Introduction

P3P 1.0 (Platform for Privacy Preferences) Table-of-Contents P3P Scenario
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P3P is a method of making decisions and coming to agreement on the basis of privacy disclosures.

Decisions made on the basis of disclosures offers:

  1. user control
  2. flexibility
  3. scales well for a medium that encompasses diverse
    1. preferences
    2. cultural norms
    3. regulations/jurisdictions.

Identity, assurance, and privacy practices are the key elements to P3P agreements.


Joseph Reagle

W3C P3P

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