Re: Understanding Terms and Services

+1

I also think an Opt-out is just one option.
On 9 Mar 2012, at 19:59, Chappelle, Kasey, VF-Group wrote:
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> But also, I'm not denying that some users are concerned about  
> aggregation. And for that, an opt out is a better solution than a  
> more complex privacy policy that no one will read.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Dubost [mailto:karld@opera.com]
> Sent: 09 March 2012 19:38
> To: Chappelle, Kasey, VF-Group
> Cc: public-privacy (W3C mailing list)
> Subject: Re: Understanding Terms and Services
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> Le 9 mars 2012 à 11:34, Chappelle, Kasey, VF-Group a écrit :
>> Are you personally impacted in some way if I sell this data to  
>> another company?
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> I could. Data aggregation is contextual. It's why anonymizing data  
> is so hard and not just putting a number.
> For example, you gave the postcode as a bin for the data.
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> 1. it depends on the country, the level of granularity of the  
> postcode 2. it depends on the number of persons living in that  
> postcode (take a country side and a city, and you will get a lot  
> more identifiable data) 3. it depends on time, you could aggregate  
> my location once a year, or you could aggregate my location every  
> minutes and you would have a precise rendering of where I live, my  
> work schedule, my habits, etc.
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> The issue is not about aggregating or not the data, the issue is  
> about knowing what I'm willing to share. Maybe I'm perfectly fine in  
> sharing the color of my shoes I wear every day and not at all the  
> cafes I'm going to work every day.
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> The choice is key.
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> Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/
> Developer Relations, Opera Software
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