- From: Lorrie Cranor <lorrie@research.att.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 23:09:03 -0500
- To: "Kim Hahn" <KHahn@digitalimpact.com>, <www-p3p-policy@w3.org>
> For a web form with the fields: > > email address (required) > first name (not required) > last name (not required) > > The form says "Sign up to receive our newsletter." > When users submit, they are added to a mailing list. > Users can unsubscribe at any time from another web form whose link is > included in all newsletters. > > What should the purpose be? > <current/> - to complete the sign up process. > <contact required="opt-out"/> - to use the submitted info for marketing, > submission only allows signup, user must opt-out later. > <contact required="opt-in"/> - to use the submitted info for marketing, the > act of submitting is the "opt-in" of the the user. > Or a combination of both? The purpose should be both <current/> and <contact required="opt-in"/> > Can it be "opt-in" since that's the stated purpose of the site and the user > must explicitly submit? > Ie. If they dont' want to opt-in, they can leave the site and not submit. yes, as long as you include an opturi at which you explain how to opt-out later. > In all cases, should the DATA elements be as below? > <DATA ref="#user.home-info.online.email"/> > <DATA ref="#user.name.given" optional="yes"/> > <DATA ref="#user.name.family" optional="yes"/> That will work. Alternatively you can simply use the physical category. But what you show here is a more specific statement. Lorrie
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