- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:04:32 +0100
- To: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Cc: public-tracking@w3.org
On Nov 7, 2012, at 18:49 , Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org> wrote: > David, > > should we link this to Ian Fette's suggestion for 6 weeks retention? I assume that would be the short-term raw-log retention period I mention below as possibly being needed. These are separate yet-related issues. > This would be linked to Action-266. I think we are solving the same issue > here. > > Rigo > > On Wednesday 07 November 2012 18:35:13 David Singer wrote: >> (The issue asks for normative text, the action for non-normative, this is >> non-normative). We need to tell sites that basically are not in the >> tracking business what they need to do… >> >> >> >> >> There are circumstances in which sites will appear in as third parties in a >> transaction, but those sites perform little or no tracking. Such sites >> might include those providing libraries of resources, such as scripts, >> style-sheets, or images, or sites providing content intended to be 'mashed >> up' into other sites. Unfortunately, it is not possible to distinguish, >> among the sites that do not implement Do Not Track, those that track but do >> not (yet) implement DNT, and sites that do not track. >> >> For this reason, it is recommended that these non-tracking sites implement a >> static well-known resource and/or a static DNT response header, indicating >> their status. The recommended status is '3' (fully third-party compliant, >> with no qualifiers and no permissions claimed) or '3s' (third party, >> claiming only the short-term logging permission). If logging is performed, >> then complying with the requirements for short-term logging may be >> necessary, to be compliant under these specifications. >> >> >> David Singer >> Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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