Re: P3P and VoiceXML

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Voice XML is an extremely interactive language - in other words it
> is a great vehicle for expressing how to collect information.
> However, because the dominant use case is for telephone calls
> rather than HTTP connections, it is not clear how it interacts
> with P3P or other mechanisms for clarifying what the privacy
> status is of this information.
> 
> One obvious technique is to describe VoiceXML services using RDF
> and the tel: URI scheme, and it seems trivial to use this or
> directly use P3P for HTTP-based interaction.
> 
> Is there any requirement for otherwise allowing users to
> understand what will happen with their information?

There are I believe legal requirements (at least in some countries)  
that require you to inform users that the call may be recorded and
used for quality control or training purposes etc.

I can envisage voice services tied to a web site where you can view
their privacy policy and set your preferences etc. When you dial
into the voice service, the web site would be able to identify you
in one of several ways, and to apply your preferences accordingly.

A further idea is the ability to combine P3P with SIP when the
voice call is set up via SIP. SIP (session initiation protocol)
is similar to HTTP in the way it uses headers, and is expected
to play an increasingly important role as time goes by.

-- 
 Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> or <dave.raggett@openwave.com>
 W3C lead for voice/multimodal. http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett 
 tel/fax: +44 1225 866240 (or 867351) +44 771 213 7629 (GSM)

Received on Monday, 10 June 2002 12:18:46 UTC