diff --git a/core/java/android/view/contentprotection/flags/content_protection_flags.aconfig b/core/java/android/view/contentprotection/flags/content_protection_flags.aconfig
index 7e06f87d931a69df6b110541fb20cd9c76380dbc..5c86feb3c22c463573822b61a69f6129a3f73f32 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/contentprotection/flags/content_protection_flags.aconfig
+++ b/core/java/android/view/contentprotection/flags/content_protection_flags.aconfig
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ flag {
     description: "If true, content protection blocklist is mutable and can be updated."
     bug: "301658008"
 }
+
+flag {
+    name: "parse_groups_config_enabled"
+    namespace: "content_protection"
+    description: "If true, content protection groups config will be parsed."
+    bug: "302187922"
+}
diff --git a/services/contentcapture/java/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerService.java b/services/contentcapture/java/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerService.java
index 1a8dd3a7316efef155c6cb8a4872031a8c827c5d..ee41a69c6f4cad177158f645252d792626e7b175 100644
--- a/services/contentcapture/java/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerService.java
+++ b/services/contentcapture/java/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import static android.view.contentcapture.ContentCaptureManager.RESULT_CODE_OK;
 import static android.view.contentcapture.ContentCaptureManager.RESULT_CODE_SECURITY_EXCEPTION;
 import static android.view.contentcapture.ContentCaptureManager.RESULT_CODE_TRUE;
 import static android.view.contentcapture.ContentCaptureSession.STATE_DISABLED;
+import static android.view.contentprotection.flags.Flags.parseGroupsConfigEnabled;
 
 import static com.android.internal.util.FrameworkStatsLog.CONTENT_CAPTURE_SERVICE_EVENTS__EVENT__ACCEPT_DATA_SHARE_REQUEST;
 import static com.android.internal.util.FrameworkStatsLog.CONTENT_CAPTURE_SERVICE_EVENTS__EVENT__DATA_SHARE_ERROR_CLIENT_PIPE_FAIL;
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -142,6 +144,9 @@ public class ContentCaptureManagerService extends
     private static final int MAX_CONCURRENT_FILE_SHARING_REQUESTS = 10;
     private static final int DATA_SHARE_BYTE_BUFFER_LENGTH = 1_024;
 
+    private static final String CONTENT_PROTECTION_GROUP_CONFIG_SEPARATOR_GROUP = ";";
+    private static final String CONTENT_PROTECTION_GROUP_CONFIG_SEPARATOR_VALUE = ",";
+
     // Needed to pass checkstyle_hook as names are too long for one line.
     private static final int EVENT__DATA_SHARE_ERROR_CONCURRENT_REQUEST =
             CONTENT_CAPTURE_SERVICE_EVENTS__EVENT__DATA_SHARE_ERROR_CONCURRENT_REQUEST;
@@ -957,14 +962,40 @@ public class ContentCaptureManagerService extends
         return mContentCaptureManagerServiceStub;
     }
 
-    /** @hide */
+    /**
+     * Parses a simple config in format "group;group" where each "group" is itself in the format of
+     * "string1,string2", eg:
+     *
+     * <p>"a" -> [["a"]]
+     *
+     * <p>"a,b" -> [["a", "b"]]
+     *
+     * <p>"a,b;c;d,e" -> [["a", "b"], ["c"], ["d", "e"]]
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
     @VisibleForTesting(visibility = VisibleForTesting.Visibility.PRIVATE)
     @NonNull
     protected List<List<String>> parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig(@Nullable String config) {
         if (verbose) {
             Slog.v(TAG, "parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig: " + config);
         }
-        return Collections.emptyList();
+        if (!parseGroupsConfigEnabled()) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        if (config == null) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        return Arrays.stream(config.split(CONTENT_PROTECTION_GROUP_CONFIG_SEPARATOR_GROUP))
+                .map(this::parseContentProtectionGroupConfigValues)
+                .filter(group -> !group.isEmpty())
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+    private List<String> parseContentProtectionGroupConfigValues(@NonNull String group) {
+        return Arrays.stream(group.split(CONTENT_PROTECTION_GROUP_CONFIG_SEPARATOR_VALUE))
+                .filter(value -> !value.isEmpty())
+                .toList();
     }
 
     final class ContentCaptureManagerServiceStub extends IContentCaptureManager.Stub {
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerServiceTest.java b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerServiceTest.java
index 67b70684eede707d6df32b60d3a1b455cca71935..12d6161eb7185e50ad9e88486ac67f485f1a2b8e 100644
--- a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerServiceTest.java
+++ b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/contentcapture/ContentCaptureManagerServiceTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.android.server.contentcapture;
 
+import static android.view.contentprotection.flags.Flags.FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED;
+
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.ParceledListSlice;
 import android.content.pm.UserInfo;
+import android.platform.test.flag.junit.SetFlagsRule;
 import android.service.contentcapture.ContentCaptureServiceInfo;
 import android.view.contentcapture.ContentCaptureEvent;
 
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnit;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoRule;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Test for {@link ContentCaptureManagerService}.
  *
@@ -84,6 +89,8 @@ public class ContentCaptureManagerServiceTest {
 
     @Rule public final MockitoRule mMockitoRule = MockitoJUnit.rule();
 
+    @Rule public final SetFlagsRule mSetFlagsRule = new SetFlagsRule();
+
     @Mock private UserManagerInternal mMockUserManagerInternal;
 
     @Mock private ContentProtectionBlocklistManager mMockContentProtectionBlocklistManager;
@@ -437,23 +444,81 @@ public class ContentCaptureManagerServiceTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_null() {
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_disabled_null() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.disableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
         ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
         assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig(null)).isEmpty();
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_empty() {
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_disabled_empty() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.disableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
         ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
         assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("")).isEmpty();
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_notEmpty() {
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_disabled_notEmpty() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.disableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
         ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
         assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("a")).isEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_enabled_null() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.enableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
+        ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
+        assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig(null)).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_enabled_empty() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.enableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
+        ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
+        assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("")).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_enabled_singleValue() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.enableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
+        ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
+        assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("a"))
+                .isEqualTo(List.of(List.of("a")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_enabled_multipleValues() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.enableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
+        ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
+        assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("a,b"))
+                .isEqualTo(List.of(List.of("a", "b")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_enabled_multipleGroups() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.enableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
+        ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
+        assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("a,b;c;d,e"))
+                .isEqualTo(List.of(List.of("a", "b"), List.of("c"), List.of("d", "e")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig_enabled_emptyValues() {
+        mSetFlagsRule.enableFlags(FLAG_PARSE_GROUPS_CONFIG_ENABLED);
+        ContentCaptureManagerService service = new ContentCaptureManagerService(sContext);
+
+        assertThat(service.parseContentProtectionGroupsConfig("a;b;;;c;,d,,e,;,;"))
+                .isEqualTo(List.of(List.of("a"), List.of("b"), List.of("c"), List.of("d", "e")));
+    }
+
     private class TestContentCaptureManagerService extends ContentCaptureManagerService {
 
         TestContentCaptureManagerService() {