Fingerprinting Guidance for Web Specification Authors (Draft) Note Published

The Privacy Interest Group has published a Group Note of Fingerprinting Guidance for Web Specification Authors (Draft). Exposure of settings and characteristics of browsers can impact user privacy by allowing for browser fingerprinting. This document defines different types of fingerprinting, considers distinct levels of mitigation for the related privacy risks and provides guidance for Web specification authors on how to balance these concerns when designing new Web features.