Re: Continuing concerns about Geolocation privacy

[ Apologies for the delay. ] 

Thank you for your response. We appreciate that your process for addressing our concerns has concluded, although we disagree with its outcome.

Regards,


On 29/10/2009, at 4:27 AM, Angel Machín wrote:

> (In response to
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Aug/0006.html)
> 
> Dear Mark,
> 
> Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your spending time on
> reviewing the W3C Geolocation API specification.
> 
> The question of whether or not privacy policy should be included in
> the Geolocation API itself, or rather addressed as a set of
> recommendations and requirements in the specification, has been
> extensively discussed by the working group. In particular, both the
> original and modified Geopriv proposals were discussed over a period
> of several months before, during and after the f2f meeting in December
> 2008. In the end the consensus among the group members was to not
> adopt either of the Geopriv proposals.
> 
> The discussions and conclusions were tracked here:
> 
> - Should the Geolocation API include privacy information? :
> http://www.w3.org/2008/geolocation/track/issues/2
> - GEOPRIV WG proposal for privacy within the API :
> http://www.w3.org/2008/geolocation/track/issues/4
> 
> The fact that the working group decided not to adopt the Geopriv
> proposals does not mean that the group didn't manifest concerns about
> users' privacy. The intense discussions around this issue did
> contribute significantly to the wording of the privacy considerations
> section of the specification:
> 
> - What should the Recommendation state about security and privacy
> considerations? : http://www.w3.org/2008/geolocation/track/issues/5
> 
> The working group concluded that privacy protection is better handled
> as part of a more generic privacy and security framework for device
> access. The recently formed Device API and Policy Working Group is
> chartered to develop precisely such a framework
> (http://www.w3.org/2009/05/DeviceAPICharter).
> 
> Please acknowledge receipt of this email to public-geolocation@w3.org
> by November 12 2009.
> In your acknowledgment please let us know whether or not you are
> satisfied with the working group's response to your comment.
> 
> On behalf of the W3C Geolocation Working Group,
> Lars Erik Bolstad,  Angel Machin


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