diff --git a/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/cookies/cookies.component.ts b/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/cookies/cookies.component.ts
index 8e33833d8d2b4ed5ff22a02842558246c8972260..2dc0291043f7e8440afd9db20c0e7682c1fa8af3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/cookies/cookies.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/cookies/cookies.component.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export class CookiesComponent implements OnInit {
 
   acceptCookies() {
     localStorage.setItem('cookieAccepted', 'true');
-    this.dialogRef.close();
+    localStorage.setItem('dataProtectionConsent', 'true');
+    this.dialogRef.close(true);
     setTimeout( () => {
       document.getElementById('live_announcer-button').focus();
     }, 500);
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export class CookiesComponent implements OnInit {
   exitApp() {
     localStorage.setItem('cookieAccepted', 'false');
     // TODO somehow exit the app, since the user didn't accept cookie usage
-    this.dialogRef.close(true);
+    this.dialogRef.close(false);
   }
 
   openDataProtection() {
diff --git a/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/data-protection/data-protection.component.ts b/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/data-protection/data-protection.component.ts
index ab739caa5dbb427cca92ff8f0452d38be03c0e7e..db83c0445c7f8a832f2463868d8bbf0bbe46712f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/data-protection/data-protection.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/home/_dialogs/data-protection/data-protection.component.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class DataProtectionComponent implements OnInit {
 
   accept() {
     this.dataProtectionConsent(true);
-    this.dialogRef.close();
+    this.dialogRef.close(true);
   }
 
   decline() {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class DataProtectionComponent implements OnInit {
     } else {      // otherwise: go there
       this.router.navigate(['/home']);
     }
-    this.dialogRef.close();
+    this.dialogRef.close(false);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/footer/footer.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/footer/footer.component.ts
index 28f0c1c6581f1ed04ac3d385721570edfc266a11..d0232ddcc6f0a70aa4aecf5dd8e5d0245cc6c637 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/footer/footer.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/footer/footer.component.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export class FooterComponent implements OnInit {
   public open: string;
   public deviceType: string;
   public cookieAccepted: boolean;
+  public dataProtectionConsent: boolean;
 
   public themeClass = localStorage.getItem('theme');
 
@@ -60,11 +61,12 @@ export class FooterComponent implements OnInit {
     this.themes = this.themeService.getThemes();
     this.updateScale(this.themeService.getThemeByKey(this.themeClass));
     this.cookieAccepted = localStorage.getItem('cookieAccepted') === 'true';
+    this.dataProtectionConsent = localStorage.getItem('dataProtectionConsent') === 'true';
 
     if (!localStorage.getItem('cookieAccepted')) {
       this.showCookieModal();
     } else {
-      if (!this.cookieAccepted) {
+      if (!this.cookieAccepted || !this.dataProtectionConsent) {
         this.showOverlay();
       }
     }
@@ -86,7 +88,9 @@ export class FooterComponent implements OnInit {
     dialogRef.disableClose = true;
     dialogRef.componentInstance.deviceType = this.deviceType;
     dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(res => {
-      if (res) {
+      this.cookieAccepted = res;
+      this.dataProtectionConsent = res;
+      if (!res) {
         this.showOverlay();
       }
     });
@@ -111,6 +115,12 @@ export class FooterComponent implements OnInit {
       width: '80%'
     });
     dialogRef.componentInstance.deviceType = this.deviceType;
+    dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(res => {
+      this.dataProtectionConsent = res;
+      if (!res) {
+        this.showOverlay();
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   showOverlay() {
@@ -120,7 +130,11 @@ export class FooterComponent implements OnInit {
     dialogRef.disableClose = true;
     dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(res => {
       if (res) {
-        this.showCookieModal();
+        if (!this.cookieAccepted) {
+          this.showCookieModal();
+        } else if (!this.dataProtectionConsent) {
+          this.showDataProtection();
+        }
       }
     });
   }