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title: "A proposed standard which allows websites and services to disclose information about their usage of analytics software and user tracking."
abbrev: "analytics.txt"
docname: draft-offen-analyticstxt-latest
category: info

ipr: trust200902
area: General
workgroup: Network Working Group
keyword: Internet-Draft

stand_alone: yes
smart_quotes: no
pi: [toc, sortrefs, symrefs]

author:
 -
    ins: F. Ring
    name: Frederik Ring
    organization: Offen
    email: frederik.ring@gmail.com
 -
    ins: H. Niefeld
    name: Hendrik Niefeld
    organization: Offen
    email: hello@niefeld.com

normative:
informative:



--- abstract

Privacy has become an important feature for users of websites and services. This document propopes a well-defined way for websites and services to signal their usage of analytics and tracking software to users and tooling used by users. analytics.txt aims to be an elaborate standard that describes the usage of analytics and tracking in a non-biased way that is understandable both for a non-technical audience, but also useful for consumption by tools and software.

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# Introduction

TODO Introduction

# Conventions and Definitions

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD",
"SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 {{!RFC2119}} {{!RFC8174}}
when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

# Specification

# Security Considerations

## Incorrect or stale information

TODO incorrect information

## Spam

TODO Spam

# IANA Considerations

This document has no IANA actions.

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# Acknowledgments
{:numbered="false"}

TODO acknowledge.