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Newsletter 12/2025
Digital Omnibus: Overview and impact on digital compliance On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published its proposal for a Digital Omnibus Regulation. The proposal suggests clearer rules for cookie banners, fewer repeat requests after rejection, and increased use of browser preference signals. We have summarized the most important points in our article. Read about…
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Important: Abolition of old codes
Please note that we have started phasing out old codes. The phase-out schedule is July 01, 2023 and December 31, 2023 depending on the type of codes. Old codes must be found and replaced by then. This affects automatic block codes, manual/semi-automatic block codes, cookie list codes, vendor list codes, JS API access, AMP codes,…
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IAB TCF illegal? All facts here in the FAQ
(Update January 2023) The Belgian data protection authority APD, in a procedure that has been going on for a good year, on 02. Feb 2022 made a decision. The approximately 130-page explanatory text shows many weaknesses of the IAB TCF, but also many opportunities for reform. Is the Transparency and Consent Framework now illegal? What…
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iubenda and consentmanager join forces and create a powerhouse for consent management
We are very pleased to announce that consentmanager is joining forces with iubenda to create one of the leading European providers for consent management and data protection compliance with around 100,000 customers in over 100 countries. Since 2011, iubenda has been supporting SMEs with solutions at the legal level in making their websites and apps…
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IAB GPP: The new IAB TCF replacement
The IAB presented its latest standard in September: IAB GPP. Here we explain what is behind it, how it is used and why GPP is becoming the replacement for IAB TCF v3. IAB TCF v2 as a basis In Europe, the IAB TCF v1 standard has been the measure of all things since 2018 when…
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Got a Google Fonts warning? Here’s how to counteract it
Currently, especially in Germany and Austria, there seem to be a few hundred free riders who have taken the “Google Fonts judgment” (LG Munich, judgment of January 20th, 2022, Az. 3 O 17493/20) as an opportunity to quickly save a few euros earn. In addition to purely private “warnings” that are sent by email, we…
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Video: Using Google Analytics 4 & consentmanager
On June 24, 2022, together with our partner funnel.de, the webinar on the topic “Stress-free switch to Google Analytics 4 including cookie banner integration” took place. We have dealt with the following topics, among others: In addition to information and tips for the simple and practical implementation of Google Analytics 4 and the integration of…
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Use Hotjar GDPR compliant
What requirements do Hotjar cookies have to meet? Hotjar is a tool that offers you innovative solutions with Hotjar cookies if you, as a website operator, want to analyze the behavior of visitors to your website . Because you can use useful applications – e.g. B. the sending of newsletters or user surveys – in…
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Important ruling: Provider “Cookiebot” violates data protection
UPDATE: This article was published on December 6, 2021. In the meantime, the decision of the VG Wiesbaden against Cookiebot was overturned by the VGH Kassel: However, not because the use of Cookiebot had now been declared lawful, but for purely procedural reasons (there was no urgency to issue an interim injunction and the court…
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Cookie Banner – the legal and technical background
Using cookie banners in compliance with data protection regulations is one of the biggest challenges for website operators. If cookie banners are to be designed in accordance with the GDPR, website users must be able to consent to the processing of personal data or reject it using the cookie banners. But what do you have…
