Q01
Message
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Consent & Preference Center UX Evaluation
Evaluates how users discover, understand, and interact with cookie consent and preference-center interfaces. Use this survey to identify UX friction points, trust gaps, and feature priorities that affect compliance and conversion.
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19 questions · ~9 min
Q02
Multiple Choice
When did you last adjust cookie or privacy preferences on a website?
- Within the last 7 days
- 8–30 days ago
- 1–6 months ago
- More than 6 months ago
- Never or not sure
Q03
Opinion Scale
Thinking about your most recent experience, how easy or difficult was it to find the preference center or cookie settings?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q04
Opinion Scale
Overall, how satisfied were you with your most recent preference-center experience?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q05
Ranking
Rank the following features by how important they are to you in a preference center (top = most important).
- One-click 'Reject all' button
- Granular toggles by purpose (e.g., analytics, advertising)
- Clear, plain-language explanations
- Remembers my choices across visits
- No options pre-selected by default
Drag to rank
Q06
Opinion Scale
How much do you trust most websites to honor your saved cookie and privacy preferences?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Do not trust at allMax:Trust completely
Q07
AI Interview
Based on your responses in this survey, what is the single most important change that would improve your experience managing cookie consent and privacy preferences on websites?
Q08
Dropdown
What is your age range?
- 18–24
- 25–34
- 35–44
- 45–54
- 55–64
- 65+
- Prefer not to say
Q09
Message
Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback will help improve consent and preference-center experiences. Your responses are anonymous and will be reported in aggregate only.
Q10
Multiple Choice
How did you access the preference center the last time you used one?
- Initial banner or pop-up
- Footer link (e.g., 'Cookie settings')
- Account or app settings
- A follow-up pop-up or reminder
- Help/FAQ or support page
- Other (please specify)
- I don't recall
- I haven't used one
Q11
Opinion Scale
How easy or difficult was it to understand the different cookie categories and what they do?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q12
Opinion Scale
How likely are you to recommend that website's preference center to someone who values privacy?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q13
Multiple Choice
Which of the following terms or concepts, if any, have you found confusing in preference centers? Select all that apply.
- Legitimate interest
- Performance or functional cookies
- Profiling
- Consent
- Purpose / processing
- Data retention
- None of these
- Other (please specify)
Q14
Opinion Scale
How much control do you feel you have over how websites use your data after you set your preferences?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:No control at allMax:Complete control
Q15
Multiple Choice
What is your gender identity?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer not to say
Q16
Opinion Scale
How easy or difficult was it to save or update your privacy preferences?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q17
Dropdown
In which region are you currently located?
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Oceania
- Middle East
- Prefer not to say
Q18
Multiple Choice
Did the site offer a one-click option to reject all non-essential cookies?
- Yes, clearly visible
- Yes, but it was hard to find
- No
- Not sure
Q19
Opinion Scale
How confident are you that you could allow only essential cookies on most websites you visit?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Extremely confident
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
Why this template
What this template is built to do — we found no directly comparable template from other survey tools to review.
What sets it apart
- Uses an adaptive AI follow-up interview to ask 'what is the single most important change' based on each person's own prior answers, rather than a fixed script
- Includes opinion-scale questions covering the full journey — finding the preference center, understanding cookie categories, saving preferences, trust, and perceived control — so friction points can be isolated by stage
- Includes a ranking question on feature priorities and a multiple-choice question on confusing terminology, giving concrete, prioritizable UX and trust findings rather than generic satisfaction scores
- Produces an automated report with per-response quality scoring, so low-effort or contradictory answers can be filtered out before results are used for compliance or conversion decisions
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