RE: Sitecom adds Do Not Track to its routers

From: David Singer [mailto:singer@apple.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 10:30 PM
To: ifette@google.com
Cc: public-tracking@w3.org Group WG; Brendan Riordan-Butterworth; JC Cannon; Craig Spiezle
Subject: Re: Sitecom adds Do Not Track to its routers


On Dec 1, 2012, at 17:43 , Ian Fette (イアンフェッティ) <ifette@google.com<mailto:ifette@google.com>> wrote:



David, when you say compliant I assume you mean with respect to the overall setting being representative of an explicit user choice?

Yes, if it truly is used in environments controlled by a single user.


To be clear, “environments controlled by a single user” are not the only case where installation of a DNT-setting router would be compliant IMO. More generally a DNT setting in the configuration of a private network by the owning entity would be compliant. The same goes for browsers issued for use in that network, and any related software installed on computers issued for use, etc. An enterprise network owner should have the same policy-setting rights as a personal/family network. Employees consent to the terms & conditions of employment and use of a corporate network (which may include access to the Internet) and computing devices also likely come under those T&C’s. Similarly, I may not make my kids accept T&C’s, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have the right to enforce policy in my own home, including tracking if choose to for valid (to me) reasons.

Thanks,
Bryan Sullivan