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TDDDG

Abbreviation for Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz

In short and in plain language

The TDDDG is a German law on data protection.

It covers phone, internet and other online services.

It says when you need consent for cookies. This also goes for similar ways to get at a visitor's device.

For a firm's site, this is about things like counting visitors. It is also about content from other sites.

Definition
The TDDDG is the German act on data protection in telecommunications and digital services. Among other things, it governs when consent is needed for cookies and similar access to a visitor's device. For a business website this concerns, for example, audience measurement and embedded content.