diff --git a/db/boinc_db.cpp b/db/boinc_db.cpp
index 8f178eb344..9b4a965b49 100644
--- a/db/boinc_db.cpp
+++ b/db/boinc_db.cpp
@@ -2875,13 +2875,13 @@ void DB_CONSENT_TYPE::db_print(char *buf) {
 	"shortname='%s', "
 	"description='%s', "
 	"enabled=%d, "
-	"protect=%d, "
+	"project_specific=%d, "
 	"privacypref=%d, ",
 	id,
 	shortname,
 	description,
 	enabled,
-	protect,
+	project_specific,
 	privacypref
     );
 }
@@ -2893,7 +2893,7 @@ void DB_CONSENT_TYPE::db_parse(MYSQL_ROW &r) {
     strcpy2(shortname, r[i++]);
     strcpy2(description, r[i++]);
     enabled = atoi(r[i++]);
-    protect = atoi(r[i++]);
+    project_specific = atoi(r[i++]);
     privacypref = atoi(r[i++]);
 }
 
diff --git a/db/boinc_db_types.h b/db/boinc_db_types.h
index 5feb721cdc..a672ba8842 100644
--- a/db/boinc_db_types.h
+++ b/db/boinc_db_types.h
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ struct CONSENT_TYPE {
     char shortname[256];
     char description[256];
     int enabled;
-    int protect;
+    int project_specific;
     int privacypref;
     void clear();
 };
diff --git a/db/content.sql b/db/content.sql
index 713f03964d..ec2a0059bd 100644
--- a/db/content.sql
+++ b/db/content.sql
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     The table must be first defined in schema.sql before any content
     is added!
 */
-insert into consent_type (shortname, description, enabled, protect, privacypref)
-    values ('ENROLL', 'General terms-of-use for this BOINC project.', 0, 1, 0),
-    ('STATSEXPORT', 'Do you consent to exporting your data to BOINC statistics aggregation Web sites?', 0, 1, 1);
+insert into consent_type (shortname, description, enabled, project_specific, privacypref)
+    values ('ENROLL', 'General terms-of-use for this BOINC project.', 0, 0, 0),
+    ('STATSEXPORT', 'Do you consent to exporting your data to BOINC statistics aggregation Web sites?', 0, 0, 1);
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index 37bd52ce94..a3d4daea31 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -816,12 +816,13 @@ create table consent (
     primary key (id)
 ) engine=InnoDB;
 
+-- @todo - change 'protect' to 'project_specific'
 create table consent_type (
     id                      integer         not null auto_increment,
     shortname               varchar(255)    not null,
     description             varchar(255)    not null,
     enabled                 integer         not null,
-    protect                 integer         not null,
+    project_specific        integer         not null,
     privacypref             integer         not null,
     primary key (id)
 ) engine=InnoDB;