[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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