Re: Yet another DNT Act

After a quick skim I didn't see anything tricky in it. It looks quite good
to me. Thanks for the link, Bennett.

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 2:58 PM Bennett Cyphers <bennett@eff.org> wrote:

> In case anyone missed it, the full text is out:
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> https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/Do-Not-Track-Act_Bill-Text.pdf
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> On 5/21/19 1:53 PM, Rigo Wenning wrote:
> > On Montag, 20. Mai 2019 18:17:41 CEST Craig Spiezle wrote:
> >> Thanks for forwarding.  I am hopeful one of these efforts gains traction
> >> and bi-partisan support.  On a related note I find it somewhat ironic
> >> that IAB now states it is in support of providing users more control
> >> over tracking.
> >> https://www.smartbrief.com/s/2019/05/iab-supports-regulation-ad-trackin
> >> g-technology
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> >> I guess the devil is in the details
> > If I could bet, I would bet that they do what they have done in the DNT
> > game. Namely saying that "not tracking" means not showing targeted ads to
> > the user while still collecting all the data. As Mike pointed out, the
> IAB
> > tools have some consent functionality already, so some legal confirmation
> > just furthers their business with their tool.
> > But I don't think it will go as far as DNT that can be used with GDPR.
> One
> > of the reasons why IAB moved out was that the Tracking protection Group
> > wasn't really keen to allow those nice semantic re-definitions (if you
> > permit the sarcasm).
> >
> > If one calls that "detail", you may be right.
> >
> >   --Rigo
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