Re: Use of 1st Party Data in a 3rd Party Context

• From: Walter van Holst <walter.van.holst@xs4all.nl>
• Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:15:37 +0200
• To: public-tracking@w3.org
• Message-ID: <51DAE5A9.9090008@xs4all.nl>

On 37//13 7:34 PM, Ninja Marnau wrote:

> They are allowed to use the data previously collected in first party
> environment only when they have
> 1) consent (e.g. web-wide exception) or
> 2) meaningful interaction so thay may act as a first party.
> 
> Otherwise, the user's choice is not to be tracked and this means not to
> link this user with the previously collected first party data.

I concur with Ninja. As stated repeatedly: a standard without proper
isolation of 1st from 3rd party data gathering is meaningless. It is
actually worse than that because it, on top of the privacy issues it
ignores, introduces competition issues.

Regards,

 Walter

Received on Monday, 8 July 2013 16:16:06 UTC