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PLINGNOTEBestPracticesForPrivacyAwareness
From Policy Languages Interest Group
Contents
PLING NOTE
Best Practices for Privacy Awareness
Discussion Points
User Consent
- Need an obtrusive dialog box
- Full conditions spelt out
- Link to URI policy
- Allow consent in stages: "Once Only" and "Always From this Site"
- Default response is "No"
User Awareness
- Need an obvious indicator in the client that the server knows (or is obtaining) their location
- Rotating/Pulsating icon
User Control
- How to stop the server getting your location
- How to know who has your location
- How to remove your details
References
- W3C GeoLocation API Working Draft
- FireFox Location-Aware Browsing
- IETF An Architecture for Location and Location Privacy in Internet Applications
- The Contacts API