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Yes: the location information on the browser. You cannot access it for non-essential purposes without user consent. See Article 5 / Statement 3 in the ePrivacy directive[1]

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...

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The browser sends the URL to the server to download the page so you can’t avoid receiving the URL before receiving consent from the user. You get to see the URL without accessing the user’s device.

Your citation does not mention URLs or clarify why they might be non-essential.

ePrivacy talks about "information stored in the terminal equipment", which includes any information you can get from the device. For example the user agent, location, and operating system. It's not about the information itself being essential or not, but what you do with it: is it for essential purposes (consent not needed) or non-essential purposes (consent needed).

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