- From: Shane Wiley <wileys@yahoo-inc.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:00:31 -0700
- To: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>, Tamir Israel <tisrael@cippic.ca>
- CC: Jeffrey Chester <jeff@democraticmedia.org>, Ninja Marnau <nmarnau@datenschutzzentrum.de>, "ifette@google.com" <ifette@google.com>, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, David Singer <singer@apple.com>, "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Tamir, The user has many options at that point: - Switch to a compliant UA and set DNT - Use the existing opt-out approach - Block cookies (in whole or selectively) - Stop viewing the free content provided on that site What signifies consent in your view today in the absence of a DNT standard? - Shane -----Original Message----- From: Rigo Wenning [mailto:rigo@w3.org] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:57 AM To: Tamir Israel Cc: Shane Wiley; Jeffrey Chester; Ninja Marnau; ifette@google.com; Bjoern Hoehrmann; David Singer; public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org) Subject: Re: Today's call: summary on user agent compliance On Friday 08 June 2012 14:49:23 Tamir Israel wrote: > I truly apologize for belaboring this issue, but once the DNT-1 > signal is ignored, there is no longer an available opt-out > mechanism for the user to employ in order to express their > preference. So regulators will then have to decide whether the > mere presence of notice that tracking is occurring offers a > sufficiently meaningful consent mechanism. You found the hole! I have to think about it. Rigo
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