'not tracking', amendment to the change proposal

http://www.w3.org/wiki/Privacy/TPWG/Change_Proposal_No_Tracking

problem:

Though I doubt many sites will want to or be able to claim this state, I don't see a problem in defining it (it is at worst harmless), but I don't think the definition works.


proposal:

A party may claim that it is not tracking, if it does not retain tracking data after the network transaction is complete.  Retaining tracking data includes:

1) Retention by the server of data that falls into the definition of tracking data.

2) Causing the user-agent to retain data, such as cookies,  that contains or can be linked to tracking data.

Note that tracking data applies to data after a transaction is complete; the site may use in-transaction data for the purposes of satisfying the transaction.




David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Wednesday, 3 July 2013 00:08:02 UTC