Re: ACTION 270 - Propose existing DAA text for service providers

As mentioned before, this is a definition of an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) that does advertising (framed or interstitial) as
part of its service to end-users.  It has nothing whatsoever to
do with the term "service provider" as used in the TPWG specs.

....Roy

On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Rachel Thomas wrote:

> Also as promised, I am submitting the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) definition of “service provider” for consideration / inclusion in section 3.4.1 (“Service Provider Definition”) of the W3C TPWG "Tracking Compliance and Scope” document.  Below is both the formal definition and related commentary from the DAA Self-Regulatory Principles for Multi-Site Data. 
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> Service Provider
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> Definition: An entity is a Service Provider to the extent that it collects and uses data from all or substantially all URLs traversed by a web browser across Web sites in the course of the entity’s activities as a provider of Internet access service, a toolbar, an Internet browser, or comparable desktop application or client software and not for its other applications and activities.
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> Commentary: Employers are not Service Providers with respect to data collected regarding employees in the employment context.
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> And very best,
> Rachel
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> Rachel Nyswander Thomas
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