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<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20pt">DRAFT</span> | <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20pt">DRAFT</span> | ||
= Why are you collecting | = Will data collection be enabled by default? = | ||
No. Users will be given the option to enable data collection. | |||
= Why are you collecting usage data? = | |||
In the past, our ability to evaluate changes to Firefox has been limited to direct end-user feedback, combined with a small number of lab-based usability studies. We would like to enhance our understanding of how changes to both the rendering engine and UI affect users, so we're undertaking this data collection effort. | In the past, our ability to evaluate changes to Firefox has been limited to direct end-user feedback, combined with a small number of lab-based usability studies. We would like to enhance our understanding of how changes to both the rendering engine and UI affect users, so we're undertaking this data collection effort. | ||
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= What kind of data is collected? = | = What kind of data is collected? = | ||
For a complete list of what we're collecting, see [[Browser Metrics:Data Collectors | this page]]. | |||
= Where is | As a summary, we're collecting data about browser feature usage and browser performance. We're not collecting the URLs that you visit. | ||
= Where is the data going? = | |||
Currently the client is not configured to send the data anywhere. We plan to have the details finalized by Bon Echo Alpha 2. | Currently the client is not configured to send the data anywhere. We plan to have the details finalized by Bon Echo Alpha 2. | ||
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We're going to provide the data to the Firefox development community, so that they can use it to improve Firefox. We plan to provide aggregate data and anonymized raw data. | We're going to provide the data to the Firefox development community, so that they can use it to improve Firefox. We plan to provide aggregate data and anonymized raw data. | ||
= | = What are you doing to protect user privacy? = | ||
We're anonymizing the data before making it available, protecting it in transition, and making sure it is stored in a responsible way. At the same time, our goal is to make sure that it's as useful as possible to Mozilla developers. | |||
= Why would I want to enable this? = | = Why would I want to enable this? = | ||