Welcome to the Partner Portal Release Notes. This page serves as a running list of new features, fixes, and improvements that will be added to the Partner Portal over time.
July 2020
General
April 2019
Product Registration
- Users can now designate when they are registering a product for a subsidiary brand.
- This feature was developed for users who manage their Fair Trade USA and other compliance efforts for a large organization that may have many subsidiary brands.
March 2019
Transaction Reporting
- Our system now accepts an expanded list of CSV file encodings. The major benefits of this are twofold: users will receive fewer errors when they upload their transaction reports, and the system is able to interpret a larger variety of characters.
January 2019
Product Registration
- Additional guidance and help text has been provided to help users understand what a "Product Line" is when they begin registering a new product
December 2018
Updated Privacy Policy
- Our Privacy Policy was updated to clarify how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information. The updated Privacy Policy is effective December 2018 and can be found at https://www.fairtradecertified.org/privacy-policy and is also referenced in the Partner Portal Terms of Service.
- With this updated policy, we have taken steps to clarify the following:
- How we collect and use your personal information
- Our methods for protecting your personal information
- How you can update your information or opt-out of communications
- Rights to access or restrict processing of your personal data if you are located in the European Union
November 2018
Account Settings
Account Settings was launched and includes the following major features:
- Users can navigate to Account Settings by clicking on their name in the top navigation menu bar
- Users can view and edit Personal information such as email, mailing address, password, and email subscriptions
- Users are prevented from opting out of a Product Registration and Transaction Reporting emails if they are the last Contact on the Account to be opted-in
- Users are prevented from opting out of Standards Updates emails if they are the last Contact on the Account to be opted-in and if their Account is required to receive updates about that particular standard
- Users can view and edit Account information such as DBA, website, and billing address
- Users can view other Portal Users on their Account and request deactivation on behalf of other team members