- From: TOUBIANA, VINCENT (VINCENT) <Vincent.Toubiana@alcatel-lucent.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:03:49 +0200
- To: "public-tracking@w3.org" <public-tracking@w3.org>
I suggest an alternative to site-specific exceptions (Issue-111). Instead of providing the list of 3rd parties through the JavaScript API, this list could be provided through Tracking Status Representation (available through the well-known URI). There is already a field to send that list to the UA (See section 5.1.2 in TPE document) but it is currently optional. If we replace the MAY by a MUST, then users could get the list of third parties present on a site before they visit it and then decide if they are ready to grant a site-wide exception. Pros: - User grant exceptions knowing which third parties could track them - This does not broke the chain in ad-exchanges - Publisher do not have to ask new user granted exceptions when they add third parties Cons: - Users have to check the well known URI more often - Users can not provide feedback about the third parties present on a website (a non granted exception is – in my opinion-- an explicit feedback). I still prefer the site-specific exception mechanism as it gives users more choices, but I believe this solution could be seen as a middle ground. Vincent
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