In submitting their email address to Mozilla, I would guess that users typically click to consent to our privacy policy without reading it. If anything, they may consider it an annoyance to have to explicitly tick the box.
For example, I received this response to the Get Involved page in the "Documentation and Writing" category: "I am a freelance writer and am good at explaining things in simple terms. [...] Just give me a chance to help with something that's difficult to communicate or describe. Like, for example, your privacy policy, which I will reluctantly click on to send this. Why can't I just send this to you? That would save me the reading and consideration of the privacy implications of giving you an idea and volunteering to help. I rest my case." This user considers the privacy policy consent an obstacle to volunteering for Mozilla. Mozilla is not going to remove the privacy policy consent checkbox from web forms that involve submitting email addresses. But it provides an opportunity to educate users about why Mozilla values privacy, and why they should care about their own privacy and the privacy policies of organizations that they share their personal information with. For example (and this is just one possibility), next to the privacy policy link, there could be a "Why should I care?" link with a pop-up of explanatory text. Does this seem worth doing? Or would it add unneeded complexity to the forms? --- Janet Swisher Mozilla Developer Relations Community Manager _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
