option to hide Local Storage items from your list. These Local Storage items will be classified as "hidden" and will no longer appear unless they are removed from ignored. You can restore ignored Local Storage items by navigating to "Ignore" and selecting the rightmost icon.

Note: Ignored Local Storage items will be allowed or blocked based on the overall "Compliance Mode" of your configuration.