From 7daaf9200856fdc5c401171e1151d096fc16ddd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Berjon Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:01:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Encourage purpose-built APIs, fix #175 (#295) SHA: c523776c6f494a061c7549d38c50c713a04ef771 Reason: push, by darobin Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> --- index.html | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 0f7314c1..a2c5326b 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -741,6 +741,15 @@ "href": "https://www.yalelawjournal.org/feature/a-relational-theory-of-data-governance", "publisher": "Yale Law Journal", "id": "relational-governance" + }, + "web-without-3p-cookies": { + "title": "Improving the web without third-party cookies", + "authors": [ + "Amy Guy" + ], + "href": "https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/web-without-3p-cookies/", + "publisher": "W3C", + "id": "web-without-3p-cookies" } }, "publishISODate": "2023-06-28T00:00:00.000Z", @@ -1642,14 +1651,13 @@

Privacy Principles

the same events it would use to make the page interactive, so we can't block this information access either. -

These principles don't describe exactly how to distinguish acceptable - information from information we'd rather not expose. API designers instead - need to balance the harm to users from exposing information against the harm - to users from blocking that exposure. When in doubt, designers should ensure - that different user agents can help their users balance the costs in - different ways.

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Some functionality of the web has historically been provided using functional primitives (e.g. +third-party cookies) that can undermine people's privacy. As explained in Improving the web +without third-party cookies ([web-without-3p-cookies]), "It is better to approach [these +use cases] with replacement technologies that are designed-for-purpose and built to respect user +privacy."

The following subsections discuss how to review an API proposal that exposes data that provides a new way to infer each of the above categories of information. They explain how to leave the web better than you @@ -2688,6 +2696,8 @@

Privacy Principles

Understanding Privacy. Daniel Solove. Harvard University Press. URL: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674035072
[UNSANCTIONED-TRACKING]
Unsanctioned Web Tracking. Mark Nottingham. W3C. 17 July 2015. TAG Finding. URL: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/unsanctioned-tracking/ +
[web-without-3p-cookies]
+ Improving the web without third-party cookies. Amy Guy. W3C. URL: https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/web-without-3p-cookies/
[Why-Privacy]
Why Privacy Matter. Neil Richards. Oxford University Press. URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/why-privacy-matters-9780190939045?cc=us&lang=en&