Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Insights doesn't use any cookies, so there is no need to put a banner. Doesn't sending requests from users PC to your 3rd party server require consent as it sends the IP address of the visitor?
Does it? I would assume that means every single online interaction needs a consent banner, since sending a request over TCP includes, by it's nature, your IP address. I never dug too deep into GDPR or the like, since my own websites are all for personal use, and I'm not in charge of any of that stuff for work. I kinda assumed that demanding consent before sending a user's IP would be technically impossible, given tha…
I keep forgetting that part of GDPR is the storage aspect. Unless it goes in a log (though it usually does,) it's not counted. A technical argument could be made that going into memory is storage, but at that point the above issue comes full force, so arguing it doesn't seem to make any sense.