Accessing P3P Site Policy
- Via HTTP Extensions
- Site inserts P3P extension header into replies
- User agent uses P3P headers in HTTP responses
- Via HTML header information
- Site inserts HTML LINK tags in all pages
- User agent uses P3P LINK tags in HTML pages
- Both methods give location of site's P3P policy
- Agent compares with privacy preferences set by user:
- Alerts user of mismatch
- Acts as gatekeeper (stops transfers)
- Authorizes release of data if policy corresponds with user preferences
