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The Do Not Track (DNT) header is the proposed HTTP header field DNT that requests that a web application disable either its tracking or cross-site user tracking (the ambiguity remains unresolved) of an individual user.

The Do Not Track (DNT) header is the proposed HTTP header field DNT that requests that a web application disable either its tracking or cross-site user tracking (the ambiguity remains unresolved) of an individual user.

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How to detect if a user is using tracking protection in Firefox 42+

Firefox has launched a feature called Tracking protection in v42.0. It blocks several tracking scripts such as Google Analytics, Marketo, LinkedIn, etc. I was trying to detect it through navigator.DoNotTrack, but it returns unspecified in both…
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How to detect users setting do-not-track

I was looking through some Google articles and some Firefox developer areas and found that there was an option you can set to not let some sites track your information. I looked into this and did some google searches for Developers and couldn't…
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Is it possible to check the value of Firefox DNT with javascript?

I'm working on a javascript advertising engine, and I would like for it to respect Firefox DNT header. Is there any way javascript can check if the user has set DNT to on or off in firefox (or has set no preferences) without getting help from the…
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Implementing Do not track in asp.net mvc

How do I implement do not track browser consent from asp.net mvc3? Do all major browsers like IE, Firefox and Chrome send some cookie consent request if the user has set do not track settings enabled in their browser?
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Tracking DNT Exception handling

Currently Im trying to solve a problem about tracking. On our website, an user should be able to decide whether or not he gets tracked and also which kind of information is shared. Also we have different third party tracking mechanism, which can be…
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Is there a "Do Not Annoy" me with the Cookie Law HTTP header?

The DNT (Do Not Track) HTTP header allows a browser to let a webserver know that the user does not wish to be tracked. Is there an equivalent DNA (Do Not Annoy me with the cookie law warning) HTTP header? Since all websites nowadays display a…
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CCPA Detect Do not track, Google Account Web & App Activity Off

For the up coming CCPA California Consumer Privacy Act I need to detect the device settings for Do Not Track or Opt out of Ads Personalization. Is there a way to detect these inside of my app? Does Google provide an API call? To Find the…
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Why every web site coder doesn't use DNT?

I am a coder who codes html, css and js. Also, I am an internet surfer. A lot of webpages ask me "can I collect your data?" with pop-ups. Then, I have to dismiss them every time. In my webpage, I follow browser DNT(DO NOT TRACK) setting. However,…
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Analytics can't track firefox's users

the title explain everything. i used tagmanager and triggered events as it ask to and it works as i expect with all browsers exept firefox. any other(opera, edge, lynx, i.e. and of course chrome) answer really well: they fire tags and convert events…
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How to set Do Not Track (DNT) Tk Header Field and conditional TSV for HTTP Responses on Amazon Cloudfront?

The W3C TPE document defines the TK header as follows: "The Tk response header field is a means for indicating the tracking status that applied to the corresponding request. An origin server is REQUIRED to send a Tk header field if its site-wide…
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Internet Explorer Tracking Protection Prevents JQuery and Other Libraries from Loading

It appears that Internet Explorer blocks certain common javascript pages hosted by google from loading (including jquery and google fonts). Is there any way to avoid this? Do I have to refrain from using googleapis.com javascript on my site? Below…
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How to check if a website complies the do-not-track request?

I think "do-not-track" is a very old topic and maybe no one is talking about it anymore but just out of curiosity, does anyone know how to verify if a website follows (or violates) the do-not-track setting in your web browser? While most major web…
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Enable "Do-Not-Track"- Function in Selenium (Python)

Is there a way in Selenium (with Python) to enable the "Do-Not-Track"-function? I mean the limitation of a browser (in my case: Firefox geckodriver) to retrieve the geolocation of the user. I know that this is possible and here is a similar question…
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Getting doNotTrack setting in Safari

According to caniuse.com, support for navigator.doNotTrack used to be in Safari, but was dropped in version 12.1 Was it superseded by anything? Is there a new / better way to get a user's doNotTrack setting? I'm building a request for an ad server…
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How can you ignore google tracking when "do not track" flag is set by browser?

What is the best practice for honouring, via Javascript, the DNT flag set in modern browsers? Ultimately, I want to disable the likes of Google Analytics, Facebook pixel and other bespoke tracking codes if it is set. Are there any gotchas to be…
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