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TodaytheDAAannouncedthatitwillimmediatelybeginworktoaddbrowserbasedheader signalstothesetoftoolsbywhichconsumerscanexpresstheirpreferencesundertheDAA Principles.TheDAAexpectsthatsuchfunctionalitywillbeimplementedwithinninemonths. TheDAAstandardandcorrespondingenforcementofthestandardwillbeappliedwherea consumer:(1)hasbeenprovidedlanguagethatdescribestoconsumerstheeffectofexercising suchchoiceincludingthatsomedatamaystillbecollectedand(2)hasaffirmativelychosento exerciseauniformchoicewiththebrowserbasedtool.TheDAAstandardwillnotapplyin instanceswhere(1)and(2)donotoccurorwhereanyentityorsoftwareortechnologyprovider otherthantheuserexercisessuchachoice. Inadditiontothiscommitment,theDAAintendstobeginworkimmediatelywithbrowser providerstodeveloptheconsistentlanguageacrossbrowsersregardingthebrowserbasedheader signaluniformconsumerchoicemechanismthatissimpletouseandinaclearmannerthat describestoconsumerstheeffectofexercisingsuchchoice.