[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52970: Improve text in help tabs of Personal Data Exporter/Eraser
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Mon Nov 8 01:11:07 UTC 2021
#52970: Improve text in help tabs of Personal Data Exporter/Eraser
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Reporter: dimadin | Owner: marybaum
Type: defect (bug) | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 5.9
Component: Help/About | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: has-patch needs-testing needs- | Focuses: privacy,
screenshots | ui-copy
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Comment (by marybaum):
Replying to [comment:28 paapst]:
> Hi @marybaum In your recent patch you have deleted:
> ''Providing an export of all data that a business or website has
collected about an individual is a requirement of many Privacy Laws around
the world, and is sometimes referred to as the "Right To Data
Portability".'''
>
> and replaced this by:
>
> ''Privacy Laws around the world require businesses and online services
to delete, anonymize, or forget all the data they collect about an
individual. The rights those laws enshrine are sometimes called the "Right
of Data Portability".'''
>
> I understand from the bug scrub that this has been done to create an
active construction.
> However, from a legal point of view, the currently proposed text is not
correct. If you want to use an active construction on that particular
place, it should be something like this:
>
> ''Privacy Laws around the world require businesses and online services
to **provide an export of some of the** data they collect about an
individual. The rights those laws enshrine are sometimes called the "Right
of Data Portability".'''
Thanks for this feedback! If I understand you correctly, the law requires
we export or erase some, but not all, of the cata we collect?
I'll give it another go in about 13 hours.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52970#comment:29>
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