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we do honor legally-recognized browser-based mechanisms (such as the Global Privacy Control designed to signal your opt out choices under certain state laws).
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"Some web browsers allow customers to automatically exercise their right to opt-out of sale/sharing with all businesses they interact with online...We will honor such opt-out preference signals.Excerpt from Starbucks's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “Some web browsers allow customers to automatically exercise their right to opt-out of sale/sharing with all businesses they interact with online...We will honor such opt-out preference signals.”
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