RE: TPWG Charter; urge it remain

Dear Wendy, Matthias

As expressed in a previous email, I support extending the charter. The 
ePrivacy Directive is currently under review. New legislation will 
repeal the current cookie framework, possibly with a Regulation (which 
will level the playing field and be in conjuction with the GDPR). See, 
e.g., http://ssrn.com/abstract=2804720 for a recap of the EU privacy 
framework.

DNT is an attempt towards a careful balance between a justified business 
need, and the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. The 
(full) JavaScript consent API is a key component for this delicate 
balance.

Regards,
Rob

Craig Spiezle schreef op 2016-07-15 20:32:
> The Online Trust Alliance agrees.  To this point we are seeing an
> update in adoption and if we walk away today, we risk sending the
> wrong message.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Chester [mailto:jeff@democraticmedia.org]
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 10:51 AM
> To: Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org>
> Cc: Matthias Schunter <mts-std@schunter.org>; public-tracking@w3.org
> (public-tracking@w3.org) <public-tracking@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: TPWG Charter; urge it remain
> 
> CDD urges W3C to keep this group’s status active.  It is critically
> important, given the changes to the market we are seeing in both N.
> America and Europe especially, that W3C's Do Not Track initiative is
> ongoing during this period.  The Charter should be renewed; otherwise
> privacy and the public lose out.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jeff Chester
> 
> 
> 
> Executive Director
> Center for Digital Democracy
> Washington, DC.
> www. democraticmedia.org
> jeff@democraticmedia.org
> 202-494-7100
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi TPWG participants,
>> 
>> Seeing limited conversation here, and no input from adopters of the
>> technology, I lean toward not rechartering the group at this time,
>> while continuing to track implementation and adoption.
>> 
>> We can keep using the public-tracking mailing list and wikis, under
>> the auspices of the Privacy Interest Group (PING, join for broader
>> discussion, if you like, at https://www.w3.org/Privacy/).
>> 
>> The CR documents we published will of course remain available for
>> reference, implementation, and use:
>> TPE: https://www.w3.org/TR/tracking-dnt/
>> TCS: https://www.w3.org/TR/tracking-compliance/
>> 
>> If interest in DNT picks up, we can reopen the Working Group to
>> complete the interop testing and editing necessary to take the specs
>> forward to Recommendation.
>> 
>> How does that sound?
>> 
>> --Wendy
>> 
>> On 07/01/2016 07:39 AM, Matthias Schunter (Intel Corporation) wrote:
>>> Hi Folks,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks for the positive responses. It is a good point that people who
>>> want to implement DNT better get guidance to do so in an 
>>> interoperable way.
>>> 
>>> I would also like to hear the opposite opinions: Are there objections
>>> to extending the charter and finalizing the documents?
>>> Is there a downside to extending the charter, reviewing
>>> implementations, and publishing a final recommendation?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> matthias
>>> Am 01.07.2016 00:10, schrieb Craig Spiezle:
>>>> I third it.  As noted we are seeing an uptake of sites disclosing if 
>>>> they Honor DNT and a renewed interest among publishers.   Honoring 
>>>> Do Not track is much suddenly become more attractive then Ad 
>>>> blockers.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Rob van Eijk [mailto:rob@blaeu.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 11:14 AM
>>>> To: Mike O'Neill <michael.oneill@baycloud.com>
>>>> Cc: public-tracking@w3.org; 'Wendy Seltzer' <wseltzer@w3.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: TPWG Charter
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> 
>>>> I second a request to extend the charter. Now that implementers and 
>>>> testers have picked up DNT, it is time to further explore use cases 
>>>> that we may have overlooked.
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Rob van Eijk
>>>> 
>>>> Mike O'Neill schreef op 2016-06-30 19:57:
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>>>>> 
>>>>> With the tightening of the requirement for consent, the right to
>>>>> object, right to amend/modify/erase driven by the GDPR in Europe
>>>>> and the (initially Transatlantic) PrivacyShield, makes it advisable
>>>>> that the charter for this group be extended for at least another
>>>>> year. The building-blocks in the TPE, for example the Tracking
>>>>> Status Resource, support many of these requirements, and can
>>>>> clearly be enhanced to support the others, and this WG is the
>>>>> obvious place where these can be discussed and hopefully 
>>>>> standardised.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The rising popularity of Ad Blockers and other Content Blocking
>>>>> applications, which can be destructive in the way they arbitrarily
>>>>> inhibit aspects of the web platform, also point to the need for
>>>>> protocol elements that can communicate user preferences, and the
>>>>> TPE or something similar to it would help with this.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The TPE has been implemented on several clients and servers as
>>>>> described in the Implementation Report
>>>>> https://www.w3.org/wiki/Privacy/TPWG/TPE_Implementation_Report
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Tracking Exception API has been supported natively and in user
>>>>> agent extensions, and has been supported by thousands of sites,
>>>>> including those run by major consumer brand companies, in most
>>>>> European countries since 2013. A number of these sites are
>>>>> extending their support for the TPE protocol elements in the near 
>>>>> future.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope the W3C recognises this and extends the group charter for
>>>>> another year.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mike O'Neill
>>>>> Technical Director
>>>>> Baycloud Systems
>>>>> Oxford Centre for Innovation
>>>>> New Road
>>>>> Oxford
>>>>> OX1 1BY
>>>>> Tel. 01865 735619
>>>>> Fax: 01865 261401
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Wendy Seltzer -- wseltzer@w3.org +1.617.715.4883 (office) Policy
>> Counsel and Domain Lead, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>> https://wendy.seltzer.org/        +1.617.863.0613 (mobile)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>

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