Perhaps I am missing something, but I don't understand why we need the reference to "cross-site" nor to "across sites." As a user I want to send a clear and unambiguous signal that I do not wish to be tracked. I may be persuaded that first party sites and third party sites have different obligations when my message is received, but I definitely want both first and third party sites to get my message. Thus, I believe the specification should simply read: "This specification defines the technical mechanisms for expressing a tracking preference via the DNT request header field in HTTP." 73s, John On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > On 14/11/2011, at 6:26 PM, Karl Dubost wrote: > >> Old: >> This specification defines the technical mechanisms >> for expressing a cross-site tracking preference via >> the DNT request header field in HTTP… >> >> New: >> This specification defines the technical mechanisms >> for expressing a tracking preference across sites >> via the DNT request header field in HTTP > > The subject of the constraint here is still *sites*, not transfer of data between parties. > > Perhaps something like: > > This specification defines the technical mechanisms for > expressing a preference regarding transfer of tracking data > between parties via the DNT request header field in HTTP > > Cheers, > > -- > Mark Nottingham > http://www.mnot.net/ > > > > > ---------- John M. Simpson Consumer Advocate Consumer Watchdog 1750 Ocean Park Blvd. ,Suite 200 Santa Monica, CA,90405 Tel: 310-392-7041 Cell: 310-292-1902 www.ConsumerWatchdog.org john@consumerwatchdog.org
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