Issue 229334 in chromium: A policy for the "Do Not Track" feature is missing

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New issue 229334 by HDirkSch...@googlemail.com: A policy for the "Do Not
Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

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What went wrong?

Did this work before? No

Chrome version: 25.0.1364.160 (Entwickler-Build
25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) Ubuntu 12.04 Channel: n/a
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In the Default/Preferences file the DNT feature can be set with:
"enable_do_not_track": true

A similar setting is missing for the policies (aka system wide
configuration) in chromium.

In firefox (et. al.) this configuration can be achieved in sysprefs.js with:

pref( "privacy.donottrackheader.enabled"; true);

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Comment #1 on issue 229334 by andrewim...@gmail.com: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Please add a group policy setting to allow this to be enabled. We don't
want public users on our computers going in and changing this setting.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Labels: Cr-Privacy Cr-Enterprise

Comment #2 on issue 229334 by va...@chromium.org: A policy for the "Do Not

Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

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[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #3 on issue 229334 by mnis...@chromium.org: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

This should be straightforward to add. Privacy people: any concerns from
your side?

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #4 on issue 229334 by radiaraj...@gmail.com: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Could you please share the GPO to ENABLE "Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request
with your browsing traffic" through CHROME GPO

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Status: WontFix

Comment #5 on issue 229334 by bat...@chromium.org: A policy for the "Do Not

Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Do Not Track is intended to reflect a user preference, not a admin's
preference.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #6 on issue 229334 by andrewim...@gmail.com: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

We use Chrome browser in a public environment where "user preferences"
shouldn't trump administrative settings. Furthermore, most users in that
environment don't know that they have the ability to change that and their
privacy could be compromised by another user changing the setting. Please
reconsider this decision to "Wont Fix".

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #9 on issue 229334 by bar...@chromium.org: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Re #8: See #5 -> There is no enterprise policy for this and none is planned
because DNT is a user choice, not an admin per-organization choice.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #10 on issue 229334 by radiaraj...@gmail.com: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Hi Mate,

Thanks for your prompt response, I would really required to enable all my
1500 users. . Could you advice is there any option is available through
PACKAGE, GPO or REGISTRY. Thanks.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #11 on issue 229334 by andrewim...@gmail.com: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Again, I don't understand the logic that there's no need to have an
enterprise policy choice for this because it's "a user choice". If that's
the logic, why allow administrators to set any policies because all of them
can be altered by the users? Every other significant setting in Chrome that
needs to be controlled by enterprise administrators is accessible via Group
Policy with the exception of this one. Why?

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #12 on issue 229334 by bart...@google.com: A policy for the "Do Not

Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

We do not provide any way to set DNT through GPO, registry or cloud policy
because this is a user choice, not an admin per-organization choice.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #13 on issue 229334 by bar...@chromium.org: A policy for the "Do

Not Track" feature is missing
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229334

Issue 337714 has been merged into this issue.