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* Copy edit Section 2 intro, fixes #302.

Moves extra text about context to a Context section in the
Common Concepts appendix.

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Yasskin <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Yasskin <[email protected]>
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# Principles for Privacy on the Web

As indicated above, different [=contexts=] require different principles. This section describes a set
of principles designed to apply to the Web [=context=] in general. The Web is a big place, and we
fully expect more specific [=contexts=] of the Web to add their own principles to further constrain
[=information flows=].

To the extent possible, [=user agents=] are expected to enforce these principles. However, this is not
always possible and additional enforcement mechanisms are needed. One particularly salient issue
is that a [=context=] is not defined in terms of who owns or controls it. Sharing
[=data=] between different [=contexts=] of a single company is just as much a [=privacy violation=] as
if the same data were shared between unrelated [=actors=].
This section describes a set of principles designed to apply to the web
[=context=] in general. Specific [=contexts=] on the web may need more
constraints or other considerations. In time, we expect to see more specialized
privacy principles published, for more specific [=contexts=] on the web.

These principles should be enforced by [=user agents=]. When this is not possible,
additional enforcement mechanisms are needed.

## Identity on the Web {#identity}

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are people in some situations of intellectual or psychological impairment, are
refugees, etc.

## Contexts {#context}

A <dfn>context</dfn> is a physical or digital environment in which [=people=] interact with other
[=actors=], and which the [=people=] understand as distinct from other [=contexts=].

A [=context=] is not defined in terms of who owns or controls it. Sharing
[=data=] between different [=contexts=] of a single company is
a [=privacy violation=], just as if the same data were shared between unrelated [=actors=].

## Server-Side Actors {#parties}

An <dfn>actor</dfn> is an entity that a [=person=] can reasonably understand as a single "thing"
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