Re: High-level text on third-party responsibilities (ACTION-38, ISSUE-19)

Jonathan could you provide a more clear definition of "user agent"? I fear
in a standard it could be confused with HTTP user-agent, for example, and
I'm not sure this is what you mean based on the below.


On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Jonathan Mayer <jmayer@stanford.edu> wrote:

> A few design considerations from my version of the high-level rule:
>
> -Do Not Track should address communication with user agents in addition to
> users since in many (if not most) cases the user will be unaware of and
> have no explicit interaction with a third party.
>
> -In my view of the key terms, data collection is bits arriving at a third
> party, data retention is a third party keeping bits, and data use is a
> third party applying logic to bits.  I think Do Not Track should, at a high
> level, prohibit all three; each exception should narrowly define a set of
> permissible collection/retention/use practices.  (We may also want to
> address data sharing, when a third party hands bits to another party.)
>
> -Exceptions in the high-level rule should be explicitly linked to the
> subsequent exception definitions.  We might otherwise create ambiguity
> about the scope of exceptions and, in particular, might suggest there are
> broad use-based exceptions.
>
> On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Shane Wiley wrote:
>
> > Proposed Update:
> >
> > A 3rd party may not collect or use information related to communication
> with a user outside of supported exceptions.  Supported exceptions are: ....
> >
> > - Shane
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Mayer [mailto:jmayer@stanford.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 10:10 AM
> > To: <public-tracking@w3.org> (public-tracking@w3.org)
> > Subject: High-level text on third-party responsibilities (ACTION-38,
> ISSUE-19)
> >
> > A third party may not collect, retain, or use any information related to
> communication with a user or user agent.  There are exceptions to this
> general rule for _____, _____, and _____ as defined in the following
> sections.
> >
> >
>
>
>


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