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Revisit global opt out, fix #231 (#296)
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* 'iterate on explanation of GOO'

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Co-authored-by: Michael Kleber <[email protected]>

* Update index.html

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Co-authored-by: Robin Berjon <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Michael Kleber <[email protected]>
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[=person=] has with a site, or more generally conveys an expression of the [=person=]'s
rights in a relevant jurisdiction. (For instance, the [=person=] may be objecting to [=processing=]
based on legitimate interest, withdrawing [=consent=] to specific [=purposes=], or requesting that
their data not be sold or shared.) It should be noted that, since a
[=global opt-out=] signal is reaffirmed automatically with every interaction, it will take precedence
in terms of specificity over any general obtention of [=consent=] by a site,
and only superseded by specific [=consent=] obtained through a deliberate action taken by
the user with the intent of overriding their global opt-out.
their data not be sold or shared.) The [=user=] is effectively delegating the expression
of their [=opt-out=] to their [=user agent=], which helps rectify [=automation asymmetry=].

Under this model, a [=global opt-out=] signal should not be understood as a decision that a
[=person=] made a while ago when they flipped a setting or chose to use a specific
[=user agent=] but rather as a preference that they have chosen to automatically reaffirm with
every interaction.

One implementation strategy for [=opt-outs=] and other <a href="#data-rights">data rights</a> is
to assign [=people=] stable [=identifiers=] and to maintain a central registry to map these
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