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Expand Up @@ -487,12 +487,19 @@ <h2>User Interface Language</h2>
<section>
<h2 id="privacy">Privacy Considerations</h2>
<p>
Exposing a user's preference (in the HTTP header field or <pre class="js">navigator</pre> object)
Exposing a user's preference (in the HTTP header field or <code>navigator</code> object)
potentially divides users into two groups in a way that might increase the information
available for fingerprinting. This extra information is available unless the signal
perfectly correlates with other signals. Depending on the browser and implementation, the GPC signal
may impose a privacy cost, though one intended to be justified by the privacy benefit
of sending the signal.
available for browser or device fingerprinting. This additional information is available
unless the signal perfectly correlates with other signals or is turned on in a
non-configurable setting. Thus, depending on the implementation, the GPC signal may impose
a privacy cost, though, one intended to be justified by the privacy benefit of sending the
signal.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<h2 id="security">Security Considerations</h2>
<p>
There are no known security impacts of the features in this specification.
</p>
</section>
<section id="conformance"></section>
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