statednotified

Statednotified is a term used in notification workflows and consent management to denote a combined status in which two conditions are satisfied: the individual has explicitly stated a preference or consent, and the system has delivered a corresponding notification. The term is a portmanteau of stated and notified, and appears in discussions of user consent, privacy notices, and regulatory compliance. It is not a universally standardized label, and its precise meaning can vary by organization or jurisdiction.

In practice, statednotified is typically stored as part of a record in a consent or notification platform. It may be implemented as a boolean pair (stated = true, notified = true) or as an enumerated status that encodes both conditions. The status supports auditable workflows by providing evidence that a user both opted in or declared a preference and was informed about the action or change.

Examples include a data processing consent where a user explicitly agrees to a policy and then receives a notification about its terms; or a marketing setting where a user opts in and then receives a confirmation message. Distinctions exist from merely having a recorded consent or a mere notification, as statednotified implies both steps were completed.

Limitations include potential ambiguity across legal regimes and the need for clear time stamps and logs to establish a defensible audit trail.

See also: consent, notification, privacy policy, data governance.