Comment by jebronie2

IP addresses are PII according to german law, that debate has been settled long ago by final court-rulings afaik.

"Well if the cookie comes from a third party it implicitly allows tracking."

Yes, because this makes tracking possible you have to gather consent first, regardless if tracking actually happens. Very bad solution, they could just define how data can be legally used, instead of also overreaching by defining how data can be legally transmitted.