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…oogle's Conversion Measurement API (#75)

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* Fixed Tess's comments.

* Changed attributeOn to attributionDestination and attributionSourceId's type to unsigned long in alignment with Tess's, Anne's, Domenic's, and John's comments.
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Expand Up @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ the [Privacy Community Group](https://privacycg.github.io/).

## Introduction

A popular business model for the web is to get attribution and payment for conversions, for instance purchases or sign-ups, which result from the click on an ad. Traditionally, such attribution has been facilitated by user identifying cookies sent in third-party HTTP requests to the click source. However, the same technology can be and has been used for privacy invasive cross-site tracking of users.
A popular business model for the web is to get attribution and payment for clicks, for instance ad clicks that result in purchases or sign-ups. Traditionally, such attribution has been facilitated by user or device identifying cookies sent in cross-site HTTP requests. However, the same technology can be and has been used for privacy invasive cross-site tracking of users.

The technology described [in this draft specification](https://privacycg.github.io/private-click-measurement/) is intended to allow for ad click attribution while disallowing arbitrary cross-site tracking.
The technology described [in this draft specification](https://privacycg.github.io/private-click-measurement/) is intended to allow for click attribution, such as ad click attribution, while disallowing arbitrary cross-site tracking.

## Goals

* Support ad click attribution.
* Support click attribution across websites.

* Preserve user privacy, specifically prevent cross-site tracking of users.

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Link to spec: https://privacycg.github.io/private-click-measurement/

Blog post with more background info: https://webkit.org/blog/8943/privacy-preserving-ad-click-attribution-for-the-web/
Blog post with more background info: https://webkit.org/blog/11529/introducing-private-click-measurement-pcm/

Original blog post with further info: https://webkit.org/blog/8943/privacy-preserving-ad-click-attribution-for-the-web/
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