- From: David Wainberg <dwainberg@appnexus.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:02:24 -0400
- To: "public-tracking@w3.org" <public-tracking@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <525472E0.7080705@appnexus.com>
Hi All, *Proposal*: eliminate the definitions for first and third party and instead define the contexts of data collection and use, per ISSUE-221. *Rationale*: Defining contexts of collection and use, rather than parties, is more precise and clear, and so will avoid confusion and misinterpretation of the spec. Speaking in terms of context goes right to the point. Parties are not inherently one or the other. Company X is a party. Is it a first party or a third party? We don't know until we see the context in which it is collecting or using data at any given moment. So let's just talk about the context, then. Or, to put it slightly differently, parties can morph between 1st and 3rd. They can hold data that was collected in either context and they can use data in either context. But what matters is that context in which the data is collected or used. And the DNT signal carries over with the data, even as the party switches contexts. Therefore 1st or 3rd-ness is really a property of the data, not of the party. And, it follows that it's clearer to talk about applying rules to the data rather than to parties. Thanks for considering this change. -David
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