Re: TPWG Charter

It would be great to hear from W3M about what's cooking for TPWG

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Craig Spiezle <craigs@otalliance.org> wrote:
> 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
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>> 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.
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>>
>> Mike O'Neill
>> Technical Director
>> Baycloud Systems
>> Oxford Centre for Innovation
>> New Road
>> Oxford
>> OX1 1BY
>> Tel. 01865 735619
>> Fax: 01865 261401
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