Re: Letter from Dr. Dix - Updated Attachments

The devil is in the details:

27. The default of DNT and the defaults actions by the Web Tracking organisation remain crucial once again. For DNT to be an effective instrument to provide user control, it is crucial that those performing Web Tracking can be certain that the DNT signal which they receive is a true indication of the user's wishes. In the absence of fully informed user choice, a Web Tracking organisation must assume that a user is not aware of Web Tracking and therefore assume the default position as if they had received a DNT:1 signal, which indicates a wish from the user not wanting to be tracked.


To me, in W3C DNT words I read this as: even when a user has not made a choice to use DNT, and the browser setting is unset, in the EU, a party should assume that a user does not want to be tracked as the default. This could be addressed in the June draft, but could also be addressed in the TPE (non-normative example for the EU).

Rob



mts-std@schunter.org wrote:

>FYI: This version contains the correct press release (still in German;
>non-normative micro-summary below).
>
>The press release outlines Dr. Dix strong privacy concerns about web
>tracking as it exists today. It expresses general support for the idea
>that users can control their privacy (such as by Do Not Track).
>
>He raises the concern that the current proposals of our working group
>are
>dominated by industry and do not address the privacy needs of the
>individuals. As a consequence, he sees a risk that our efforts will be
>useless from his perspective ("ins Leere läuft").
>
>He finally introduces the whitepaper by the Berlin Group (in particular
>the requirement that users can change their preferences any time and
>that
>the default setting must be "no tracking") and ends with a quote.
>
>
>
>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> I just received the enclosed update to the letter.
>>
>> Regards,
>> matthias
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>----------------------------
>> Subject: Web Tracking
>> From:    "Sandra Liessmann" <sandra.liessmann@datenschutz-berlin.de>
>> Date:    Fri, June 28, 2013 14:35
>>
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Dear Prof. Swire,
>> Dear Mr. Schunter,
>>
>> I am very sorry, but I sent the false press statement yesterday. Now
>you
>> find
>> attached the right enclosure.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Sandra Ließmann
>> --
>> Berliner Beauftragter für
>> Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
>> Servicestelle Bürgereingaben
>>