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localStorage and cookies are the same in terms of GDPR. It encompasses all local storage mechanisms such as IndexedDB, cookies, localStorage, sessionStorage, et
by scarlac 6y ago
localStorage and cookies are the same in terms of GDPR. It encompasses all local storage mechanisms such as IndexedDB, cookies, localStorage, sessionStorage, etc.
(source: I read the directive way back when it came out, and also skimmed large sectoins of GDPR)
Other sources: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/290566/is-localstorage-under-the-cookie-law https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2905... and
https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/30739/do-the-gdpr-and-cookie-law-regulations-apply-to-localstorage https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/30739/do-the-gdpr-an...