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EDGE-00-000032 Site tracking of a user’s location must be disabled.

DISA STIG library V2R5
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381

Title

Site tracking of a user’s location must be disabled.

Control

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Default geolocation setting" must be set to "enabled" with the option value set to "Don't allow any site to track users' physical location". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge If the value for "DefaultGeolocationSetting" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 2", this is a finding.

Discussion

Set whether websites can track users' physical locations. Tracking can be allowed by default ("AllowGeolocation") or denied by default ("BlockGeolocation"), or the user can be asked each time a website requests their location ("AskGeolocation"). If this policy is not configured, "AskGeolocation" is used and the user can change it. Policy options mapping: - AllowGeolocation (1) = Allow sites to track users' physical location. - BlockGeolocation (2) = Do not allow any site to track users' physical location. - AskGeolocation (3) = Ask whenever a site wants to track users' physical location.

Related controls

CCI-000381

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Default geolocation setting" to "enabled" and select "Don't allow any site to track users' physical location".