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So not only do users need to actually opt-out but site owners have to opt-out too? Has anyone stopped to consider where laws and regulations should come in to
by inetknght 6y ago
So not only do users need to actually opt-out but site owners have to opt-out too?
Has anyone stopped to consider where laws and regulations should come in to say that tracking like this is far too invasive?
- robin_reala 6y agoYou don’t have to, what happens between a user and their browser is theoretically none of your business. But if you care about your users’ privacy, I see no reason not to send this header as there’s no defined value for you as a business (unless you plan to somehow try to retarget users who’ve visited your site based on guessing which cohort that potentially refers to).
- EMM_386 6y ago> So not only do users need to actually opt-out but site owners have to opt-out too? By setting this on the site level, your users won't have to opt-out. You are doing it for them (all of them). If you don't, then the browser can always ignore it also. But that would only affect that individual user.
- mark_and_sweep 6y agoWeird question: What if a user actually wants to opt-in but the site has opted-out? Should user opt-in override site opt-out?
- robin_reala 6y agoThe user opts in to being placed into a cohort. The site opts out of providing information to Google to let them generate cohorts based on the site. There’s no overlap.
- de6u99er 6y agoThe reason why FLOC was invented, is to a oid lawmakers getting involved.