Consent Framework in Alexa Smart Properties

For property skills and features in Europe and the UK that require personal health information to offer Alexa and smart property services, you can use the consent framework. You can't provide Alexa Smart Properties (ASP) features and services that use personal health information until the resident grants permission. To use the consent framework, you enable the Amazon consent skill that requests consent from the resident and turns on health data protection. Residents can revoke consent at any time. After a resident revokes permission, the consent skill deletes any stored health data and blocks all ASP features and services until the resident consents again.

Prerequisites

To request the Consent Framework add-on package, visit the Billing & Subscriptions in the Alexa Smart Properties management console. An Alexa Smart Properties solution architect grants you access to the consent framework feature after you confirm on-boarding and billing information.

After Amazon grants access to the add-on, you enable the consent framework and view consent status for a unit. To enable the consent framework, you must associate the Amazon EU health consent skill with each unit.

The EU Health Consent skill ID is amzn1.ask.skill.1f4b0d63-acc6-413d-bae2-7a95c165d30d.

To enable the EU Health Consent skill for a unit, do one of the following:

To enable the EU Health Consent skill in the ASP console

  1. Sign in to the ASP console and navigate to the Rooms page.
  2. On the Rooms page, open the page for the room where you want to enable the skill.
  3. Click Enable property skill.
  4. In the Skill ID field, enter the EU Health Consent skill ID.
  5. For Skill stage, select Live.
  6. Click Enable skill.

To view the consent status for a skill

  1. To determine if the resident gave permission to use personal health information, use the Get consent status for unit operation in your skill code.
  2. To reset the consent status for a unit, for example, if the resident moves out of the unit, use the Reset consent for unit operation.

Disable consent for a unit

If you no longer require consent for a unit, for example, the resident moves out, you can reset the device to remove any personal health data stored from the previous resident.

Complete the following steps to disable consent for a unit.

To disable consent for a unit

  1. To reset the consent status for a unit and delete personal health data, use the Reset consent for unit operation in your skill code.

  2. To disable the consent framework for the unit, use the Disable skill for a unit operation.

    Or, you can disable the consent framework on a unit by using the ASP management console.
    Navigate to Rooms > Hidden Skills, search for the EU Health Consent skill ID, and then click Disable.

To use the consent framework in property skills, use the Get consent status for unit operation in your skill code to determine whether the resident granted permission to use their personal health information. Any skill that requires consent from the resident to use personal health information must go through the standard Alexa skill certification process. When you submit a skill for certification, include Requires ASP consent feature in the submission notes.

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Last updated: Nov 25, 2024