Re: geolocation privacy statement strawman

Hi Greg,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Greg Bolsinga <bolsinga@apple.com> wrote:
>
>  Privacy issues should be left to the UA, not the API.
>

I agree. This is also the conclusion that the WG reached after intense
discussions during the f2f meeting in London back in December.

> If this becomes a part of the standard API, the most
> popular mobile device supporting GeoLocation won't implement this portion of
> the standard. I believe this would be a shame for the standard, but not for
> iPhone.
>

I understand. Note that the proposed wording is for the two
subsections of the "privacy considerations" section. I think these
subsections should be non-normative. They currently aren't but I think
that is accidental and I propose we make them non-normative. They are
meant to be guidelines (for both UA implementers and API users)
describing how to behave responsibly with regard to privacy when
accessing the user's location.

Thanks,
Andrei

Received on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 17:58:13 UTC