[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40794: WordPress needs a privacy policy

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#40794: WordPress needs a privacy policy
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 Reporter:  johnbillion     |       Owner:  pento
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.9
Component:  Help/About      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by samuelsidler):

 Replying to [comment:47 pento]:
 > This ticket is only to track implementation of the privacy policy, exact
 wording is up to the lawyers. As programmers, we get to leave it in their
 expert hands, as it should be. 🙂

 Did a lawyer choose the wording you committed to core?

 > This data helps WordPress to protect your site by finding and
 automatically installing new updates, as well as other general
 enhancements.

 I have no idea what "as well as other general enhancements" has to do with
 the rest of that sentence. It feels out of place and poor English. If I
 remove the initial part of the sentence, it would turn into: "This data
 helps WordPress to protect your site by finding and automatically
 installing other general enhancements." ... And that's assuming the best
 case with grammar, but is factually inaccurate, to the best of my
 knowledge.

 > None of the information shared with the update server contains
 personally identifiable information.

 I'm guessing this line was removed because it's not true and the
 information shared with the update server contains personally identifiable
 information. Is that true or was the removal an accident?

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