Re: June Draft - Proposal for User Agent Compliance

Sure.. 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. It may not be a big
deal as both the DAA Code and the FTC consent order in the Sears case are
generally in line with my proposed language.

I'm open to wording suggestions, or a debate on the merits.

Thanks,

Alan

From:  Alex Fowler <afowler@mozilla.com>
Date:  Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:26 PM
To:  <public-tracking@w3.org>
Subject:  Re: June Draft - Proposal for User Agent Compliance
Resent-From:  <public-tracking@w3.org>
Resent-Date:  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:26:49 +0000

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>  Alan -
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>  I'm not sure I understand the intent of this proposed addition, Alan. Can you
> provide further info on what this means? My apologies if this is connected to
> a previous discussion that I missed.
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>  Thanks,
>  Alex
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> On 6/26/13 8:49 AM, Alan Chapell wrote:
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>> I propose adding the following:
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>> A user agent MUST NOT track information related to the network interaction
>> outside of the [Permitted Uses] and any explicitly-granted exceptions without
>> consent.
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>> Alan
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