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Question: does chrome privat mode automatically set the do-not-track flag? If so, what are the legal implications if a site sees that and decides to track you
by panpanna 6y ago
Question: does chrome privat mode automatically set the do-not-track flag?
If so, what are the legal implications if a site sees that and decides to track you anyway?
- tylerhou 6y agoThere are no legal implications of not respecting do not track. I don't know definitively, but a search tells me many major companies (including Google) don't respect Do Not Track. In fact, Do Not Track can in itself be an extra datapoint websites can use to track you, so it's best to leave it off.
- panpanna 6y agoYeah, but one might argue that do-not-track is a clear revocation of consent wrt GDPR and CCPA.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoThere are none; the do-not-track flag was a proposal and standard that is lacking any legal requirements to respect. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track The closest thing to legal is the European GDPR legislation, making it mandatory for websites to have consumers opt-in.
- garmaine 6y agoThe "do-not-track flag" is the legal equivalent of asking "pretty-pretty please."
- amelius 6y agoSame legal status as robots.txt, I suppose based on common sense.