Re: [projectvrm] Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race - Motherboard

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> On Apr 16, 2017, at 2:14 PM, Aurelie Pols 
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> Can I ask a silly question?

Sure. But this one isn’t silly.

> When you say "Motivation on the corporate side for agreeing with these 
> terms is compliance with the GDPR.", which part of the GDPR is referred to 
> exactly? I'm curious about the various interpretations that are circulating 
> and how "corporations" are indeed motivated, certainly as ePrivacy is still 
> in discussion.
> Please enlighten me ;-) muchisimas gracias
> Aurélie

This part: 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation#Sanctions> 

Or, from the law itself: 
<http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#d1e6226-1-1>

Companies wishing to comply with the GDPR will continue to work on their own 
privacy-assuring schemes, of course, and that’s cool. What we’re offering 
here is the beginning of something new: individuals taking the lead in 
helping companies deal with a compliance issue that has at least some of 
those companies scared, and therefore willing to do new things.

Doc

> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Doc Searls 
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>> On Apr 16, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Tim Walters 
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>> Nice. But what we really need is a superweapon that blocks tracking.
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> We’re working on one at Customer Commons, with help from the Cyberlaw 
> Clinic at Harvard and working groups at Kantara. The weapon is terms we can 
> assert as first parties that sites and services can agree to as second 
> parties. Those terms can, and will, involve requirements restricting or 
> preventing tracking.
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> Motivation on the corporate side for agreeing with these terms is 
> compliance with the GDPR.
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> The latter was the subject of an earlier thread here, and both topics will 
> be up front at VRM Day and IIW. Register here:
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> http://bit.ly/vrmday2017a
> https://iiw24.eventbrite.com/
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> To be clear, blocking tracking directly will also be on the table. Hope 
> developers of those will be there as well. (We had Privacy Badger folks 
> last time.)
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> Doc
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>> Most of the ads can stay as far as I'm concerned. I just ignore them. 
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>> tw
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>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 4:11 PM, John @ BB 
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>> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/princetons-ad-blocking-superweapon-may-put-an-end-to-the-ad-blocking-arms-race
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>> John
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