- From: Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:02:56 -0500
- To: Milton Calnek <milton@calnek.com>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
On 5 Sep 97, Milton Calnek wrote: > If it's not binding... whats the point? I mean that as a web developer it's > a great idea, as a surfer, I probably wouldn't read the page because there > is no garentee that the publisher will follow what they claim is their policy. It would be recommended as an encouragement for site maintainers to develop and publicize their privacy policies. By recommending it, it encourages developers and site admins to develop a privacy policy. Possibly indexing robots could note sites with a stated policy. It's not intended to be non-binding at all. (The caveat about it being ignored works the same way for trusting an on-line store with your credit card numbers too.) Of course by ignoring a stated policy someone might be legally liable, depending on the circumstances and the jurisdiction. Rob --- Robert Rothenburg Walking-Owl (wlkngowl@unix.asb.com) (Se habla PGP.) http://www.wusb.org/mutant/
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