Re: Issue for discussion on Wed

So DNT:1 should turn off browser history?  That seems counterintuitive.  That's what privacy mode is for!  DNT is meant to stop others from cross-site tracking.  I don't think of my browser as a third party --- it's my agent after all.

Or do you mean that the company that makes the user agent can't track if DNT is signed on?  That is, Google can't track what I do in Chrome unless I give them permission (e.g., "sign into Chrome")?

Justin Brookman
Director, Consumer Privacy
Center for Democracy & Technology
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On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Alan Chapell <achapell@chapellassociates.com> wrote:

> Colleagues - 
> 
> I apologize if I'm being repetitive. I'm trying to err on the side of caution and wasn't sure if this needed to be raised again.
> 
> Proposed language:
> "A user agent MUST NOT track information related to the network interaction outside of the [Permitted Uses] and any explicitly-granted exceptions without consent."
> 
> Rationale: 
> In reviewing the June draft with colleagues, it occurred to me that some User Agents – technically speaking – could engage in tracking. My sense is that it is implicit that User agents would fall under the definition of third party under this spec and therefore would be subject to certain requirements. My goal was to make that more explicit. And as others have noted, the use case is not merely speculative. (See http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20123464-12/amazons-silk-browser-now-eff-approved-really/ and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/07/help_my_belkin_router/)
> 
> Alan
>