Global Privacy Control
What is Global Privacy Control?
A browser-level signal that communicates a user's privacy preferences to websites, automating opt-out requests under applicable privacy laws.
Terms that appear alongside global privacy control
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as global privacy control. The number is how many controls name both.
- profiling 10 shared controls
- ccpa 10 shared controls
- consent 8 shared controls
- gdpr 6 shared controls
- compliance 5 shared controls
- privacy notice 5 shared controls
- authentication 4 shared controls
- privacy law 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern global privacy control
What the standards actually require on global privacy control
Requirements naming global privacy control across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Recognise and honour Universal Opt-Out Mechanism under Section 14-4604 - controllers MUST allow consumers to opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data through user-selected universal opt-out mechanism (Global Privacy Control GPC or equivalent)....
MD-MODPA-Universal-Opt-Out-Section-14-4604-GPC-Global-Privacy-Control-Recognition-Mandatory · Maryland MODPA Universal Opt-Out + Section 14-4604 + Global Privacy Control + Mandatory Recognition →Section 4(3) of Kentucky CDPA establishes the Universal Opt-Out Mechanism (UOOM) requirement + reflects converging US state privacy law standards for browser-level opt-out signals.
KY-CDPA-Universal-Opt-Out-Mechanism-Recognized-Browser-Level-GPC-Global-Privacy-Control · Kentucky CDPA Universal Opt-Out Mechanism + Section 3 + Section 4 + Recognized + Browser-Level + GPC Global Privacy Control + UOOM + Honored for Targeted Advertising + Sale + Profiling + Annual List of Recognized Mechanisms →Coordination positions ICDPA within the broader US and international privacy regulatory landscape. (1) Utah UCPA Template Parent: Iowa CDPA most closely follows Utah CDPA (UCPA effective 31 December 2023) template - shared narrow Sale definition + opt-out (NOT...
ICDPA-Coord-USStatePrivacy-UCPA-Template-VCDPA-CPA-CTDPA-Federal-FTC-GDPR-International · Iowa CDPA Coordination - Utah CDPA Template Parent + US State Privacy Patchwork + Federal Sectoral (HIPAA/GLBA/FCRA/FERPA/COPPA) + FTC Section 5 + GDPR + India DPDP + International →A business that sells or shares data must treat a widely recognised browser or device signal, such as Global Privacy Control, as a valid opt-out for that browser or device and every profile linked to it, including pseudonymous ones, and for the consumer where...
ccpa-cpra::CCR 7025 · Process opt-out preference signals →Privacy preference signals (e.g. Global Privacy Control, OAS/Tracking Preference) let users automatically communicate consent or opt-out preferences to services and devices, supporting machine-readable choice.
ENISA-DPE-6.4 · Privacy preference signals →Security Dimension 8 Privacy per X.805 Clause 6.8: Privacy shields what could be inferred by watching activity on the network, for example websites visited by users + their geographic location + the IP addresses and DNS names assigned to devices inside a provi...
X805-Dim8-Privacy-Identification-Network-Activity-Personal-Information-Confidentiality · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 8 - Privacy + Identification of Network Activity + Personal Information Confidentiality + Subscriber Anonymity + Pseudonymity + Anti-Tracking + Location Privacy + Data Minimization + GDPR/CCPA Alignment →Questions people ask about global privacy control
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