Re: Yet another DNT Act

In case anyone missed it, the full text is out:

https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/Do-Not-Track-Act_Bill-Text.pdf

On 5/21/19 1:53 PM, Rigo Wenning wrote:
> On Montag, 20. Mai 2019 18:17:41 CEST Craig Spiezle wrote:
>> Thanks for forwarding.  I am hopeful one of these efforts gains traction
>> and bi-partisan support.  On a related note I find it somewhat ironic
>> that IAB now states it is in support of providing users more control
>> over tracking.
>> https://www.smartbrief.com/s/2019/05/iab-supports-regulation-ad-trackin
>> g-technology
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>> I guess the devil is in the details
> If I could bet, I would bet that they do what they have done in the DNT
> game. Namely saying that "not tracking" means not showing targeted ads to
> the user while still collecting all the data. As Mike pointed out, the IAB
> tools have some consent functionality already, so some legal confirmation
> just furthers their business with their tool.
> But I don't think it will go as far as DNT that can be used with GDPR. One
> of the reasons why IAB moved out was that the Tracking protection Group
> wasn't really keen to allow those nice semantic re-definitions (if you
> permit the sarcasm).
>
> If one calls that "detail", you may be right.
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>   --Rigo
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