RE: ISSUE-92: If data collection (even very specific with IP address, user agent, referrer) is time-limited, with very limited retention, is that still tracking?

Aleecia asked me to add a comment I had made on the IRC, that if the data is not being retained (ie, they use it to verify ad campaign constraints, and then throw it away), then we probably do not want to consider this as tracking.  Personally, I do not know if it's possible to "track" without retaining any data, so in retrospect, I am not sure how useful the comment was.

Actually, I believe this has come up before.  Others have stated that they believe its ok to use data garnered from the current request as long as it is not augmented with historical data.  I don't think we had a consensus on that thought, but it seems related.

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Subject: ISSUE-92: If data collection (even very specific with IP address, user agent, referrer) is time-limited, with very limited retention, is that still tracking?


ISSUE-92: If data collection (even very specific with IP address, user agent, referrer) is time-limited, with very limited retention, is that still tracking? 

http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/92


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