- From: Jeffrey Chester <jeffreychester@me.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:25:35 -0800
- To: Ed Felten <ed@felten.com>
- Cc: Mike Zaneis <mike@iab.net>, "<public-tracking@w3.org>" <public-tracking@w3.org>, John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org>, Aleecia McDonald <aleecia@aleecia.com>
The ftc's new position should be in the forthcoming framework. I agree with this process should not be governered by FTC and reflect best practices. If a user has signaled DNT to a company involves in third party data sharing, they should not be permitted to transmit to First parties any data on that user Jeff Chester Center for Digital Democracy Washington DC www.democraticmedia.org Jeff@democraticmedia.org On Nov 18, 2011, at 3:04 AM, Ed Felten <ed@felten.com> wrote: > Mike, > > Just to be clear, are you saying that the DAA Principles documents > allow first parties to share data arbitrarily with third parties, > regardless of user opt-out? > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Mike Zaneis <mike@iab.net> wrote: >> Sorry Jeff and John, but the FTC and industry are on record with this issue. >> Below are my original statements, none of which have been rebuked by the >> FTC: >> "I have to agree with Shane that first parties are outside of the scope of >> the DNT proposal. In the U.S. this has been widely agreed too, with the >> Federal Trade Commission stating that: >> >> "The (OBA Privacy) report concludes that fewer privacy concerns may be >> associated with "first-party" and "contextual" advertising than with other >> behavioral advertising, and concludes that it is not necessary to include >> such advertising within the scope of the principles." >> http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/02/behavad.shtm. >> >> While I understand that this is meant to be a global document, U.S. >> companies operate under the assumption that they are not covered by third >> party requirements, which raise more consumer concerns. >> >> Furthermore, it seems that making non-binding policy statements as to what >> first parties "could" or "should" do is not within scope of the W3C mission >> nor this particular document. >> >> It is unlikely that first parties would adhere to restrictions that they >> have been told should not affect them and thus inclusion of such provisions >> would diminish adoption of any W3C standard and would subject companies that >> are outside of the scope of this document to unnecessary and unjustified >> public scrutiny." >> Mike Zaneis >> SVP & General Counsel, IAB >> (202) 253-1466 >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:08 PM, "Jeffrey Chester" <jeffreychester@me.com> >> wrote: >> >> The ftc's position on first and third parties is evolving, I believe. We >> have provided them with evidence that the distinctions between first and >> third parties has eroded because of real time bidding and other data >> integration practices embraced by online publishing. As First parties import >> outside data for user targeting from many sources simultaneously, a user's >> decision regarding DNT for such provider partner sites could be ignored, I >> fear. >> >> Jeff Chester >> Center for Digital Democracy >> Washington DC >> www.democraticmedia.org >> Jeff@democraticmedia.org >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 4:31 PM, John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org> wrote: >> >> Mike, >> The FTC hasn't taken a position on this. That only happens when the >> commissioners vote and they have not. I think what you're doing is >> predicting what you think a majority would say if they voted. >> Best, >> John >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Mike Zaneis wrote: >> >> This is where there is a fundamental split amongst the parties. We had a >> discussion several weeks ago about the first party obligations and I pointed >> out that IAB and my member companies generally support the U.S. FTC position >> that consumers don't expect first parties to be subject to such >> restrictions. Those positions have not changed. >> >> Mike Zaneis >> SVP & General Counsel, IAB >> (202) 253-1466 >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:56 PM, "John Simpson" <john@consumerwatchdog.org> >> wrote: >> >> Shane, >> I don't understand why we would say that a 1st party most likely will not be >> subject to the DNT signal. If we continue to use the 1st party/ 3rd party >> distinction, it will likely (almost certainly) have different and probably >> fewer obligations than a third party. It should still be subject to the >> signal. >> As a user I want the 1st party site to know that I have DNT configured. As >> a 1st party site operator I want to know a visitor has configured DNT and is >> sending me the signal. There will be some "musts", ie not sharing data from >> a DNT configured user with 3rd parties, but if I am a responsible site >> operator I may chose to go further in honoring the DNT request. For >> instance I might chose to not even include the visitor in my analytics. I >> need to know if DNT is configured and the way this happens is by being >> subject to the DNT signal. >> The obligations are different, but its important that we think of all sites >> being subject to the DNT signal, once it is configured in the browser. >> >> 73s, >> John >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:22 AM, Shane Wiley wrote: >> >> Karl, >> >> This statement is an attempt to remove the concern that a 1st party, which >> will mostly likely not be subject to the DNT signal, does not have a >> backdoor opportunity to pass user data directly to a 3rd party (aka - >> closing a loop-hole). 3rd parties present on the 1st party's web site >> should honor the DNT signal directly. >> >> - Shane >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Karl Dubost [mailto:karld@opera.com] >> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:40 AM >> To: Shane Wiley >> Cc: John Simpson; Jules Polonetsky; Nicholas Doty; Roy T. Fielding; Mark >> Nottingham; <public-tracking@w3.org> >> Subject: Re: "cross-site" >> >> >> Le 16 nov. 2011 à 23:30, Shane Wiley a écrit : >> >> Alter statement to read "First parties must NOT share user specific data >> with 3rd parties for those user who send the DNT signal and have not granted >> a site-specific exception to the 1st party." This will leave room for >> sharing with Agents/Service Providers/Vendors to the 1st party -- as well as >> sharing aggregate and anonymous data with "others" (general reporting, for >> example). >> >> I guess you mean >> s/DNT signal/DNT:1 signal" >> >> Trying to understand what you are saying. >> >> 1. User sends DNT:1 to a website with domain name www.example.org >> 2. www.example.org collects data about the user >> (IP address and categories of pages the user visits) >> 3. Company Acme Hosting Inc. (a 3rd party) has access to these >> data NOT through the Web but through an access to the logs file. >> >> >> What is happening? >> >> >> -- >> Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/ >> Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software >> >> >> >> ---------- >> 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 >> >> ---------- >> 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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