Oh and just to add "but we wanted to make it clear that this included Firefox Hello" so legal team is disclosing to the end user after a feature is already live? How is this responsible disclosure to let a user know after the fact that you have added a tracking feature to Firefox that they have to opt-out of?
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:14 PM, <el...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We would like to update our Privacy Notice for Firefox Hello[1], to > reflect our usage of Google Analytics and Optimizely for analytics and > inform users how to opt-out. Our use of these analytics was already part of > our Privacy Notice for all Mozilla websites[2][3], but we wanted to make it > clear that this included Firefox Hello. We also wanted to make sure users > were provided notice of the opt-out mechanisms for each. Below is the > language that we are adding: > > * **Analytics**: We may also use cookies and third party services to help > us understand in the aggregate how users engage with Hello. We use: > > * Google Analytics, which places a cookie on your device, to obtain > metrics on how users engage with Hello. This helps us to improve the Hello > service. > > * Optimizely, which places a cookie on your device, to help us test > variations of Hello. This helps us offer better experiences to Hello users. > > --------------------------------------- > > You can control individual cookie preferences and opt-out of web analytics > and > optimization tools. Learn More > > * **Cookie History**: You can accept or decline individual cookies in the > preferences > in the appropriate settings within your web browser. For Firefox, this can > be > found in the Tools/Options/Privacy history section. Note that certain > features > of Hello may not function properly without the aid of cookies. > > * **Analytics & Optimization**: If you do not want data about your > interaction with > Hello to be collected by Google Analytics, you can install the Google > Analytics > Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on keeps your visits anonymous and > prohibits > data transmission to Google Analytics. If you do not want data about your > interaction with Hello to be collected by Optimizely, you can opt-out by > visiting Optimizely's opt-out website for more information. > > You can also see the changes to the privacy policy on Github[4], which we > are targeting for November 30, and we look forward to any feedback you > might have. > > Thanks, > Elvin > > [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox-hello/ > [2] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.governance/xs7Sfyxc4As > [3] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/ > [4] > https://github.com/mozilla/legal-docs/commit/c7535610c36e59d048d5138861058174c77755df > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- Benjamin Kerensa _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
