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# Introduction {#introduction}

## What does it do? {#what-it-does}

With Tile Proxy you can integrate OpenStreetMap maps GDPR in a compliant way without any third party requests from the client.
For a given area, the data is loaded from OpenStreetMap and cached, therefore you do not need a
cookie banner or blocker to use OpenStreetMap cookie banner or blocker to use OpenStreetMap.
A proxy is also provided for geocoding nominatim.

> [!TIP]
> Content blocker are also not desired:
>
> [https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_202005_consent_en.pdf](https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_202005_consent_en.pdf)
>
> (Paragraph 40, example 6a)