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Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by eli »

drdaeman wrote: post #9

Am I the only one who thinks "Do-Not-Track" is a snake-oil-grade security and what this header reliably does is only adding a single more bit to uniquely identify the visitor?

I think most ad/marketing companies are perfectly willing to stop tracking people who specifically request not to be tracked -- provided there aren't too many people making that request. Witness the opt-out cookies (http://www.aboutads.info/choices/) which are a kludgey hack, but have been supported by the industry for ages and, as far as I know, work as described.

The issue is whether or not that DNT box is checked by default. As we all know, most people don't change default settings.

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by CookWithMe »

iSimone wrote: post #2

Basically, commercial online services (which includes mobile apps) need to add a sentence/paragraph about how they are handling the Do Not Track header requests. This is a California OPPA amendment starting today. We/iubenda is giving away a special discount to those affected in California, which most of you may be.

Honest question: How does one send a Do Not Track header request to a mobile app? One does not interact with a mobile app via HTTP (although the app may use HTTP internally) and can therefore not send HTTP headers...

Or, is it in your opinion, a law written by someone who does not have sufficient technical understanding to find the correct wording, and now the law applies erroneously applies to mobile apps?

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by termsfeed »

jusob wrote: post #5

Anyone has as an example of text that should be added?

If you support it: "We support the Do Not Track browser setting. Do Not Track (or DNT) is a preference you can set in your browser to let the websites you visit know that you do not want them collecting certain information about you."

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by eli »

DanBC wrote: post #10
drdaeman wrote: post #9

Am I the only one who thinks "Do-Not-Track" is a snake-oil-grade security and what this header reliably does is only adding a single more bit to uniquely identify the visitor?

I tend to agree. Some marketters just have really weird ideas about what they should be allowed to do. Or even what i should be allowed to stop them doing. Spam is obviously evil to most people, until they decide to spam for their particular product. SEO has had some strongly negative effects on the www. I'm sort of thinking of starting a movement like "contrast revolution" or "viewable in any browser". My banners wo…

shrug

I think the primary tactic for white-hat SEO these days is, "Create good content people want to read." Hard to get too upset about that.

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by coin »

jason_wang wrote: post #7

So practically speaking, this California law will have a national effect. Since it is near impossible to determine if a visitor is a California resident or not, sites/apps will just implement the necessary notices and features to comply with DNT for everyone.

I would think that this law has no enforcement outside of California for websites that are outside of California. As a non-California resident operating a website not in California, I am not subject California law. This is the same basis used for not collecting out of state sale tax.

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by jason_wang »

coin wrote: post #15
jason_wang wrote: post #7

So practically speaking, this California law will have a national effect. Since it is near impossible to determine if a visitor is a California resident or not, sites/apps will just implement the necessary notices and features to comply with DNT for everyone.

I would think that this law has no enforcement outside of California for websites that are outside of California. As a non-California resident operating a website not in California, I am not subject California law. This is the same basis used for not collecting out of state sale tax.

I didn't mean the DNT law will be enforced nationally. I meant the effect will be national since a site will just implement the necessary changes once for all its visitors.

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by nknighthb »

jason_wang wrote: post #7

So practically speaking, this California law will have a national effect. Since it is near impossible to determine if a visitor is a California resident or not, sites/apps will just implement the necessary notices and features to comply with DNT for everyone.

California has ~12% of the US population and a slightly larger share of the national economy. Its laws have long had national effects. In fact, as the 12th largest economy in the world, I think you could safely say its laws have international effects.

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by iSimone »

lhgaghl wrote: post #17

Wow I didn't know the law even talks about Do-Not-Track. It's a distraction posing as a solution. The time spent talking about Do-Not-Track could be spent on useful things such as contributing to torbrowser.

Hm I think most would agree with a statement like this. On the other hand I think it's important for privacy laws to be in place. We all know how regulations are lagging years behind, so theoretically, this is just the beginning.

In the meantime it's important to comply with it with the simplest means possible imo. That's what we're trying to help with.

Re: Do Not Track California Privacy Law Changes Effective Today

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Post by acmiller »

jevinskie wrote: post #3

Does this apply even if you do not have a physical presence in California?

Yes, the law applies to any "operator of a commercial Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its commercial Web site or online service."

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection...

(That website hasn't been updated yet to reflect the changes made by this new law.)

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