- From: David Wainberg <dwainberg@appnexus.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:46:08 -0500
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- CC: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>, Tom Lowenthal <tom@mozilla.com>, "public-tracking@w3.org" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Have we settled on branding as the distinguishing factor? I don't think we've defined tracking or cross-site yet. On 11/16/11 3:25 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Karl Dubost wrote: >> Le 15 nov. 2011 à 15:34, Tom Lowenthal a écrit : >>> Mark, the issue of sites vs entities has been discussed at length in the >>> group. Please read the mailing list archives and meeting minutes to get >>> appraised of the discussion so far. >> Mark is talking about the document >> Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) >> W3C Working Draft 14 November 2011 >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-tracking-dnt-20111114/ >> >> This document is aimed primarily at the implementers audience >> (not policy makers). People who will deal with the HTTP layer >> of the client and the server. The specification has to be >> unambiguous for this audience. At the HTTP layer, There is no >> such things as a business entity. >> >> There are hosts, domain names, data, etc. We have to clearly >> keep that in mind when we are defining the technology. > The DNT header field has specific semantics. Part of those semantics > is that it expresses the user's preference regarding the tracking (or > data sharing) from one branded site to a differently branded site. > It does not express the user's preference regarding tracking that > occurs wholly within one branded site. > > ....Roy > >
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