The Web's success is drawing attention from outside its immediate technical and user community. Consequently the Web is now at the center of a number of policy debates. While the W3C is not a lobbying organization, we are still presented with a number of issues and challenges with respect to policy and the law -- particularly within an international context.
The main activities in the Policy area are pursued in the Security Activity and the Privacy Activity
2.1. Security Activity
2.2. Privacy Activity
Related Interest Groups (Member Only)Policy Related PresentationsSocial Protocols: Enabling Sophisticated Commerce on the Web. (DCSB, March 98; older version IMA, June 97)Promoting User Confidence on the Web (Digital, Oct. 97) Designing a Social Protocol: Lessons Learned from P3P (TPRC, Sept. 97) P3P (Open Group, Sept. 97) PICS Interview (ILP, August 97) Platform for Privacy Preferences and Prototype (FTC, July 97) The Intersection of Two Worlds:
Technology&Society Technical Constraints of Regulating Commercial Activity on the Internet. (Unisys, Feb 97) |
Related Projects
Policy Related BriefingsRelevant Policy Issues(Content Selection, Privacy, IPR, Trust Management, Encryption, etc.) |
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