Re: Issue-5: What is the definition of tracking?

I would want to include collection and correlation of data by the first party in the definition of tracking.  I would then specifically enumerate which tracking activities would be permissible under the standard for the first party.

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On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote:

> On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:43 PM, John Simpson wrote:
> 
>> Nonetheless, here is a proposed definition of tracking, with which I could live:
>> 
>> "Tracking is the collection and correlation of data about the Internet activities of a particular user, computer, or device, over time and across a website or websites."
> 
> Not bad, but I think we should try to exclude functionality within a
> single first-party context.  I ran across another definition yesterday:
> 
> http://blog.privacychoice.org/2011/03/22/a-working-definition-of-do-not-track/
> 
>  "The non-consensual use or transfer
>   of behavioral data collected
>   across websites or applications
>   as to an individual, computer or device."
> 
> which I think is pretty close, but the wording is tortuous.
> 
> How about:
> 
> "Tracking is any non-consensual collection, correlation, or transfer of
> data about the Internet activities of a particular user, user agent, or
> device beyond the (first party) context in which that activity occurred."
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> ....Roy
>