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The Do Not Track header was originally proposed in 2009 by researchers Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Fleishman |first=Glenn |date=2019-03-07 |title=How the tragic death of Do Not Track ruined the web for everyone |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90308068/how-the-tragic-death-of-do-not-track-ruined-the-web-for-everyone |work=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref> [[Mozilla Firefox]] became the first browser to implement the feature. The header didn't find widespread success due to the lack of legislation that would require companies to legally respect the Do Not Track header and most companies and [[websites]] not respecting the header when sent by the user.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodrich |first=Ben |date=1 May 2012 |title=An Analysis of the ‘Do Not Track’ Header |url=https://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/116/archive/bgoodrich.pdf}}</ref>
 
In 2020, a coalition of US-based internet companies announced the '''Privacy Control''' header that spiritually succeeds Do Not Track header. The creators hope that this new header will meet the definition of "user-enabled global privacy controls" defined by the (CCPA) and the European [[General Data Protection Regulation]] (GDPR). In this case, the new header would be automatically strengthened by existing laws and companies would be required to honor it.
 
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