On 02/21/2014 06:35 AM, Dao wrote: > About a week ago, Mitchell wrote: "These sponsored results/ ads would > /*not*/ have tracking features." > (https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2014/02/13/content-ads-caution/) > > Now two bugs were filed that surprised me: > > Bug 975235 - Add counting of Tile impressions, clicks (inc. which tile > and position) > > Bug 975236 - Submit counted Tile data to FHR > > Does what these bugs are talking about not count as tracking?
Tracking can be defined in many different ways, but what I hear most frequently as the tracking people are concerned about is cross-organization or cross-site tracking. For example, if you use a popular news site, would it concern you if they record which articles you view and recommend more? Bear in mind you aren't logging into the site, they don't know who you are, you're just "one specific customer." They gather some analytics in order to make sure they're providing the best possible content for all visitors, and likewise we need some analytics to ensure the sponsored tiles are useful. I interpret what Mitchell writes as: the ads or other organizations cannot use this to track you. We're not going to use sponsored results or tiles to aid third parties in building a robust profile on you without your consent and participation. However, we still need to do some accounting to make sure the feature is working as intended that we cull unused/unpopular things and instead display the stuff more useful to Firefox users. -Sid _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
