- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:06:14 -0800
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org>, "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:44 AM, David Singer wrote: > On Feb 1, 2012, at 21:37 , John Simpson wrote: > >> How does this approach work in light of the way referrers work? > > you would generally be allowed to use the referrer information only in real-time, and not record it. That is not always an option -- referral data received by some sites is the essential trail of a contractual obligation and must be kept for billing, auditing, and fraud prevention purposes. Likewise, referral data in aggregate form is essential to both site analytics and the most rudimentary forms of advertising placement. We can limit its retention to those purposes when DNT is enabled and suggest ways to segregate the data from other operational uses, but we should accept that it will have to be retained by some sites regardless of how we define the terms. ....Roy
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