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title: "Types of processing"
slug: "types-of-processing"
abstract: "Guide to disable Sitecore processing for users who have opted out or invoked their right to restriction of processing."
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# Types of processing

> [!warning]
> This Privacy Guide provides technical guidance on how your developers can choose to configure your Sitecore product implementation to support you with data privacy compliance. This guide does not provide exhaustive guidance, and should not be construed or used as legal advice about the content, interpretation, or application of any law or regulation. You, the customer, will always be in the best position to assess your own risks, and must seek your own legal counsel to understand the applicability of any law or regulation to your business, including how you process personal information. Your resulting implementation is based entirely on your own configuration choices.

This topic lists the types of processing that happens in the platform and describes the options for disabling processing for individuals who [opt out](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/consent-and-the-right-to-object.html "Consent and the right to object") or invoke their [right to restriction of processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-restrict-processing.html "Right to restrict processing"). The following features of the Experience Platform access or handle personal information in the context of marketing activities:

- [Web tracking](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/tracking-and-personalization.html "Tracking and personalization")
- [Collection](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/collecting-experience-data.html "Collecting experience data")
- [Contact processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/processing-and-aggregation.html "Processing and aggregation")
- [Interaction aggregation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/processing-and-aggregation.html "Processing and aggregation")
- [Personalization and behavior profiling](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/tracking-and-personalization.html "Tracking and personalization")
- [Automation processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation.html "Marketing automation")
- [Email marketing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/email-marketing.html "Email marketing")
- [Content testing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/users/104/sitecore-experience-platform/experience-optimization.html) (accesses a contact facet during session)

Refer to the [Data flows and processing documentation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/data-flows-and-processes.html "Data flows and processes") for descriptions of all processing activities.

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<summary><h2>Disabling processing</h2></summary>

Individuals can [opt out](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/consent-and-the-right-to-object.html "Consent and the right to object") of processing or invoke the [right to restriction of processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-restrict-processing.html "Right to restrict processing"). The Sitecore platform provides the following functionality:

- The Email Experience Manager excludes contacts from email campaigns if any of the following conditions is true:
    - The `DoNotMarket` property on the `ConsentInformation` facet is set to `true`.
    - The `ConsentRevoked` property on the `ConsentInformation` facet is set to `true`.
    - The contact’s email address is on the suppression list.
    - The contact belongs to the global opt-out list.
- Sitecore 10.0 and later provides API calls and configuration options that make it easier to [enforce explicit consent for tracking a contact's activity on your websites](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/sitecore-experience-platform/enable-or-disable-web-tracking-based-on-visitor-consent.html).

The organization is responsible for the following:

- Implementing processes or interfaces that allow customers to opt out of processing. See [Right to object](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/consent-and-the-right-to-object.html "Consent and the right to object").
- Storing an individual's consent choices as it relates to processing. See [Right to object](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/consent-and-the-right-to-object.html "Consent and the right to object").
- Disabling processing for individuals who have revoked consent.

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