- From: CVS User rfieldin <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:44:56 +0000
- To: public-tracking-commit@w3.org
Update of /w3ccvs/WWW/2011/tracking-protection/drafts
In directory gil:/tmp/cvs-serv30310
Modified Files:
tracking-dnt.html
Log Message:
ISSUE-240: add definition of context; move tracking to be first defined term
--- /w3ccvs/WWW/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html 2014/03/13 05:43:25 1.240
+++ /w3ccvs/WWW/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html 2014/03/13 06:44:56 1.241
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@
<section id='terminology'>
<h4>Terminology</h4>
<p>
+ <dfn>Tracking</dfn> is the collection of data regarding a particular
+ user's activity across multiple distinct contexts and the retention,
+ use, or sharing of data derived from that activity outside the
+ context in which it occurred.
+ A <dfn>context</dfn> is a set of resources that are controlled by
+ the same party or jointly controlled by a set of parties.
+ </p>
+ <p>
A <dfn>user</dfn> is a natural person who is making, or has made,
use of the Web. A <dfn>user action</dfn> is a deliberate act by the
user to invoke, command, or manipulate a user agent to perform a
@@ -210,23 +218,6 @@
tools, custom applications, and mobile apps.
</p>
<p>
- <dfn>Tracking</dfn> is the collection of data regarding a particular
- user's activity across multiple distinct contexts and the retention,
- use, or sharing of data derived from that activity outside the
- context in which it occurred.
- </p>
- <p class="issue" data-number="240" title="Do we need to define context?">
- <b>[RAISED]</b>
- The above definition depends on there being a definition of
- context that bounds a scope of user activity, though it is not
- dependent on any particular definition of that term. For example,
- something along the lines of: <em>For the purpose of this
- definition, a context is a set of resources that share the same data
- controller, same privacy policy, and a common branding, such that a
- user would expect that data collected by one of those resources is
- available to all other resources within the same context.</em>
- </p>
- <p>
A <dfn>party</dfn> is a natural person, a legal entity, or a set of
legal entities that share common owner(s), common controller(s), and
a group identity that is easily discoverable by a user. Common
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