- From: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:33:32 -0500
- To: public-device-apis@w3.org
- Cc: public-geolocation@w3.org, www-tag@w3.org
To: The W3C Device APIs and Policy Working Group The W3C Policy Languages Interest Group maintains a Wiki [1] which contains real world cases where personal information has been compromised due to inadequate policy or poor/nonexistent enforcement. One of these cases describes how Virgin Mobile used photos that it found on Flickr in a national advertising program. The photos appeared on large billboards, much to the surprise of the owner and the subject. In the public mind, issues related to the management and protection of user information in Web Applications, Device access over the Web and Services provided over the Web loom large and must be addressed. The TAG, therefore, urges working groups working in these areas to include in their architectures the ability to communicate policy information so that it can be used to determine correct access to and retention of user data and resources. Addressing these concerns should be a requirement, although the details of how they are addressed may vary by application. For example, a working group might provide mechanisms for including policy information in API calls in a flexible manner, perhaps by using some more generalized extensibility mechanism. We note that there has been some dialog in this area. In particular, the IETF GeoPriv Working Group has requested [2] the W3C Geolocation Working Group to add additional support for user privacy. There is a discussion thread on this subject on the Geolocation Mailing list [3]. Thank you very much. Noah Mendelsohn For the W3C Technical Architecture Group [1] http://www.w3.org/Policy/pling/wiki/InterestingCases [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Aug/0006.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Jun/thread.html#msg98 P.S. Tracker: this should fulfill TAG ACTION-318 -------------------------------------- Noah Mendelsohn IBM Corporation One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 1-617-693-4036 --------------------------------------
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