- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:07:23 +0100
- To: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
- Cc: John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org>, "<public-tracking@w3.org> (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Karl, I still owe that answer. It is on my to-do list. I think referring to Art 8 ECHR is not sufficient as people will not understand why. Rigo On Thursday 23 February 2012 15:31:14 Karl Dubost wrote: > > 4. In the EU, the issue of choice takes a higher level position of > > human right based upon Article 8 of The Charter of Fundamental Rights > > of the European Union and Article 8 of The European Convention on Human > > Rights, the former saying,"Such data must be processed fairly for > > specified purposes and on the basis of the consent of the person > > concerned or some other legitimate basis laid down by law." In this > > case, it is argued that all citizens should offer express consent prior > > to allowing any tracking that is not absolutely critical to delivering > > the fundamental function of the visited website. > Should this summarized by (and maybe that partly answers Rigo concerns about > the democratic process): > > Through their representatives, European citizens have decided that > businesses need citizen consent prior to allowing any tracking that is not > absolutely critical to delivering the fundamental function of the visited > website. See Article 8 of The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European > Union and Article 8 of The European Convention on Human Rights
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