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This document defines a signal, transmitted over HTTP and through the DOM, that conveys a
person's request to websites and services to not sell or share their personal information with
third parties. This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks
third parties, or to have their data used for cross-organization ad targeting.
This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks
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third parties, or to have their data used for cross-organization ad targeting.
This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks
third parties. This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks

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Undoing this change. I think the implicit inclusion of ads stuff is best for the abstract.

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I'm not sure about this change: @j-br0 and @AramZS seem to be arguing that cross-party ad targeting isn't just a kind of sharing (or else #102 would be acceptable), and if that's a common opinion, I think the abstract should mention both.

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It wasn't as clear to me that they were opposed from the discussion, but I may have missed it in the subtlety of performing vs facilitating cross party ad targeting. I agree that if the editors think it is useful to identify as an independent behavior to call out in the abstract that we should continue to do so and the diff you already have in this PR is good.

that render such requests enforceable.
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services. While this architecture can be used in the service of better Web experiences,
it can also be abused to violate privacy ([[?privacy-principles]]). While data can be shared
with service providers for limited operational purposes, it can also be shared with third
parties or used for behavioral targeting in ways that many users find objectionable.
parties or used for [=cross-organization ad targeting=] in ways that many users find objectionable.
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Several different legal frameworks have been proposed or enacted by jurisdictions around
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difficulty of scaling user choices by providing a way to universally signal to all website
publishers, through an HTTP header
or the DOM, a person's assertion of their applicable rights to prevent the sale of their data,
the sharing of their data with third parties, and the use of their data for cross-site targeted
advertising. This signal allows users to take advantage of specific provisions in some of these
the sharing of their data with third parties, and the use of their data for [=cross-organization targeted
advertising=]. This signal allows users to take advantage of specific provisions in some of these
opt-out based laws, such as, for example, the provisions relating to "opt out preferences
signals" in the California Consumer Privacy Act. [[?CCPA-REGULATIONS]].
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A <dfn>do-not-sell-or-share interaction</dfn> is an interaction with a website in which the
person is requesting that their data not be sold to or shared with any party other than the
one the person intends to interact with, or to have their data used for cross-site ad targeting,
one the person intends to interact with, or to have their data used for [=cross-organization ad targeting=],
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one the person intends to interact with, or to have their data used for [=cross-organization ad targeting=],
one the person intends to interact with, or to have their data used for [=cross-site ad targeting=],

s/organization/party/

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Your suggestion says "site" here, but I've switched it to "party".

except as permitted by law.
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When set, this [=preference=] indicates that the person expects to browse the Web with
[=do-not-sell-or-share interactions=].
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<dfn data-lt="cross-organization ad targeting|">Cross-organization targeted
advertising</dfn> means showing a person advertisements, where the advertisement is selected
based on data about that person that was gathered from organizations beyond just the one
they're interacting with when they see the advertisement.
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An explicit mention that "organization" is something that varies by the jurisdiction could be useful.

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<h2>Expressing a Do Not Sell Or Share Preference</h2>
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GPC was originally created to take advantage of new opt-out privacy laws in the United State.
Starting with the enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act in 2018, several U.S. states
have passed privacy laws that give consumers the legal right to opt out of the sale or share of
their data, or the use of their data for cross-context targeted advertising. Many of those state
their data, or the use of their data for [=cross-organization targeted advertising=]. Many of those state
laws make explicit provision for the exercise of those rights through universal opt-out mechanisms
such as the GPC. At least four states have specifically identified GPC as a valid means to exercise
legal opt-out rights. A minority of states provide for rulemaking procedures to allow regulators
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Other US state privacy laws, such as those in Virginia and Utah, give consumers new opt-out
rights around data sales and targeted advertising but are silent on the legal effect of
rights around data sales and [=cross-organization targeted advertising=] but are silent on the legal effect of
global opt-out signals. Regulators enforcing those statutes may determine that a user
activating a signal such as GPC may be sufficient to legally exercise opt-out rights in
those jurisdictions.
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preference for the Global Privacy Control value. While studies have shown that people do not
want their data sold or shared, some jurisdictions have enacted "opt-out" legal frameworks
where consumers have to take an affirmative action to express a [=preference=] to limit data
sharing of the use of their data for targeted advertising.
sharing or the use of their data for [=cross-organization targeted advertising=].
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Different jurisdictions have different prerequisites before a platform can enable a universal
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