Create a PRIVACY.md file

[mattab]

The goal of this issue is create a new file in the root of Piwik repository: PRIVACY.md - A plain English summary of all components within the repository which may affect Piwik user privacy. A single, standardised location to find out what's going on under the hood.

This was discussed initially in Ghost issue tracker here.

Examples

• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/master/PRIVACY.md
• https://github.com/npm/policies/blob/master/privacy.md
• https://github.com/thoughtbot/hound/blob/master/PRIVACY.md

Steps

• Create PRIVACY.md file
• Slightly extend the scope proposed by Ghost, and documents the Privacy implications of using Piwik for two user profiles:
  • "Privacy for Piwik admins and website owners"
    • external services called by your Piwik server: the SEO widget calling Google+Bing+Majesticseo..., the Update check, the Marketplace checks. Though we do not use google fonts nor gravatar nor other JS loaded from CDNs (all the code necessary for Piwik is shipped in the release).
  • "Privacy for users being tracked by Piwik"
    • as a Piwik admin wanting to give tracked users more privacy: Privacy user guide
    • as a user browsing a site or app measured with Piwik: how to configure DoNoTrack, whether a given Piwik server uses DoNotTrack, using Ghostery, our Privacy user guide list pointers how to enable Privacy...

References

• Create a Privacy seal Create a Privacy Seal  #6173
• Clarification of Piwik's goals regarding privacy Clarification of Piwik's goals regarding privacy #6160
• Explain in opt-out iframe what data privacy measures are in place in Piwik Explain in opt-out iframe what data privacy measures are in place in Piwik #2889
• Adhere to the User Data Manifesto 2.0 Adhere to the User Data Manifesto 2.0 #6197
• Become a GNU Package Piwik to become official GNU package #5276
• See other issues tagged with Privacy