Re: [patwg-charter] Align the definition of privacy to laws (#31)

Martin,

As a matter of interest what is meant by a “personal information” in this discussion? Are you for example inferring that any information that is owned or controlled by an individual is that individual’s personal information - in the sense that might apply to information in papers or documents that might be in my home?

Might you be thinking that would then fall within what might be thought of as “the right to shield information from disclosure”?

Or is the expression “personal information” intended to be limited to personal data?

I worry that your guard rails won’t provide much of a boundary unless these concepts are clear.

Kind regards,

Tim


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On 30 Jun 2022, at 07:38, Martin Thomson ***@***.***> wrote:



@timcowen<https://github.com/timcowen>, the definition was a little longer than that. Quoting the full text that was agreed to:

Here "privacy" minimally refers to appropriate processing of personal information. Ways in which new features might enable inappropriate processing include (but are not limited to) enabling of cross-site or cross context recognition<https://w3ctag.github.io/privacy-principles/#hl-recognition-cross-site> of users or enabling same-site or same-context recognition<https://w3ctag.github.io/privacy-principles/#hl-recognition-same-site> of users across the clearing of state.

Emphasis mine.

Omitting the last sentence here loses what I believe to be an important limitation of scope. My understanding is that this piece enjoys consensus support.

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