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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 14, 2025

Allow Your Privacy Choices to be "Acknowledged" and then removed

Starting in Maximo Application Suite/Manage 9.1 a pill button called "Your Privacy Choices" began appearing on the screen.  This pill button contains a graphic checkmark and 'X' mark suggesting that by clicking on these graphics you can remove this artifact.  That isn't what happens though.  Clicking on it takes you to this website, "https://www.ibm.com/us-en/privacy/ccpa" This pill button remains at the bottom left of your screen.  From 9.1.0 - version 9.1.4 this pill button isn't movable and it interferes with Maximo functionality, specifically I noticed it under Suite --> Security --> Users while editing a User this "Your Privacy Choices" pill button covers the Save button making it impossible to Save your changes.  Starting in 9.1.5 it appears now you can move the "Your Privacy Choices" pill button but you still can't get rid of it.  IBM support has said this is now working as expected. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a good place to move this artifact where it doesn't get in your way. Depending on the screen it seems to float up and down the screen during navigation and get in the way of your "Common Actions" or "More Actions."  

Ideally once an individual has made some sort of acknowledgement about their privacy choices this pill button would be removed permanently or minimally until the user clears their browser cache.

Idea priority Medium
Needed By Quarter
  • Admin
    JORDAN SMITH
    Nov 21, 2025

    Our intent long-term is to find a better location for this pill. Below is a workaround to hide privacy policy pill button via custom CSS. Please note that there are laws in California that require this information to be presented to the user, so please weigh the risk of implementing this work-around accordingly for your organization.

    1. Go to Admin panel.

    2. Open configuration from side nav panel.

    3. Find "User interface customization" and click on it. Documentation for this capability can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/masv-and-l/cd?topic=interface-updating-user

    4. Select "CSS customization" tab.

    5. Apply the following CSS:

    .dbdm--ypc-pill-container {

    display: none;

    }

    6. Save and publish the custom CSS.

    7. Log out and log back in.

    8. Verify the privacy policy pill button will not appear.



  • Guest
    Nov 19, 2025

    Thank you for adding this idea. It is critical for us at UCSF as well for this feature to be a one time click and be removed once selection is made. It is currently hindering Maximo record save or submit buttons.

  • Admin
    JORDAN SMITH
    Nov 19, 2025

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas.Our team has reviewed this enhancement request and determined that it is a candidate for inclusion in the product.
    The privacy choices option should ideally be contained within the header menu area, rather than an overlay within the UI at any time. We will investigate the feasibility of this.
    If you would like to be involved in other Maximo enhancements, please email smithjor@us.ibm.com to become part of our sponsored user group, which is a program where you and people in your organization become active participants in the Maximo design process, working alongside our design teams to help us create great future experiences for real target users.

  • Guest
    Nov 18, 2025

    I agree with changing the functionality of the YPC.

    Perhaps there can be a one time request about privacy choice when a user first logs in, then is saved to their profile with the ability for the user to toggle it in the future.

  • Guest
    Nov 18, 2025

    BART has similar issue when click either check or x on the box showing a https://www.ibm.com/us-en/privacy/ccpa page. We have over 3000 users will experience this issue when we move MAS to production.

    We strongly recommend to push this idea.
    Ideally once an individual has made some sort of acknowledgement about their privacy choices this pill button would be removed permanently or minimally until the user clears their browser cache.

  • Guest
    Nov 17, 2025

    This is a needed feature as YPC pill hides maximo content behind it