- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:49:26 +0100
- To: public-tracking@w3.org
- Cc: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
David, should we link this to Ian Fette's suggestion for 6 weeks retention? This would be linked to Action-266. I think we are solving the same issue here. Rigo On Wednesday 07 November 2012 18:35:13 David Singer wrote: > (The issue asks for normative text, the action for non-normative, this is > non-normative). We need to tell sites that basically are not in the > tracking business what they need to do… > > > > > There are circumstances in which sites will appear in as third parties in a > transaction, but those sites perform little or no tracking. Such sites > might include those providing libraries of resources, such as scripts, > style-sheets, or images, or sites providing content intended to be 'mashed > up' into other sites. Unfortunately, it is not possible to distinguish, > among the sites that do not implement Do Not Track, those that track but do > not (yet) implement DNT, and sites that do not track. > > For this reason, it is recommended that these non-tracking sites implement a > static well-known resource and/or a static DNT response header, indicating > their status. The recommended status is '3' (fully third-party compliant, > with no qualifiers and no permissions claimed) or '3s' (third party, > claiming only the short-term logging permission). If logging is performed, > then complying with the requirements for short-term logging may be > necessary, to be compliant under these specifications. > > > David Singer > Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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