Re: Article 29 Data Protection Working Party comments in response to W3C's public consultation on the W3C Last Call Working Draft, Tracking Compliance and Scope

Chairwoman Falque-Pierrotin, Mr. van Eijk,

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Nick Doty <npdoty@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your comments on the Tracking Compliance and Scope Last Call Working Draft. The Tracking Protection Working Group has discussed each of the issues and proposed resolutions.
> 
> As editor, I have provided summaries of the responses along with each of the issues for the Last Call; I have provided links below. I would briefly summarize the resolutions as:
> 
> * adding a note with informative documentation regarding jurisdictional interpretations
> * noting where some sections already provide explanations
> * not re-opening previously closed issues for agreed-upon text
> 
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/268 <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/268>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0014.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0014.html>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/269 <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/269>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0015.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0015.html>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/270 <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/270>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0016.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0016.html>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/271 <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/271>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0017.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0017.html>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/276 <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/276>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0022.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0022.html>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/272 <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/272>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0018.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2015Nov/0018.html>
> 
> There may be additional responses from the Working Group regarding issue-272.

Regarding issue-272, an explanatory note has been added to drafts of the Tracking Compliance and Scope document to provide additional clarity which the TPWG thought could be useful:

http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-compliance.html#party <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-compliance.html#party>

Thanks,
Nick Doty, W3C