This free tool shows which websites are selling your data and helps protect your privacy
Claire Reid
If you’d rather companies didn’t get their hands on your data when you’re online, then there’s a free tool you can use that could make a big difference.
These days, most of us are pretty savvy when it comes to protecting ourselves online.
However, you might not be aware that many websites are gathering and selling your data.
But the Global Privacy Control movement is here to try and change that – and it’s pretty simple to use.
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The Global Privacy Control initiative could protect your data online
The Global Privacy Control (GPC) movement started in 2020 and is a free service that offers browser extensions that’ll stop websites from collecting your data.
It was inspired by the California Consumer Privacy Act, which was introduced to allow all residents of California the right to opt out of handing over their online data to companies that would sell it on.
GPC is available for:
- Brave Privacy Browser
- Disconnect
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser
- Mozilla’s Firefox
- OptMeowt
- Privacy Badger
- Global Privacy Control (GPC) Inspector
When in use, GPC will signal to any websites you visit your preferences when it comes to their data privacy.
So, if you click on a website, it will know that you have opted out of having your data sold.
Unlike older privacy systems, like Do Not Track, which was largely ignored by third parties, GPR is hoping to use legal force under privacy laws.
But there are some important things to note
Although it was launched six years ago, Global Privacy Control web technologies are still fairly new.
Currently, GPC only has legal authority in four states: Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, and California.
However, there are around 20 states in total that do have some sort of data privacy laws in place.
It’s also important to note that not all websites will comply with GPC, which means it won’t work every time.
A report in Zdnet found that ‘the majority of sites’ it tested weren’t in compliance.
Nonetheless, it’s still worthwhile installing a GPC extension, with the hopes that more websites will become compliant in the future and with potential changes to privacy laws.
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