Re: PING - areas where contributions are needed

2015-10-10 9:49 GMT+01:00 Rob van Eijk <rob@blaeu.com>:

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> The understanding and reasoning is that in order for the DNT
>>> standard/tracking compliance be enforced and honored in practice, at some
>>> point it will be necessary to engage regulatory bodies?
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> Yes, but if soft-law (through self regulation) is enforced in accordance
> with the law, regulatory bodies would not have to step in IMHO. In the EU
> the key point is that there (currently) remains a gap between the W3C
> DNT-compliance spec and what is required by the EU legal privacy and data
> protection framework.
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My understanding is in the EU self-regulation will not be immediately
validated with the seal "EU 100% Data Protection Compliant", anyway?
Isn't this - potentially - inhibiting practical adoption?

Where is the barrier of "being useful". Is it "satisfactory" or
"practically compliant"?



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> See also:
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking-comments/2015Oct/att-0003/20151001_Ares_2015_4048580_W3C_compliance.pdf


Very interesting. Thanks. I am happy to see this is being worked out on
that particular level.
Some of the highlighted issues seem thorough, though.

Best
Lukasz

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