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Online privacy should be accessible to everyone. It starts with a simpler way to exercise your rights.

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Turn On GPC

Enable Global Privacy Control to communicate your privacy preference.

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Your browser will send the GPC signal to websites you visit.

Exercise Your Rights

Participating websites can respect your privacy rights accordingly.

You may have noticed “Do Not Sell” and “Object To Processing” links around the web from companies complying with privacy regulations. To opt out of websites selling or sharing your personal information, you need to click these links for every site you visit.

Now you can exercise your legal privacy rights in one step via Global Privacy Control (GPC), required under the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and Europe’s Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Together, over a dozen organizations are developing the GPC specification. Get Involved

GPC lets users signal their desired privacy, just by browsing.

GPC is available as part of several major browsers, extensions, and websites.

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The GPC signal will be intended to communicate a Do Not Sell request from a global privacy control, as per CCPA-REGULATIONS §999.315 for that browser or device, or, if known, the consumer. Under the GDPR, the intent of the GPC signal is to convey a general request that data controllers limit the sale or sharing of the user’s personal data to other data controllers (GDPR Articles 7 & 21). Over time, the GPC signal may be intended to communicate rights in other jurisdictions.

“CA DOJ is encouraged to see the technology community developing a global privacy control in furtherance of the CCPA and consumer privacy rights.”

Xavier Becerra

CA Attorney General

“40 million consumers are now using web browsers and other privacy tools that support this global opt out. Major publishers, the New York Times, Washington Post, have already pledged to respect it. California's Attorney General has already said that companies must respect GPC. This is a big step in Americans privacy, a big, big step forward.”

Roy Wyden

Senate Finance Chairman

“My hope is that Governor Northam and the legislature will improve [the newly passed Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act] in the near future in important ways... making it easier for Virginia citizens to invoke their privacy rights, such as through a global privacy control.”

Mark R. Warner

VA Senator

“GPC provides a clear and binary indication of an individual's choice... Based on a review of several of the web browsers' intentions regarding GPC, it appears likely to be a prominent, easily understandable, and accessible mechanism in the browser settings.”

Alexander McD White

Bermuda Privacy Commissioner

“It's past time to give consumers a real and enforceable way to stop companies from tracking and selling their data. My Mind Your Own Business Act would do just that, and this project [Global Privacy Control] shows it’s possible.”

Ron Wyden

Senate Finance Chairman

“CCPA requires businesses to treat a user-enabled global privacy control as a legally valid consumer request to opt out of the sale of their data. CCPA opened the door to developing a technical standard, like the GPC, which satisfies this legal requirement & protects privacy.”

Xavier Becerra

CA Attorney General

Join over 50 million users.

Download a supported browser or extension and start exercising your privacy rights with GPC.

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Founding Organizations

The following organizations, representing 50 million users and hundreds of thousands of websites, are in support of GPC.

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Featured Press & Announcements

GPC Privacy Browser Signal Now Used by Millions and Honored By Major PublishersGlobal Privacy ControlYour browser can tell websites how to treat your data. But companies didn’t have to listen — until nowThe Washington Post‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might WorkWiredTech-publisher coalition backs new push for browser-level privacy controlsTechCrunchView More Press

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Global Privacy Control (GPC)?

Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a proposed specification designed to allowInternet users to notify businesses of their privacy preferences, such aswhether or not they want their personal information to be sold or shared. Itconsists of a setting or extension in the user’s browser or mobile device andacts as a mechanism that websites can use to indicate they support thespecification.

Who is supporting the development of GPC?

GPC is being developed by a broad coalition of stakeholders:technologists, web publishers, technology companies,browser vendors, extension developers, academics, andcivil rights organizations.

The GPC was initially spearheaded by AshkanSoltani GeorgetownLaw and SebastianZimmeck (WesleyanUniversity) in collaboration with The New YorkTimes, The WashingtonPost, Financial Times,Automattic (Wordpress.com & Tumblr),Glitch,DuckDuckGo,Brave,Mozilla, Disconnect,Abine,Digital Content Next (DCN), ConsumerReports, and theElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

I’m a web user. How can I use GPC to signal my privacy preferences to websites?

GPC is available for an increasing number of browsers and browser extensions,listed here. If you want to useGPC, you can download and enable it via a participating browser or browserextension. More information about downloading GPC is availablehere.

I’m a publisher, developer, or other service. How can I support GPC?

The GPC spec is easy to implement on a wide variety of websites and otherservices. The proposed specification and back-end implementation referencedocumentation are available here.For additional information, please feel free to reach out on Github or Twitter(@globablprivctrl).

I’m a policymaker. How can I support GPC or learn more about how it could apply in my jurisdiction?

As it is intended to invoke users’ privacy rights, we encourage policymakersfrom around the world to engage in the development of this specification. If youwould like to learn more about how GPC could work in your jurisdiction, pleasecontact us via email atinfo[at]globalprivacycontrol.org.

How can I get involved in developing the proposed specification?

GPC was initially introduced at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) PrivacyCommunity Group (Privacy CG) in April 2020. Anumber of stakeholders are part of that community. There are ongoingdiscussions in the Privacy CG. Interested parties are encouraged to engage withthe proposal here.

Additionally, GPC is currently being implemented across the web. A number ofbrowsers, extensions, and publishers are supporting or implementing GPC (seebelow).

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