On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 06:20:21PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
AFAIK, in Germany, it's the laws that any such "passing on
personal
information" needs to be opt-in - "Opt-out" and "always-on"
would be
unlawful.
I'd seriously recommend to pass this proposal on to a EU
data-privacy law expert.
I'll pass on this concern, but generally I trust Fedora Legal to take
these things into account.
Also, please do note that this is not a change -- it appears in the
current privacy policy as well.
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy>
You might not be aware about it, but almost all recent changes in
"Terms of Usage" of US-internet enterprises (Facebook, Twitter,
netflix, Google and esp. *Microsoft*) have been subject to fierce
opposition from the EU and caused severe damage to all these
enterprises.
But our privacy policy is not "terms of use", nor is it modeled on
those companies. Is there anything in specific you are worried about
causing damage (severe or otherwise), beyond the concern about EU data
privacy laws and not wanting us to use third parties for research?
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader