# Implications of Global Privacy Control

DevFeed: [Implications of Global Privacy Control](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/implications-of-global-privacy-control-4055.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/global-privacy-control/>)

Author: lola-odelola

Published: 2025-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [MDN Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mdn-blog.md>)

Topics: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

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## AI overview

This article examines Global Privacy Control (GPC), a proposed web privacy standard intended to let users communicate preferences about the sale and sharing of their personal data. It discusses the first W3C working draft, implications for website owners and users, browser support, and how GPC differs from Do Not Track through legal and regulatory backing such as California's CCPA and the EU GDPR.

## Source excerpt

Global Privacy Control (GPC) is on the way to becoming a formal privacy standard with the recent publication of its first working draft. Let's take a look at what the implications are for developers and users.