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# TITLE: Should companies that sell the software that tracks your online browsing to advertisers be required to disclose the technology they use to identify users? [c2a643eb5292ddc18ccea6adaf65705d]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 4
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - Final consensus statement: The group were very strongly in favour of requiring companies to disclose the technology they use to identify users. The most important factor they came up with was transparency. The whole issue was seen as being about informed consent and transparency. By disclosing the technology they use, it allows us to make an informed choice about whether to use the software and what information to divulge to them. It also puts us in a better position to understand how we can be traced by online advertisers and what our rights are with regards to how our information is used. This transparency can only be achieved by the companies disclosing the technology they use. We all believed that it is extremely important to inform users, and agreed that if a company decided not to inform them, then that decision should be punished heavily by law.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - Companies that sell the software that tracks your online browsing to advertisers should be required to disclose the technology they use to identify users, and not doing so should be heavily punished by law. The whole issue is about transparency and informed consent. By disclosing the technology they use, it allows us to make an informed choice about whether to use the software and what information to divulge to them. It also puts us in a better position to understand how we can be traced by online advertisers and what our rights are with regards to how our information is used. It also protects us against the possibility of companies abusing our data by using the technology without our knowledge.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - Companies that sell the software that tracks your online browsing to advertisers should be required to disclose the technology they use to identify users. This is an issue of transparency and informed consent. The technology used should be disclosed to allow users to make an informed choice about whether to use the software and what information to divulge to them. It also puts us in a better position to understand how we can be traced by online advertisers and what our rights are with regards to how our information is used. This should be a legal requirement and companies that don't abide by it should be punished.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - The group felt very strongly that companies should be required to disclose the technology they use to identify users. By disclosing the technology they use, it allows us to make an informed choice about whether to use the software and what information to divulge to them. The whole issue was seen as being about transparency and informed consent. By disclosing the technology they use, it allows us to make an informed choice about whether to use the software and what information to divulge to them. It also puts us in a better position to understand how we can be traced by online advertisers and what our rights are with regards to how our information is used.
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