InteractiveAdvertisingBureau / GDPR-Transparency-and-Consent-Framework

Technical specifications for IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework that will help the digital advertising industry interpret and comply with EU rules on data protection and privacy - notably the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into effect on May 25, 2018.
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Clarification TCF v2.2: GVL Policy Version - Validity of existing strings. #335

Closed 0megaD closed 1 year ago

0megaD commented 1 year ago

This pull request contains the following change:

From the corresponding field in the GVL that was used for obtaining consent. A new policy version invalidates existing strings and requires CMPs to re-establish transparency and consent from users.

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From the corresponding field in the GVL that was used for obtaining consent.

Does detecting a new policy version no longer invalidate existing strings? Or has this information simply been moved elsewhere?

HeinzBaumann commented 1 year ago

Thank you Daniel for the question. There is a Policy change that goes along with this, that removes the requirement to prompt the CMP when the policy version changes.

0megaD commented 1 year ago

Alright, that's fully clear then. Thanks for the quick reply. 😄