- From: Tamir Israel <tisrael@cippic.ca>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:54:53 -0400
- To: "Dobbs, Brooks" <Brooks.Dobbs@kbmg.com>
- CC: Alan Chapell <achapell@chapellassociates.com>, "Grimmelmann, James" <James.Grimmelmann@nyls.edu>, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Brooks, I'm not seeing it. DNT-1 is a preference for privacy. It very directly expresses 'I want you to respect my privacy, please do not track [insert definition] my online browsing'. If it also means that I will be faced with a second choice -- out of bound consent; request for an exception for a specific service; etc., which I may say yes or no to on a case by case basis, depending on the particular terms of the OOB, or the service requesting an exception -- in no way diminishes the fact that my initial expression 'Do Not Track Me' indicates a preference for privacy with respect to my online browsing. I agree that sites will need to be funded, one way or another, but this does not change the underlying character of my 'DNT-1' as an expression of a preference for privacy. Best, Tamir On 8/22/2012 2:58 PM, Dobbs, Brooks wrote: > Tamir, > > I again note that DNT: 1 is NOT a preference FOR privacy. It is a > preference that a recipient server will process data in accordance with > the compliance spec as required by the signal. The net impact of the > server's behavior may or may not on the whole be more or less privacy > protective for the individual concerned. A user may reasonably conclude > that DNT: 0 or unset is likely to have a better net impact on privacy. > Being asked for OOB exception or a micropayment for content may not, in > many reasonable minds, be privacy enhancing. > > I am not being pedantic here. We must be conscious that we aren't > discussing IF ad supported websites will continue to be funded but HOW. > If a donut store offers you "free" donuts for giving their advertising > sponsors your IP address and cookie as you wait in line but then is > required by protocol not to collect those things, you may expect the shop > will ask you for a credit card when you get to the register (or they'll > close). > > > > -Brooks > >
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