Better Deal for Data Standard & Playbook Changelog

BD4D Standard

Version 1.1, September 14, 2026

  • Updated Introduction to reflect versioning.
  • Simplified description of the data and the actions covered under the Monetization commitment.
  • Clarified scope of “You” in the Declaration/Explanatory Text to address partner-collected data.
  • Clarified scope of “Your Data” in Declaration/Explanatory Text to address processed data.
  • Added specific exclusion to Declaration/Explanatory Text to clarify requirements for organizations that process but do not control nonpublic data.
  • Moved exclusion for data sharing under a legal duty from Monetization to Binding.
  • Refined scope of Binding commitment to address government regulations.
  • Addressed punctuation consistency throughout Standard.

Version 1.0, January 27, 2026

Initial release.

BD4D Playbook

September 14, 2026

  • Updated Monetization commitment to reflect new language in BD4D Standard.
  • Updated Explanatory Text for Declaration, Monetization, and Binding to reflect changes to BD4D Standard
  • Aligned BD4D in Practice recommendations to Explanatory Text of Standard.

January 27, 2026

Initial release.