---
title: "Update user data privacy settings"
method: PUT
path: "/users/{userId}/data-privacy-settings"
tags: ["user"]
---

# Update user data privacy settings

`PUT /users/{userId}/data-privacy-settings`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://staging.api-golang.boilerplate.hng.tech/api/v1`
- URL: `https://staging.api-golang.boilerplate.hng.tech/api/v1/users/{userId}/data-privacy-settings`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/hngprojects/apis/kimiko-golang-swagger/docs/users/:userId/data-privacy-settings/put.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Updates the data privacy settings for a specific user.

## Path parameters

- `userId` string, required

## Request body

- UserDataPrivacyUpdateSchema
  - `profile_visibility` boolean
  - `share_data_with_partners` boolean
  - `receive_email_updates` boolean
  - `enable_2fa` boolean
  - `use_data_encryption` boolean
  - `allow_analytics` boolean
  - `personalized_ads` boolean

## Response `200`

User data privacy updated successfully

- UserDataPrivacyResponseSchema
  - `status` string
  - `status_code` integer
  - `message` string
  - `data` object
    - `id` string, uuid
    - `user_id` string, uuid
    - `profile_visibility` boolean
    - `share_data_with_partners` boolean
    - `receive_email_updates` boolean
    - `enable_2fa` boolean
    - `use_data_encryption` boolean
    - `allow_analytics` boolean
    - `personalized_ads` boolean
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `updated_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `422`: Validation error
- `500`: Server error

## Changes

- **2024-08-08** `fc17737cd0c3`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-08-08** `0e62b1539f9c`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2024-08-08** `696f7792074d`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-08-08** `f1df6cef9614`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2024-08-08** `2f9a8c508cad`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/hngprojects/apis/kimiko-golang-swagger/changes/users/:userId/data-privacy-settings/put.md)

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