All About DNT

Adjust Settings for Mobile Devices

Leading mobile internet browsers support DNT in various ways. Click on your mobile browser to reveal how to adjust its DNT feature.

• Opera

  Opera’s Mini Browser does not currently have a Do Not Track feature available.

• Firefox

  Firefox’s Do-not-track feature is turned off by default. To turn it on, scroll and find the Settings application. Find and tap the Do Not Track item, under the Privacy & Security category. Tap the circle right of the Do Not Track label to enable or disable this feature.

  

• Internet Explorer 10
  • For Windows Phone 8: In the App list, tap Settings, flick left to Applications, tap Internet Explorer, and then tap Advanced Settings. Then select or clear the “Send a Do Not Track request to websites you visit” check box to enable or disable this feature.
  • For Windows Phone 7: In Internet Explorer, tap More > Settings. (You can also access Internet Explorer’s settings through Settings on the App list.) From there you can select or deselect “Allow Internet Explorer to collect my browsing history.”
• Chrome

  To turn on or off DNT in Chrome, go to Chrome menu > Settings > (Advanced) Privacy, then select your preferred option for “Do Not Track.”

  

• Safari

  There are two ways to turn on Do Not Track on iOS.  On iOS 6 or 7, you can adjust Safari’s Do Not Track setting is in Settings > Safari > “Private Browsing.” (On iOS 7, the setting is simply labeled “Do Not Track.”) Enabling private browsing will also turn on Do Not Track.

  
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  iPhone running iOS 6

  
  iPhone running iOS 7

  In addition, you can also enable Do Not Track on iOS 7 through the Safari Browser itself: to do this, open Safari and tap the tabs icon on the lower right hand corner. Then tap the lower left hand corner marked “Private” to enable Private Browsing for that session. Doing so also enables Do Not Track.
  
  iPhone running iOS

In addition to browser controls, many phones have a separate DNT setting for mobile apps. Note that setting your browser to DNT does not necessarily affect your DNT setting for apps. To make sure you are not tracked, you must turn on BOTH of these options.

• Apple iOS

  For iPhones/iPads running iOS 6, you can Limit Ad Tracking for apps by navigating to Settings > General > About > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking and turning the feature on.

  

  On iOS 7, the option is now also available at Settings > Privacy > Advertising. You can also manage the privacy settings for individual apps on iOS 6 or 7 by navigating to Settings > Privacy and selecting the type of data you would like to manage app settings for.

  

• Android

  Google’s new Advertising ID for apps is available for devices running Android 2.3 or later. In Google Settings, select “Ads” and you will see your Advertising ID, which is used to deliver targeted ads on apps. On this screen you can select the option to reset your ad ID, which functions essentially like clearing your cookies in a browser. Additionally, tap the box labeled “Opt Out of interest-based ads” to opt out.

  

• Windows OS

  Windows does not currently offer granular privacy settings for apps.

• Firefox OS

  The Do-not-track feature is turned off by default. To turn it on, scroll and find the Settings application. Find and tap the Do Not Track item, under the Privacy & Security category. Tap the circle right of the Do Not Track label to enable or disable this feature.

  

  Note that enabling DNT on the Firefox OS will send a signal to both the Firefox browser as well as individual apps that you do not wish to be tracked.

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Adjust Settings for Desktop and Laptop

• Opera

  Opera’s Do Not Track setting is in Settings > Privacy and Security.  Selecting the box labeled “Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing traffic” will enable Do Not Track.

  

• Google Chrome

  PC and Mac: Click the “Tools” menu, represented by the icon with three horizontal lines on the upper right-hand side of the Chrome window, and then click Settings.  At the bottom of the Settings page, click Advanced Settings.  At the bottom of the page a “Privacy” heading appears.  Under the Privacy heading, check the box next to “Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing traffic.” Click OK to activate DNT.

  

• Internet Explorer 10

  On the menu bar at the top of your screen, click the Tools button, which is shaped like a gear.  Point to Safety, and then click Tracking Protection.  Within the Tracking Protection List, Click Your Personalized List, and then click the Enable button that appears in the lower right-hand corner of the box.

  

• Internet Explorer 9

  On the menu bar at the top of your screen, click the Tools button, which is shaped like a gear.  Point to Safety, and then click Tracking Protection.  Within the Tracking Protection List, Click Your Personalized List, and then click the Enable button that appears in the lower right-hand corner of the box.

• Firefox 8

  For PC: At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button and then select Options.  Then, navigate to the Privacy tab and choose “Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked.”  Click OK to close the Options window and enable DNT.

  

  For Mac: On the menu bar at the top of the screen, click on Firefox > Preferences.  Navigate to the Privacy tab and choose the option “Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked” to enable DNT.

  

  For Linux: At the top of the Firefox window, click Edit > Preferences.  Then, navigate to the Privacy tab and either check or uncheck the box labeled “Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked” to enable or disable this feature.

• Safari

  For Safari 6, adjust DNT settings by completing the following steps: On the menu bar at the top of the screen, click on Preferences.  Navigate to the Privacy tab, then check or uncheck the box labeled Website tracking: “Ask websites not to track me.”

  

  For earlier versions of Safari, adjust DNT settings by completing the following steps: On the menu bar at the top of the screen, click on Preferences.  Select the Advanced Preferences panel, then check the box at the bottom of the menu labeled “Show Develop menu in menu bar.”  On the menu bar at the top of your screen, you should now see the category “Develop.”  Click on it, then click on “Send Do Not Track HTTP Header” to enable or disable DNT.

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