John, we are discussing a DNT standard where the individual user makes an informed choice to set/send DNT. That was always the discussion until some folks started setting/sending the signal indiscriminately, on behalf of all users, without informing the users of a choice— despite the TPWG's objection to this practice. That practice changed the ballgame and has made it much more difficult to discern the true signals through the noise. I'm all for an INDIVIDUAL USER'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE— aren't you? Or do you think people prefer when "big brother" makes material choices for us, and without us knowing? Chris Mejia | Digital Supply Chain Solutions | Ad Technology Group | Interactive Advertising Bureau - IAB | chris.mejia@iab.net From: John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org<mailto:john@consumerwatchdog.org>> Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:58 AM To: Vinay Goel - Adobe <vigoel@adobe.com<mailto:vigoel@adobe.com>> Cc: Rigo Wenning - W3C <rigo@w3.org<mailto:rigo@w3.org>>, Mike O'Neill <michael.oneill@baycloud.com<mailto:michael.oneill@baycloud.com>>, W3C DNT Working Group Mailing List <public-tracking@w3.org<mailto:public-tracking@w3.org>>, "rob@blaeu.com<mailto:rob@blaeu.com>" <rob@blaeu.com<mailto:rob@blaeu.com>> Subject: Re: Change proposal: new general principle for permitted uses Resent-From: W3C DNT Working Group Mailing List <public-tracking@w3.org<mailto:public-tracking@w3.org>> Resent-Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:59 AM Then why are we even discussing a DNT standard? On Jul 23, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Vinay Goel <vigoel@adobe.com<mailto:vigoel@adobe.com>> wrote: I suspect that companies are likely hesitant to use DNT as their opt out preference because they cannot detect/tell whether it was set by the user. -Vinay
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