Geolocation from David Singer on 2013-06-17 (public-tracking@w3.org from June 2013)

From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:43:54 -0700
To: "public-tracking@w3.org Mailing List" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Message-id: <73BB6F89-9386-491B-B676-674103AEE074@apple.com>

I am puzzled that we single out this particular datum, amongst all the possible ones.  Isn't geolocation privacy best dealt with by the geolocation specifications, and shouldn't the general issue be dealt with by the limitation on tracking, i.e.

if I live as a hermit in a postal code with no other inhabitants, then postal code DOES associate that data with me.


David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Monday, 17 June 2013 23:44:23 UTC