What regulatory framework governs browser fingerprinting?

Question

User identification

Good afternoon, tell me under what regulatory documents does the browser fingerprint fall? Do I need to take consent from the user when generating a fingerprint? If so why.

On many sites, the fingerprint is listed in the list of processed personal data. Although in fact it does not point to a person, but to a device, a whole family can work behind one device.

Answer 1

so the law you named falls))

personal data - any information relating to a directly or indirectly identified or identifiable natural person

further a lawyer and study applicability (it seems to have proved that the email is not always Persian data, but the phone is always), remembering the drawbar)