Hi, On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 02:24:02PM -0600, Aaron Halfaker wrote: > > Do Not Track is a technology and policy proposal that enables users to opt > > out of *tracking by websites they do not visit*, [...] > > > Do not track is explicitly for third party tracking. We are merely > proposing to count those people who do access our sites.
The first/third party distinction and expemptions are clearly cut in
technical documents (although along different lines in different
commentaries). However, from my point of view, this distinction
ignores real-life users.
I for one don't want to spend half an hour to figure out which parts
of a page are first/third party. I'd just expect the gathering/using
of data to stop altogether.
And according to [1], I am not the only user who feels this way:
Preliminary results suggest that users do not share nearly so
nuanced view of tracking, but rather simply expect data collection
and use to cease when they click a Do Not Track button.
One can always do better than the minimum requirements of a standard.
For DNT, one can always choose to interpret it in a more restrictive
way and thereby move closer to the expectation of the users of the
above study.
Have fun,
Christian
[1] A. M. McDonald and J. M. Peha, "Track Gap: Policy Implications of
User Expectations for the `Do Not Track' Internet Privacy Feature,"
39th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), 2011.
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