[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43492: Core Telemetry and Updates

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#43492: Core Telemetry and Updates
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 Reporter:  xkon              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by robscott):

 Internal to whom @idea15? The Foundation, or some "affiliated
 organizations"?

 "For consent to be informed, the data subject should be aware at least of
 the identity of the controller and the purposes of the processing for
 which the personal data are intended." [Article 13]

 There is nothing in the current wp.org privacy policy which confirms
 identity. There's a lack of clarity about who the WordPress Foundation is,
 when I review various documents. Does it have a Board? A steering
 committee? Oversight of any sort?

 We learn in the wp.org privacy policy that there are "affiliated
 organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process
 it on WordPress.org’s behalf or to provide services available at
 WordPress.org" - but we don't learn who these organizations are, at all. I
 think we might be able to guess, but we certainly are not informed.

 I'm not just randomly firing shots here - this could use some
 straightening out. This wording is specifically problematic. Identify the
 data controller. Identify the purposes for which the data are intended. We
 could be super specific about both things - which is something I would get
 behind 100%. Transparency ftw :)

 Having some public diagrams on this may make people comfortable with
 *additional* telemetry, and therefore make for better informed data
 gathering opportunities in the future.

 If these oversights or ommissions are not best pointed out by a
 contributor, then who would you prefer says it?

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