Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act MT-CDPA-Universal-Opt-Out-Mechanism-1-January-2025-GPC-Global-Privacy-Control-Mandatory-Recognition: Montana CDPA Universal Opt-Out Mechanism + 1 January 2025 + GPC + Global Privacy Control + Mandatory Recognition

Recognise Universal Opt-Out Mechanism (UOOM) under MCA 30-14-2807 mandatory from 1 January 2025 (delayed from effective date 1 October 2024 to give industry preparation time). Controllers MUST allow consumers to opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data through user-selected universal opt-out mechanism (Global Privacy Control GPC + equivalent signals). Mechanism must be (a) unaffiliated with the controller; (b) easy for reasonable consumer to use; (c) clearly described to consumer; (d) does not unfairly disadvantage another controller; (e) does not use a default that opt-out signal is set or unset which the consumer did not affirmatively select. Multistate GPC recognition coordination with Colorado + Connecticut + Texas + California + Delaware + Nebraska + New Hampshire + New Jersey + Oregon + Minnesota. Implement signal detection + audit log + consumer confirmation + UOOM compliance evidence. Browser fingerprinting and inference-based tracking opt-out also required.