CR: Tracking Compliance and Scope

Tracking Compliance and Scope

http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-tracking-compliance-20160426/

feedback due by: 2016-06-15

Abstract


This specification defines a set of practices for compliance with a user's Do Not Track (DNT) tracking preference to which a server may claim adherence.

Status of the Document


This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

Readers may review changes from the Last Call Working Draft. Some changes were purely editorial (correcting or clarifying lists). Two Note blocks were added to clarify the definition of "party" and to provide relevant resources for legal compliance. The permanent URI to this version will be updated in Section 3.1 for publication as a Candidate Recommendation. An issue tracking system is available for recording raised, open, pending review, closed, and postponed issues regarding this document. There is also a list of issues reported and addressed during the Last Call period.

The Working Group previously published a Candidate Recommendation of the companion Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) document.

This document was published by the Tracking Protection Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-tracking-comments@w3.org (subscribe, archives). W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to indicate that the document is believed to be stable and to encourage implementation by the developer community. This Candidate Recommendation is expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation no earlier than 15 June 2016. All comments are welcome.

Please see the Working Group's implementation report.

Publication as a Candidate Recommendation does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

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This document is governed by the 14 October 2005 W3C Process Document.