On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Dario Taraborelli < [email protected]> wrote:
> I second Aaron’s concerns, which I previously expressed during the > consultation about the new privacy policy. My main objection to the > proposed solution is that by saying “Wikimedia honors DNT headers” we imply > – by the most popular/de facto interpretation of DNT – that we *do* 3rd > party tracking but we* allow* users to opt out, which puts WMF on par > with aggressive tracking practices adopted by most sites. > >But we wouldn't say that; that would be silly. We'd make it completely clear that we are making use of the header that we think >is consistent with the expectation of users but which departs from the standard in a significant way. +1 to Leila and Ori I do not think this is as issue that cannot be solved with a simple FAQ. On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Ori Livneh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Dario Taraborelli < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I second Aaron’s concerns, which I previously expressed during the >>> consultation about the new privacy policy. My main objection to the >>> proposed solution is that by saying “Wikimedia honors DNT headers” we imply >>> – by the most popular/de facto interpretation of DNT – that we *do* 3rd >>> party tracking but we* allow* users to opt out, which puts WMF on par >>> with aggressive tracking practices adopted by most sites. >>> >> >> But we wouldn't say that; that would be silly. We'd make it completely >> clear that we are making use of the header that we think is consistent with >> the expectation of users but which departs from the standard in a >> significant way. >> > > I, too, agree that this is something we (Comms) can handle through proper > communications. It's not a big concern for me. > > Leila > > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > >
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