- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:07:17 -0700
- To: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Cc: public-tracking@w3.org, Mike O'Neill <michael.oneill@baycloud.com>
On Sep 17, 2012, at 12:51 , Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org> wrote: > Mike, > > this is my plan since the Princeton workshop. That you invent it in > parallel means we can't be that wrong. It looks like we have still > some industry requiring that feature. (modulo my misunderstanding of > the decision) > > Rigo I think this is possible today, though it's the first I recall thinking about it. The site would detect a visit with no DNT header, and asks you for an exception (and then the usual exception processing goes on). I guess if a site wants to do this, it should work, and we should make sure nothing has been written that implies the converse. Unless there is a snag I ain't seeing. > > On Thursday 13 September 2012 12:07:19 Mike O'Neill wrote: >> The exception API could be amended slightly to make the UA pop up >> a UI if DNT is unset. In jurisdictions needing explicit consent >> (like EU), publishers could be required by regulators to use that >> form of the API (i.e. if DNT is unset then ask the user how they >> want to handle it, e.g. leave it unset or specify 1 or 0). > David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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