RE: ISSUE-198: Define new word for yellow state due to the fact that the process of de-identification spans all three states (red,yellow and green).

Rob,

I strongly disagree and believe based on the current definitions of pseudonymous being considered in the EU context, data in the Red area can meet this definition.  Similarly, yellow data meets the definition of de-identified in both the FTC and DAA contexts - whereas "Unlinked" is a bit more debatable.

So I believe it's still appropriate to define these as:

Stage 1:  Raw/Pseudonymous
Stage 2:  De-Identified
Stage 3:  Unlinkable (or simply - Out of Scope)

As these terms has highly loaded in the regulatory context there will continue to be significant sensitivity to naming conventions here.  This is similarly true of the color scheme proposed due to the immediate traffic light connotations it invokes (green = good, yellow = caution, red = bad).  I was okay (not happy) with using colors in this manner but don't believe it's fair to over bias the definitions of each phase based on an overly conservative read of existing definitions. 

- Shane

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob van Eijk [mailto:rob@blaeu.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:03 PM
To: Tracking Protection Working Group
Subject: ISSUE-198: Define new word for yellow state due to the fact that the process of de-identification spans all three states (red,yellow and green).


Dear group,

As discussed at the Face to Face and a previous thread [1], there is confusion on the word de-identified data. We discussed the three state model, that I introduced in Cambridge. The FTC text defines unlinkability in terms of de-identification, which makes the term de-identified applicable for the green state. The DAA text Due to the fact that the process of de-identification spans up to the green state when data is considered unlinkable, I would like to propose a new term for the yellow domain.

<text proposal>

red data: raw data, event level data
yellow data: pseudonumous data
green data: de-identified data

</text proposal>


[1]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2013Mar/0147.html


Tracking Protection Working Group Issue Tracker schreef op 2013-05-15
20:47:
> ISSUE-198: Define new word for yellow state due to the fact that the 
> process of de-identification spans all three states (red,yellow and 
> green).
> 
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/198

> 
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