- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 04:58:25 -0700
- To: John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org>
- Cc: "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:43 PM, John Simpson wrote: > Nonetheless, here is a proposed definition of tracking, with which I could live: > > "Tracking is the collection and correlation of data about the Internet activities of a particular user, computer, or device, over time and across a website or websites." Not bad, but I think we should try to exclude functionality within a single first-party context. I ran across another definition yesterday: http://blog.privacychoice.org/2011/03/22/a-working-definition-of-do-not-track/ "The non-consensual use or transfer of behavioral data collected across websites or applications as to an individual, computer or device." which I think is pretty close, but the wording is tortuous. How about: "Tracking is any non-consensual collection, correlation, or transfer of data about the Internet activities of a particular user, user agent, or device beyond the (first party) context in which that activity occurred." Cheers, ....Roy
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