# Privacy Center Overview

The Fides Privacy Center is a configurable webpage where users can request to access, update, or delete their data or update their consent preferences.

## Deploy the privacy center

The following steps assume that you have Docker installed. For more information on how to install Docker, please see the [Docker documentation (opens in a new tab)](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).

The Privacy Center is provided in a standalone Docker image called `ethyca/fides-privacy-center`.
To deploy this image, run the following command:

```
docker pull ethyca/fides-privacy-center
```

Below is a representative example of the default privacy center:

### Privacy center environment variables

There are a variety of settings for `fides-privacy-center` that are controlled by providing `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__*`-prefixed environment variables to the container. In a Fides Cloud deployment, contact Ethyca Support to request changes to these.
For the purposes of `/fides.js` hosting, the following settings are relevant:

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Core Configuration** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_API_URL` | string | N/A | URL for the Fides API backend |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__SERVER_SIDE_FIDES_API_URL` | string | `null` | Server-side URL for Fides API (for SSR) |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__CONFIG_JSON_URL` | string | `/config.json` | URL for privacy center configuration JSON |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__CONFIG_CSS_URL` | string | `/config.css` | URL for privacy center CSS configuration |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__PRIVACY_CENTER_URL` | string | N/A | Base URL for privacy center |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__USE_API_CONFIG` | boolean | `false` | Use API-based configuration instead of static files |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__ROOT_PROPERTY_PATH` | string | `null` | Root property path for privacy center |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__CUSTOM_OPTIONS_PATH` | string | `null` | Path to custom options configuration |
| **UI/UX Settings** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__IS_OVERLAY_ENABLED` | boolean | `true` | Enable overlay mode for privacy center |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__OVERLAY_PARENT_ID` | string | `null` | DOM element ID for overlay parent container |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__MODAL_LINK_ID` | string | `null` | DOM element ID for modal trigger link |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__SHOW_BRAND_LINK` | boolean | `false` | Show Fides branding link in footer |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_PRIMARY_COLOR` | string | `null` | Primary color for Fides UI theming |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__ALLOW_HTML_DESCRIPTION` | boolean | `false` | Allow HTML in privacy notice descriptions |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__PREVENT_DISMISSAL` | boolean | `false` | Prevent dismissal of privacy notices |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_EMBED` | boolean | `false` | Enable embedded mode for Fides |
| **Development/Debug** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__LOG_LEVEL` | "trace" \| "debug" \| "info" \| "warn" \| "error" \| "fatal" | "info" | Sets the logging level for the Privacy Center |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__DEBUG` | boolean | `false` | Enable debug mode for privacy center |
| **Performance** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__IS_PREFETCH_ENABLED` | boolean | `true` | Enable prefetching for better performance |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_JS_MAX_AGE_SECONDS` | number | `86400` | Cache duration for Fides JS in seconds (24 hours) |
| **Geolocation** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__IS_GEOLOCATION_ENABLED` | boolean | `false` | Enable geolocation features |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__GEOLOCATION_API_URL` | string | `""` | URL for geolocation API service |
| **Consent Management** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_TCF_GDPR_APPLIES` | boolean | `true` | Whether GDPR applies for TCF |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__IS_FORCED_TCF` | boolean | `false` | Force TCF mode |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_STRING` | string | `null` | Custom Fides string configuration |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_CONSENT_NON_APPLICABLE_FLAG_MODE` | "omit" \| "include" | `"omit"` | Mode for handling non-applicable consent flags |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_CONSENT_FLAG_TYPE` | "boolean" \| "consent_mechanism" | `"boolean"` | Type of consent flag to use |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__BASE_64_COOKIE` | boolean | `false` | Use Base64 encoding for cookies |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_CLEAR_COOKIE` | boolean | `false` | Clear Fides cookies on initialization |
| **API Controls** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_DISABLE_SAVE_API` | boolean | `false` | Disable save API functionality |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_DISABLE_NOTICES_SERVED_API` | boolean | `false` | Disable notices served API |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_DISABLE_BANNER` | boolean | `false` | Disable banner display |
| **Advanced/Specialized** |  |  |  |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__FIDES_JS_BASE_URL` | string | `/lib` | Base URL for Fides JS files |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__MISSING_EXPERIENCE_BEHAVIOR` | "empty_experience" \| "throw" | `"empty_experience"` | Behavior when privacy experience is missing |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__ENABLE_EXTERNAL_TASK_PORTAL` | boolean | `false` | Enable external task portal functionality |
| `FIDES_PRIVACY_CENTER__PRIVACY_REQUEST_DISCLOSURE_ENABLED` | boolean | `false` | Enable the [CCPA/CPRA disclosure metrics page](/content/docs/privacy-center-fidesjs/privacy-center/disclosure-metrics/index.html) and footer link |

## Configure the privacy center

The Fides Privacy Center can be configured through the API or by editing configuration files directly. See [Configuration Methods](/content/docs/privacy-center-fidesjs/privacy-center/configuration/index.html) for details.

## Modifying the settings

Once configured, you can customize various aspects of your privacy center:

- [Configure privacy request options](/content/docs/privacy-center-fidesjs/privacy-center/privacy-requests/index.html)
- [Configure which consent options appear](/content/docs/privacy-center-fidesjs/privacy-center/consent-options/index.html)
- [Configure advanced styling](/content/docs/privacy-center-fidesjs/privacy-center/appearance/index.html)

### Basic settings

You can modify basic settings like title, description, and logo in your configuration:

```
{
    "title": "Take control of your data",
    "description": "When you use our services, you're trusting us with your information. We understand this is a big responsibility and work hard to protect your information and put you in control.",
    "logo_path": "/logo.svg",
    "logo_url": "https://fid.es",
    "privacy_policy_url": "https://fid.es/privacy",
    "privacy_policy_url_text": "Privacy Policy",
    "page_title": "Cookie House Privacy Center",
}
```