- From: Alan Chapell <achapell@chapellassociates.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:19:29 -0400
- To: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- CC: <public-tracking@w3.org>, David Singer <singer@apple.com>, "Edward W. Felten" <felten@cs.princeton.edu>
I'm curious, Rigo. Is this the first time you are raising this issue? The following language has been in the spec for some time now: "A user agent MUST offer a control to express a tracking preference to third parties. The control MUST communicate the user's preference in accordance with the [TRACKING-DNT] recommendation and otherwise comply with that recommendation. A user agent MUST NOT express a tracking preference for a user unless the user has given express and informed consent to indicate a tracking preference." On 4/26/13 2:34 PM, "Rigo Wenning" <rigo@w3.org> wrote: >On Friday 26 April 2013 13:51:48 Alan Chapell wrote: >> >Yes, the tricky part is to find the right wording to cover those we >> >want to be responsible. "user agent" is "the wrong tree" as Roy >> >would say. We should formulate our expectation on the user's >> >experience (this is in the center of our interest) and leave the >> >determination of the responsible person to the legal system. >> >> I strongly disagree with that approach. > >I do NOT believe you can define all possible variants of legal entities >selling/distributing software to end users in a technical specification. >But you can try. Awaiting your text. "user agent" isn't giving you any >result that would serve accountability. We are now 3 people telling you. > > --Rigo
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