- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:10:09 +0100
- To: public-tracking@w3.org
- Cc: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, JC Cannon <jccannon@microsoft.com>
JC, as you can imagine, I'm with Roy here as the consent mechanism is important. Rigo On Wednesday 07 March 2012 12:50:11 Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Mar 7, 2012, at 9:00 AM, JC Cannon wrote: > > If the statement only applies to third parties it should be so stated. I > > just want to avoid confusion. > I fully intend the definition of tracking to apply to all parties, > because that is how a user would interpret the term. It enables > a first-party site to say to the user "I am tracking you on this site > but it is limited to this context and the data is not shared with > third-parties except as limited by outsourcing." > > Such a statement can be the basis for prior, specific, and informed > consent, which is what the EU regulators require of all parties performing > tracking (not just third-parties). It is also consistent with the > option as defined in current browsers. And it allows for transparency > in the tracking status response. > > The exemption for first party sites is defined by the clauses for > "Do Not Track", since that can be defined in a specific way that > acknowledges that the user has requested a service from the > first-party and that service is allowed to perform tracking, > which is reflected in the tracking status resource. > > I categorically reject that any informed consent is possible without > a definition of tracking. I can live with a standard that only covers > third-party tracking if that is the scope we all agree to address, > but I had the exact opposite reaction from my last proposal. > > ....Roy
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