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Assessment Title
Rule Text
Tracking of browsing activity must be disabled.
Description
Discussion Text
The setting allows websites to be blocked from tracking users' web-browsing activity.
If this policy is disabled or is not configured, users can set their own level of tracking prevention.
Policy options mapping:
- TrackingPreventionOff (0) = Off (no tracking prevention)
- TrackingPreventionBasic (1) = Basic (blocks harmful trackers; content and ads will be personalized)
- TrackingPreventionBalanced (2) = Balanced (blocks harmful trackers and trackers from sites user has not visited; content and ads will be less personalized)
- TrackingPreventionStrict (3) = Strict (blocks harmful trackers and majority of trackers from all sites; content and ads will have minimal personalization; some parts of sites might not work)
If this policy is disabled or is not configured, users can set their own level of tracking prevention.
Policy options mapping:
- TrackingPreventionOff (0) = Off (no tracking prevention)
- TrackingPreventionBasic (1) = Basic (blocks harmful trackers; content and ads will be personalized)
- TrackingPreventionBalanced (2) = Balanced (blocks harmful trackers and trackers from sites user has not visited; content and ads will be less personalized)
- TrackingPreventionStrict (3) = Strict (blocks harmful trackers and majority of trackers from all sites; content and ads will have minimal personalization; some parts of sites might not work)
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