The Privacy Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Global Privacy Control (GPC). This specification provides a way to signal, 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." #privacy

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First Public Working Draft: Global Privacy Control (GPC)

This document defines a signal, transmitted over HTTP and through the DOM, that conveys a person's request to websites and services to not sel...

☞ today November 30 is the 17th Blue Beanie Day, an annual international celebration and support of Web standards. Thanks to all who help develop standards, promote the open web, and thanks to @npub1zpyd...je3a for starting it in 2007! Listen to our Founder, Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, on what part of W3C he's most proud of: Watch "Web standards for the future" for the reasons for Web standards

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Web standards for the future

The W3C community works hard to create Web standards. In this video created in partnership with Microsoft, we learn why. Get involved at w3.org/par...

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