Re: Geolocation Last Call

I, too, was worried when I read Section 4.  It punts all the privacy 
APIs to the implementations.
All the best, Ashok


Renato Iannella wrote:
> After reading Section 4 of the Working Draft [1], I am more worried 
> than before.
>
> It does not engender any confidence, even by using the term 
> "consideration", for the safety and awareness of the end user's privacy.
>
> Perhaps we now need a PLING Note on "Best Practices for Privacy 
> Awareness" ?
>
>
> Renato
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/
>
>
> On 8 Jul 2009, at 23:09, Thomas Roessler wrote:
>
>> No explicit request for review by PLING, but I think it would be fine 
>> for this IG to tell them that you want to do a review -- if that is 
>> indeed the case.
>> --
>> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org <mailto:tlr@w3.org>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From: *Angel Machín <angel.machin@gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:angel.machin@gmail.com>>
>>> *Date: *8 July 2009 14:58:29 CEDT
>>> *To: *janina@rednote.net <mailto:janina@rednote.net>, 
>>> art.barstow@nokia.com <mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com>, 
>>> chaals@opera.com <mailto:chaals@opera.com>,  
>>> Mary_Ellen_Zurko@notesdev.ibm.com 
>>> <mailto:Mary_Ellen_Zurko@notesdev.ibm.com>, tlr@w3.org 
>>> <mailto:tlr@w3.org>, dom@w3.org <mailto:dom@w3.org>, dsr@w3.org 
>>> <mailto:dsr@w3.org>,  chris@w3.org <mailto:chris@w3.org>, 
>>> daniel.appelquist@vodafone.com 
>>> <mailto:daniel.appelquist@vodafone.com>,  
>>> dahl@conversational-technologies.com 
>>> <mailto:dahl@conversational-technologies.com>, rbarnes@bbn.com 
>>> <mailto:rbarnes@bbn.com>, acooper@cdt.org <mailto:acooper@cdt.org>,  
>>> bondi@omtp.org <mailto:bondi@omtp.org>, jferrai@us.ibm.com 
>>> <mailto:jferrai@us.ibm.com>, Lars Erik Bolstad <lbolstad@opera.com 
>>> <mailto:lbolstad@opera.com>>,  Matt Womer <mdw@w3.org 
>>> <mailto:mdw@w3.org>>, chairs@w3.org <mailto:chairs@w3.org>
>>> *Subject: **Geolocation Last Call*
>>>
>>> Hello Chairs,
>>>
>>> On behalf of Lars Erik Bolstad, the other co-chair of this WG, and I:
>>>
>>> The Geolocation Working Group has published the Geolocation API
>>> Specification as a Last Call Working Draft on 7 July 2009:
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/
>>>
>>> Feedback on this document would be appreciated through 31 July 2009
>>> via mail to public-geolocation@w3.org 
>>> <mailto:public-geolocation@w3.org>.
>>>
>>> In particular we are requesting review from the Web Application WG,
>>> Device APIs, Web Security Context, Ubiquitous Web Applications, Mobile
>>> Web Best Practices, Hypertext Coordination, Protocols and Formats
>>> Working Group and also GEOPRIV, BONDI and OpenAJAX Alliance.
>>>
>>> The Group made the decision to go to Last Call:
>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Jun/0161.html
>>>
>>> No patent disclosures have been made for this specification.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Angel Machin
>>> Geolocation WG co-Chair
>>>
>>
>
> Cheers...  Renato Iannella
> NICTA
>

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