Referrer policy:

[craigfrancis]

I would expect this link to not inform the destination website where the user came from.

i.e. the link should set the rel=noreferrer or referrerpolicy="no-referrer" attributes:

<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather" rel="noreferrer">Exit this page</a>

<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">Exit this page</a>

See the Referrer Policy Specification.

Support for rel="noreferrer" is from Chrome 16, Firefox 33, Safari 5.

Support for referrerpolicy="?" is from Chrome 51, Firefox 50, and Safari 14. While this version gives more control (e.g. referrerpolicy="strict-origin"), I doubt this is needed.

Compatibility Table

[querkmachine]

Hi @craigfrancis. We've already got an open issue for adding this to Exit this Page in the next iteration. Feel free to add any extra comments over there. alphagov/govuk-frontend#3921

Thanks for raising it!