The W3C has two documents released in which the organization outlines outlines for improved privacy on websites. The W3C says that the proposals are a reaction to the increased concerns of end users about online privacy.
In one of the documents calls the W3C, among others, a so-called do-not-track feature, which allows internet users in their browser can indicate that their personal information not want to share with advertisers. “This standard looks for a way to visitors of websites transparency and control over their data,” writes the group.
Advertisers on web sites would in the future must show whether or not they collect personal information or not. Under the proposed do-not-track-header of the U.s. please note that over FTC would be able to help, but this standard is still used by few advertisers are respected because support is still not in the law.
The W3C, the consortium which, among others, Mozilla, Google, Microsoft and Facebook are a part, has established a working group that new privacystandaarden need to develop. The W3C currently has the first proposals of the working group be released. Others may be ideas for the standards. The standards are expected to be the middle of next year.
Among others, Facebook is critically due to its privacy policy. The social-networking site made a few years ago, unannounced information such as name, profile picture, place of residence, and gender public. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg described the change at the time as ‘a simple means of checking for the privacy.” Now has Facebook, there allegedly agreed to privacywaakhonden twenty year long review of how it handles private data.