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W3C privacy policy

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     * [70]Public web browsing (non-logged-in)
     * [71]Logged-in usage
     * [72]Mailing lists
     * [73]Law enforcement and other compelled disclosures
     * [74]Changes from the previous version of the policy

   Status: This policy was enacted on 24 March 2014, and is in effect since 5 August
   2014.
     ____________________________________________________________________________

Public web browsing (non-logged-in)

   We make no effort to identify public users of our site. No identifying data is
   disclosed to any third party for any purpose. Data that we collect is used only
   for server administration, site improvement, usage statistics, and Web protocol
   research.

   We log HTTP requests to our site including 'IP', 'Referer' and 'User-Agent' to be
   able to analyze the traffic. We use cookies for purposes including to understand
   usage patterns of the site and to maintain session state for some applications.

   Pages may link to or embed content such as video from other sites. Those
   resources are governed by the privacy policies of their originating sites.

   Logged information may be kept indefinitely as administrative, diagnostic, and
   research material, or discarded for any reason. Such information is not disclosed
   outside of host site personnel. Aggregate (non-identifying) statistics generated
   from these logs may be reported publicly as part of research results.

   If you set the Do-Not-Track header, which is an option in the preferences of many
   browsers, we will treat you just like all our other users, because we do not
   track any users for behavioral targeting. Note: We intend to update our practices
   as necessary to follow subsequent W3C privacy recommendations.

Logged-in usage

   When you create a user account, you are asked for a username, email address, real
   name, and affiliation. This information is stored in the database and displayed
   on your public profile page; your email address is not displayed in your profile
   unless you choose to do so. You may choose to provide additional information for
   public display.

   We use some of this information to show organizational affiliations and
   participant activity including group membership, mailing list and conference call
   contributions, and editorship credits. This record of activity is important to
   organizational transparency in our [75]Process and [76]Patent Policy.

Mailing lists

   Mailing lists associated with W3C are publicly archived. On your first submission
   to one of these lists, you will be asked to approve the public posting of your
   message. We do not remove postings from archived lists per our
   [77]archive-editing policy.

Law enforcement and other compelled disclosures

   In the event that we are required by law (including a court order) to disclose
   the information you submit, we will make an effort to provide you with notice
   (unless we are prohibited) that a request for your information has been made and
   give you an opportunity to object to the disclosure. We will attempt to provide
   this notice by email, if you have given us an email address. We will
   independently object to over-broad requests for access to information about users
   of our site. If you do not challenge the disclosure request we may be legally
   required to turn over information.
     ____________________________________________________________________________

Changes from the previous version of the policy

   The policy has been clarified to reflect current technology and W3C practices. We
   do not intend material changes in what W3C does with information resulting from
   visits to our site. The changes from the [78]previous version are:
     * The distinction between Member and non-Member browsing was not a useful
       distinction in practice. The new policy is much clearer about behavior when
       users are logged in or not logged in.
     * W3C uses a number of open source tools that use cookies to maintain state,
       such as WordPress, Media Wiki, and Bugzilla. The policy has been updated to
       make it clearer that we may use cookies for state management and to
       understand usage patterns in order to improve our site.
     * W3C will continue to not track people for behavioral targeting; we mention
       this with reference to DNT signals.
     * The policy is clearer about how W3C account data is managed.
     * We dropped mention of some practices that W3C has discontinued (e.g.,
       automatic newsletter subscription).

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