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Re: User intended interactions [1st & 3rd Parties]

From: Tom Lowenthal <tom@mozilla.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:20:52 -0800
Message-ID: <4EC2C9A4.40601@mozilla.com>
To: public-tracking@w3.org 
On 11/09/2011 09:21 AM, Carmen Balber wrote:
>> 12. A user clicks a links which says "Awesome NYT Article" and points to
>> framing.com/nyt1234. This page loads nothing but a frame which contains
>> a New York Times article, but all links are rewritten to pass through
>> framing.com rather than pointing at other NYT articles. The New York
>> Times is a first party. Framing.com is a third party.
> How is the NYT a first party in this case, if the user never goes to their
> site?

The NYT is the first party, because they're the party that the user is
trying to interact with.
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