The automatic way to Google Consent Mode v2
Everyone is talking about Google Consent Mode v2. The implementation of Google’s new requirements raises many questions. The deadlines are causing additional pressure and capacity bottlenecks. Anyone using etracker analytics, however, can sit back and relax.
The new consent mode is already supported by default when the Google tag is played out via the etracker tag manager, without the user having to configure it.
When uploading conversion data to Google Ads, the table column for the consent status will be added shortly. As the implementation will not become mandatory until much later than March, there is no need to rush.
The implementation can be checked relatively easily:
Google Tag
Call up the website and accept all cookies in the Consent dialog → right mouse click → Explore → Network → filter for “collect?v”. The parameter gcd indicates that the Consent Mode v2 is activated.
The etracker tag manager supports the basic mode, as the tag is only fired after consent has been given. And: The extended consent mode is not legally compliant anyway according to data protection experts such as Dr. Thomas Schwenke:
“It is true that the consent mode also allows users to be recorded without cookies. However, the extended implementation of the consent mode in Google Analytics is practically useless under EU law, as it can only be used with consent.”
(See https://datenschutz-generator.de/google-analytics-consent-mode/, under Conclusion, translated by the author)
Conversion upload
The diagnostic function in the Google Ads account provides information on the consent mode for the respective conversions.
Modeling is irrelevant here, as all conversions can be measured in real terms via etracker analytics without consent and therefore do not need to be extrapolated.