- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:30:45 +0200
- To: public-tracking@w3.org, ifette@google.com
Hi Ian, do you see an issue if we only talk about postal code? Is there another measure instead? I think we should tell the geolocation folks to also look at our specification if DNT can be utilized for better consent interfacing in case of location services. And I agree that we have some logical break if the geolocation wants consent and the DNT specification says tracking at postal code level is fine. But IMHO this is a tricky issue. So leaving the break where it is is an option IMHO. Best, Rigo On Tuesday 24 April 2012 19:36:56 Ian Fette wrote: > Currently the definition/compliance document states "Geo-location > information that is more granular than postal code is too granular. > Geolocation data must not be used at any level more granular than postal > code. Note that while the number of people living in a postal code varies > from country to country, postal codes are extant world-wide. > If specific consent has been granted for the use of more granular location > data, than that consent prevails." > > There exists a browser API to gain potentially very fine-grained > (GPS-level) location information, this has a built-in consent mechanism. > > I would propose adding into Non-Normative Discussion in the geolocation > compliance section the following. > > "The Geolocation API [1] available in web browsers is one mechanism by > which fine-grained location information can be requested by a website. > This API ensures that location information is only sent with the express > permission of the user. Use of this API would be an example of specific > consent being granted for the use of more granular location data. A user > explicitly typing a location into a website, such as entering an address > in a form or selecting a location on a map, would also be an example of > specific consent being granted." > > with the link to the API for [1] at http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/ > > -Ian
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