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Web Standards at Brave: Global Privacy Control

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3131Since we started, Brave has argued that a healthy, sustainable, vibrant Web requires a privacy-preserving, privacy-by-default Web; business models that depend on tracking will soon look as antiquated as Flash, Java Applets or "made for IE" badges.
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3333Privacy-preserving tools like Brave are just one part of what's needed to keep improving the Web. Legislation (like the CCPA and GDPR) that enshrines and protects privacy is a second necessary part, and proposals like GPC that allow users to conveniently and privately assert their rights is a third. We're excited for browsers to implement GPC, more publishers to [interpret and respect GPC as discussed in the proposal](https://www.w3.org/TR/gpc/), and more ways of protecting privacy on the Web.
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3535_This page was updated to remove the mention that GPC could not be disabled in the Brave browser._
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391. Brave also advocates for, and improves privacy in, proposed Web standards, as members of the [W3C](https://www.w3.org/) and co-chairs the W3C's [privacy review interest group](https://www.w3.org/Privacy/IG/) (PING). [↩︎]()