Re: Consumer Watchdog Calls On Gov. Brown To Sign 'Do Not Track' Legislation, But Cautions Law Is Only A Step Towards Knowledge, Not Full Consumer Power

How someone is supposed to declare that they comply with something we have
been unable to define for years is beyond me...
On Aug 28, 2013 5:48 AM, "Peter Cranstone" <peter.cranstone@3pmobile.com>
wrote:

>  What's fascinating is that the moment an 'operator of a website or
> service' tries to comply with this law and they elect to say that they 'DO
> honor DNT: 1 headers from browsers'… that opens them up to a situation
> where they may, in fact, have to prove that to the California State
> Attorney General. The alternative is to go on the 'shame' list and say that
> you do NOT honor DNT signals.
>
>  Either way CA just essentially forced every web site to update their
> Privacy Policy's, and if they do support DNT then also open themselves up
> to proving that they do. Better Privacy through Transparency - and that's a
> good thing.
>
>
>  Peter
> _________________________
> Peter J. Cranstone
>
>
>
>   From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe@cdt.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:19 AM
> To: Kevin Kiley <kevin.kiley@3pmobile.com>
> Cc: "public-tracking@w3.org" <public-tracking@w3.org>, "jeff@w3.org" <
> jeff@w3.org>, "tlr@w3.org" <tlr@w3.org>, "peter@peterswire.net" <
> peter@peterswire.net>, "rigo@w3.org" <rigo@w3.org>, "jmayer@stanford.edu"
> <jmayer@stanford.edu>, "Peter J. Cranstone" <peter.cranstone@3pmobile.com>
> Subject: Re: Consumer Watchdog Calls On Gov. Brown To Sign 'Do Not Track'
> Legislation, But Cautions Law Is Only A Step Towards Knowledge, Not Full
> Consumer Power
>
>   When folks take a minute to read the bill text, it's definitely better
> characterized as a "do not track transparency" bill:
>
>
> http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml;jsessionid=4a3ff3d45dd6836ef40ab918b267
>
> best, Joe
>
>  --
> Joseph Lorenzo Hall
> Senior Staff Technologist
> Center for Democracy & Technology
> https://www.cdt.org/
>
> On Aug 27, 2013, at 19:11, Kevin Kiley <kevin.kiley@3pmobile.com> wrote:
>
>   >>
> http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/prnewswire/press_releases/California/2013/08/27/DC69861?r=full
> ****
>
> >>** **
>
> >> 71 - 0****
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> ** **
>
> That article actually misreports the final vote yesterday in the
> California Assembly.****
>
> ** **
>
> It was actually 78-0 in favor of this "Do Not Track" legislation.****
>
> ** **
>
> That makes all the floor votes on this "Do Not Track" Bill **unanimous**
> from****
>
> the first time it was voted on in the Assembly ( 73-0 ) to the recent
> Senate****
>
> floor vote ( 37-0 ) and now the final approval of amendments added by****
>
> the Senate by the originating house ( 78-0 ).****
>
> ** **
>
> From 'soup to nuts'... every lawmaker has voted 'Yes' to this "Do Not
> Track"****
>
> legislation, and it is now on the Governor's desk ( and he has already
> said he ****
>
> is ready to sign it into LAW ).****
>
> ** **
>
> From the official legislation tracking site...****
>
> ** **
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>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_370&sess=CUR&house=A&search_type=bill_update
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> ** **
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> [snip]****
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> ** **
>
> DATE: 05/02/2013****
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> LOCATION: ASSEMBLY - FLOOR****
>
> MOTION: AB 370 MURATSUCHI  Assembly Third Reading****
>
> (AYES: 73. NOES: 0. Absent, Vacancy, Abstaining or Not Voting: 7 )  (PASS)
> ****
>
> ** **
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> DATE: 08/22/2013****
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> LOCATION: SENATE - FLOOR****
>
> MOTION: Assembly 3rd Reading AB370 Muratsuchi By Padilla****
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> (AYES  37. NOES: 0. Absent, Vacancy, Abstaining or Not Voting: 3 )  (PASS)
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> DATE: 08/26/2013****
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> LOCATION: ASSEMBLY FLOOR****
>
> MOTION: AB 370 MURATSUCHI  Concurrence in Senate Amendments****
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> (AYES  78. NOES: 0. Absent, Vacancy, Abstaining or Not Voting: 2 )  (PASS)
> ****
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> ** **
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> Bill sent to Governor for signature 08/26/13.****
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> ** **
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> [/snip]****
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