- From: David Wainberg <dwainberg@appnexus.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:26:27 -0500
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- CC: "(public-tracking@w3.org) (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
As I, and I think others, have suggested previously, if we can define the data collection and use that is the concern of this group, the 1st vs 3rd party distinction is irrelevant. My understanding from the beginning has been that the primary concern, and the primary target of DNT, is data collected across unrelated websites over time (or something in that ballpark). I did not think there was much, if any, dissent about this, and my recollection from Cambridge of the proposed definitions of tracking is that they were all pretty close to this idea. Assuming this is the case, it doesn't matter whether the party is 1st or 3rd or 6th or 127th. It only matters if the data collected falls within the definition of (cross-site) tracking. Of course, we still face the challenge of defining what this data is, including defining "cross-site", but as I think Shane has pointed out, we're going to have to do so regardless. This will be an easier task than defining 1st and 3rd party. And it will save us from infinite ambiguity regarding who is 1st or 3rd party under what circumstances. David Singer wrote: > I think the phrase 'cross-site tracking' is open to a wide variety of interpretations, some (many) of which some (many) people might object to. We can't, in my opinion, escape defining this. If we're going to have a compliance doc accompanying the technical spec, that doc is going to have to define the data it covers. I realize some of us would take the approach of saying all data, and then providing excepted uses, but I am convinced that will not work. > I think we should write the document talking about 'tracking' and defining what is allowed and what is not. If that fits what some people think of as 'cross site tracking' that's fine. I think we're confused about whether (or when) we're concerned about collection vs. use. We need to get clear.
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