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The DSK guidance, formed through consensus of all German DPAs, discusses how to obtain informed consent under the GDPR, including prior to placing cookies or collecting information stored on the user's terminal.
On April 26, 2018, the German Data Protection Commission
(Datenschutzkonferenz, "DSK"), published a paper addressing the legal
requirements pertaining to online tracking mechanisms (source
document in German). The DSK guidance, formed through consensus of
all German DPAs, discusses how to obtain informed consent under the
GDPR, including prior to placing cookies or collecting information
stored on the user's terminal.
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