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Under Google's EU User Consent Policy,
you must make certain disclosures to your users in the European Economic Area
(EEA) and the UK, and obtain their consent for the use of cookies or other local
storage where legally required, and for the collection, sharing, and use of
personal data for ads personalization. This policy reflects the requirements of
the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To
comply with this policy, publishers are required to adopt a
Google-certified consent management platform
(CMP) that has integrated with the
TCF framework such as the
User Messaging Platform SDK. Once adopted, the CMP presents
consent choices, known as purposes, in your mobile app.
The exact UI for the consent choices is kept up-to-date by Google, but here's an
earlier version for reference:
The different types of ads that can be served are:
Personalized ads
are ads that make inferences about a user's interests based on the sites they
visit or the apps they use. Google considers ads to be personalized when they
are based on previously collected or historical data to determine or influence
ad selection.
Google will serve personalized ads when all of the following criteria are met.
Read
requirements for personalized ads
for more information.
Legend: ✅ Consent ✔ Legitimate interest
Purpose
User consent choice
Purpose 1
✅
Purpose 2
✔ or ✅
Purpose 3
✅
Purpose 4
✅
Purpose 7
✔ or ✅
Purpose 9
✔ or ✅
Purpose 10
✔ or ✅
Non-personalized ads
Non-personalized ads
are ads that are not based on a user's past behavior. Per the EU User Consent
policy,
non-personalized ads still require consent for cookies mobile identifiers.
Legend: ✅ Consent ✔ Legitimate interest 🚫 No consent
Purpose
User consent choice
Purpose 1
✅
Purpose 2
✔ or ✅
Purpose 7
✔ or ✅
Purpose 9
✔ or ✅
Purpose 10
✔ or ✅
Limited ads
Limited ads
are ads in the absence of consent for cookies or mobile identifiers. Limited ads
don't access cookies, user identifiers, or equivalent local storage on the
user's device.
Google will serve limited ads when all of the following criteria are met:
Legend: ✅ Consent ✔ Legitimate interest 🚫 No consent
Purpose
User consent choice
Purpose 1
🚫
Purpose 2
✔ or ✅
Purpose 7
✔ or ✅
Purpose 9
✔ or ✅
Purpose 10
✔ or ✅
Technical ad delivery
Technical ad delivery
is a solution to help deliver ads
in adherence to GDPR
when consent and legitimate interest for non-special purposes aren't present.
Technical ad delivery relies on IAB TCF v2.0 Special Purpose 2 (SP2)
and will utilize IP addresses for the technical delivery of ads. If you set up
your CMP to call Interactive Media Ads on traffic without
legitimate interest or consent, Interactive Media Ads will attempt
to serve technical ad delivery-eligible ads.
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This policy reflects the requirements of\nthe EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To\ncomply with this policy, publishers are required to adopt a\n\n[Google-certified consent management platform](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/13554116#zippy=%2Cgoogle-certified-cmps)\n\n(CMP) that has integrated with the\n[TCF framework](//iabeurope.eu/transparency-consent-framework/) such as the\n[User Messaging Platform SDK](/ad-manager/dynamic-ad-insertion/sdk/ios/privacy). Once adopted, the CMP presents\nconsent choices, known as purposes, in your mobile app.\n\nThe exact UI for the consent choices is kept up-to-date by Google, but here's an\nearlier version for reference:\n\n| **Important:** In addition to collecting purposes consent, you also need to collect vendor consent. Both purposes consent and vendor consent are required for any vendor, such as Google, to serve appropriate ads.\n\nThe different types of ads that can be served are:\n\n- [Personalized ads](#personalized_ads)\n- [Non-personalized ads](#non-personalized_ads)\n- [Limited ads](#limited_ads)\n- [Technical ad delivery](#technical_ad_delivery)\n\n### Personalized ads\n\n[Personalized ads](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/9005435) are ads that make inferences about a user's interests based on the sites they visit or the apps they use. Google considers ads to be personalized when they are based on previously collected or historical data to determine or influence ad selection.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nGoogle will serve personalized ads when all of the following criteria are met.\nRead\n\n[requirements for personalized ads](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/9805023#consent-policies)\n\nfor more information.\n\n| Purpose | User consent choice |\n|------------|---------------------|\n| Purpose 1 | ✅ |\n| Purpose 2 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 3 | ✅ |\n| Purpose 4 | ✅ |\n| Purpose 7 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 9 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 10 | ✔ or ✅ |\n[Legend: ✅ Consent ✔ Legitimate interest]\n\n### Non-personalized ads\n\n[Non-personalized ads](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/9005435) are ads that are not based on a user's past behavior. Per the EU User Consent policy, **non-personalized ads still require consent for cookies mobile identifiers** .\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nGoogle will serve non-personalized ads when all of the following criteria are\nmet. Read\n\n[requirements for non-personalized ads](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/9805023#consent-policies)\n\nfor more information.\n\n| Purpose | User consent choice |\n|------------|---------------------|\n| Purpose 1 | ✅ |\n| Purpose 2 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 7 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 9 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 10 | ✔ or ✅ |\n[Legend: ✅ Consent ✔ Legitimate interest 🚫 No consent]\n\n### Limited ads\n\n[Limited ads](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/9882911) are ads in the absence of consent for cookies or mobile identifiers. Limited ads don't access cookies, user identifiers, or equivalent local storage on the user's device.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nGoogle will serve limited ads when all of the following criteria are met:\n\n| Purpose | User consent choice |\n|------------|---------------------|\n| Purpose 1 | 🚫 |\n| Purpose 2 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 7 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 9 | ✔ or ✅ |\n| Purpose 10 | ✔ or ✅ |\n[Legend: ✅ Consent ✔ Legitimate interest 🚫 No consent]\n\n### Technical ad delivery\n\n[Technical ad delivery](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/12767726) is a solution to help deliver ads [in adherence to GDPR](//support.google.com/admanager/answer/7666366) when consent and legitimate interest for non-special purposes aren't present. Technical ad delivery relies on [IAB TCF v2.0 Special Purpose 2 (SP2)](//iabeurope.eu/iab-europe-transparency-consent-framework-policies/#Special_Purpose_2__Technically_deliver_ads_or_content) and will utilize IP addresses for the technical delivery of ads. If you set up your CMP to call Interactive Media Ads on traffic without legitimate interest or consent, Interactive Media Ads will attempt to serve technical ad delivery-eligible ads.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e"]]
