- From: CVS User rfieldin <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:37:36 +0000
- To: public-tracking-commit@w3.org
Update of /w3ccvs/WWW/2011/tracking-protection/drafts In directory gil:/tmp/cvs-serv11715/drafts Modified Files: tracking-dnt.html Log Message: (editorial) Partition the terminology into subsections, add references to the HTTP terms, and copy definitions of permanently de-identified and service provider from TCS --- /w3ccvs/WWW/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html 2015/02/10 19:36:19 1.279 +++ /w3ccvs/WWW/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html 2015/03/20 13:37:36 1.280 @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ unable to turn that off. In other cases, a server might perform only limited forms of tracking that would be acceptable to most users. Servers need mechanisms for communicating their tracking behavior and - for storing user-granted exceptions after the user has made an + for storing a <a>user-granted exception</a> after the user has made an informed choice. </p> <p> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ <a>Tk</a> response header field are defined for communicating the server's tracking behavior. In addition, JavaScript APIs are defined for enabling scripts to determine DNT status and register a - <a>user-granted exception</a>. + user-granted exception. </p> <p> This specification does not define requirements on what a recipient @@ -164,6 +164,31 @@ <section id='terminology'> <h2>Terminology</h2> + + <section id='terminology.http'> + <h3>HTTP</h3> + <p> + The following terms are used as defined by HTTP/1.1 syntax [[!RFC7230]] + and semantics [[!RFC7231]]: + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">client</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">server</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">origin server</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">user agent</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">sender</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">recipient</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">request</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">response</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.1">message</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.3">intermediary</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.3">proxy</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.3">cache</a></dfn>, + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-2">resource</a></dfn>, and + <dfn><a class="externalDFN" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-3">representation</a></dfn>. + </p> + </section> + + <section id='terminology.activity'> + <h3>Activity</h3> <p> <dfn>Tracking</dfn> is the collection of data regarding a particular user's activity across multiple distinct contexts and the retention, @@ -173,16 +198,6 @@ 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. - </p> - <p> - A <dfn>user agent</dfn> is any of the various client programs - capable of initiating HTTP requests, including (but not - limited to) browsers, spiders (web-based robots), command-line - tools, custom applications, and mobile apps [[!RFC7230]]. - </p> - <p> A <dfn>network interaction</dfn> is a single HTTP request and its corresponding response(s): zero or more interim (1xx) responses and a single final (2xx-5xx) response. @@ -194,6 +209,14 @@ reloading a page are examples of user actions. <dfn>User activity</dfn> is any set of such user actions. </p> + </section> + + <section id='terminology.participants'> + <h3>Participants</h3> + <p> + A <dfn>user</dfn> is a natural person who is making, or has made, + use of the Web. + </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 @@ -225,6 +248,38 @@ of either that user or that first party. </p> <p> + Access to Web resources often involves multiple parties that might + process the data received in a network interaction. For example, + domain name services, network access points, content distribution + networks, load balancing services, security filters, cloud platforms, + and software-as-a-service providers might be a party to a given + network interaction because they are contracted by either the user or + the resource owner to provide the mechanisms for communication. + Likewise, additional parties might be engaged after a network + interaction, such as when services or contractors are used to perform + specialized data analysis or records retention. + </p> + <p> + For the data received in a given network interaction, a + <dfn>service provider</dfn> is considered to be the same party as its + <dfn>contractee</dfn> if the service provider: + </p> + <ol> + <li>processes the data on behalf of the contractee;</li> + <li>ensures that the data is only retained, accessed, and used as + directed by the contractee;</li> + <li>has no independent right to use the data other than in a + <a>permanently de-identified</a> form (e.g., for monitoring + service integrity, load balancing, capacity planning, or billing); + and,</li> + <li>has a contract in place with the contractee which is consistent + with the above limitations.</li> + </ol> + </section> + + <section id='terminology.data'> + <h3>Data</h3> + <p> A party <dfn>collects</dfn> data received in a network interaction if that data remains within the party’s control after the network interaction is complete. @@ -238,12 +293,24 @@ that data to any other party. </p> <p> + Data is <dfn>permanently de-identified</dfn> when there exists a high + level of confidence that no human subject of the data can be + identified, directly or indirectly (e.g., via association with an + identifier, user agent, or device), by that data alone or in + combination with other retained or available information. + </p> + </section> + + <section id='terminology.preferences'> + <h3>Preferences</h3> + <p> A <dfn>user-granted exception</dfn> is a specific tracking preference, overriding a user's general tracking preference, that has been obtained and recorded using the mechanisms defined in <a href="#exceptions" class="sectionRef"></a>. </p> </section> + </section> <section id='notational'> <h2>Notational Conventions</h2> @@ -742,7 +809,8 @@ consent for tracking this user, user agent, or device, but promises not to use or share any <code><a>DNT:1</a></code> data until such consent has been determined, and further promises to delete - or de-identify within forty-eight hours any <code><a>DNT:1</a></code> + or <a href="#dfn-permanently-de-identified">permanently de-identify</a> + within forty-eight hours any <code><a>DNT:1</a></code> data received for which such consent has not been received. </p> <p>
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