Consent and Privacy
Three-Tier Consent
The consent architecture underpinning the Love Pulse Labs dataset. Three tiers, each opt-in independently, with an immutable audit trail.
Definition
Three-Tier Consent is the structure that governs every datapoint in the Love Pulse Labs research dataset. Tier 1 is the consent required to operate the product. Tier 2 is the consent required to include a user's anonymized data in aggregate research. Tier 3 is the consent required to include a user in identified research participation with academic partners. Tier 2 requires Tier 1. Tier 3 requires Tier 2.
How it is measured
Captured on every authentication path. Stored in an append-only audit table. Every change creates a new row, never an update. Toggleable in product settings. Versioned text so the user always knows what they agreed to and when. Withdrawal of Tier 2 triggers an automatic cascade that excludes the user from every downstream aggregate export.
Why it matters
A research dataset without a clean consent chain is not licensable, not citable, and not durable. Three-Tier Consent is the contract that makes the dataset trustworthy to the couples who contribute to it and defensible to the regulators and partners who depend on it.
Related terms
Cite this entry
Love Pulse Labs. (2026). Three-Tier Consent. The Lexicon. https://lovepulselabs.com/lexicon/three-tier-consent
Definition v1.0. First published May 13, 2026.