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From http://donottrack.us http://donottrack.us: "Do Not Track is a technology and policy proposal that enables users to opt out of tracking by websites they do
by fizx 14y ago
From http://donottrack.us http://donottrack.us: "Do Not Track is a technology and policy proposal that enables users to opt out of tracking by websites they do not visit, including analytics services, advertising networks, and social platforms."
Emphasis on "websites they do not visit" directly, meaning that it only applies to iframes, popups, etc. If you typed it in the address bar, or clicked on a link to get there, the site isn't limited by DNT.
This is not legal advice.
- smashing 14y agoI don't know what legal ramifications could follow sites which declare they support Do Not Track as a spec but in actuality do not support any of the features of the spec in a meaningful way. Other than just bad press if discovered, I don't think there is any punishment for not properly following a technical spec outside of civil lawsuits.
- thwarted 14y agosites which declare they support Do Not Track as a spec but in actuality do not support any of the features of the spec in a meaningful way Seems that it's like P3P[0], in that it causes problems for developers but in no way keeps a company from asserting things that they don't actually follow, and there's no way to verify that they are. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P3P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P3P
- fizx 14y agoThe FTC would likely investigate, if you had a non-trivial number of users. You really don't want this.
- nl 14y agoSo Disqus, and any site that uses it is screwed then?
- godDLL 14y agoWhen you say 'screwed', how do you mean exactly?
- nl 14y agoDisqus isn't a site you visit directly, it is a plugin service which site owners can plug into their site. As part of its functionality it relies on the ability to uniquely identify a user across sites (to provide user authentication). There are quite a few other services that work in a similar way.
- kijin 14y agoMany people are logged into Disqus all the time. I would think that an explicit login overrides any DNT header. On the other hand, if I'm not logged in, I don't want them tracking me across all the Disqus-enabled sites I visit.
- 2arrs2ells 14y ago"Many people are logged in to Facebook all the time. I would think that an explicit login overrides any DNT header." As a user, I want to be stay logged in to Facebook when posting a TC comment. But I don't want Facebook to track me when I visit some random site with a like button. How do we draw the line here?