Privacy Policy for W3C At A Glance

This page includes privacy policy statements for the public and member portions of At A Glance.

About Us

This is a privacy policy for World Wide Web Consortium. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.w3.org/. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/privacy-statement#Public

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

MIT/LCS
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02143 
USA

You may contact us by e-mail at site-policy@w3.org.

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals

We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.

• Site Policy: The Webmaster and our Communications Team will carefully consider the input and correct errors. If you discover privacy invasive behavior, please don't hesitate to contact us.
  

Additional Information

This policy is valid for 1 week from the time that it is loaded by a client.

Non-Member At A Glance Privacy Statement

Summary:

In addition to the W3C overall public privacy statement, At A Glance also uses cookies to track sessions. Information obtained from these session cookies is used solely for reducing network traffic. No information identifying the user is retained; anonymous session information is logged.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 2 data groups.

Group "Group #1"

We collect the following information:

• HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

Group "Group #2"

We collect the following information:

• Click-stream data
• User agent information
• Last URI requested by the user

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

We collect normal Web-Logs. They are used for Server administration, Web protocol research, Statistics of usage, and Security.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

• Site administration
• Completing the user's current activity
• Research and development

Member At A Glance Privacy Statement

Summary:

In addition to the W3C overall member privacy statement, At A Glance also uses cookies for session management. Information obtained from these session cookies is used for reducing network traffic, viewing member-privileged feeds, and customizing the interface. Anonymous session information is logged.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 4 data groups.

Group "Group #1"

We collect the following information:

• HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.
• One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

We set cookies for session management which allows users to customize the way the application appears.

Group "Group #2"

We collect the following information:

• Click-stream data
• User agent information
• Last URI requested by the user

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

We do normal access-logs, which serve for server administration and Web protocol research. The Access Control List (ACL) is done by a database with a different log file.

Group "Group #3"

We collect the following information:

• User login identification

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

The member-readable part is under access-control. This leads to collection of data. This statement describes the collection of login and the storage of that information for one week.

Group "Group #4"

We collect the following information:

• User login password

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

The member-readable part is under access-control. This leads to collection of data. This statement describes the collection of the password, which is not stored anywhere.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

• Site administration
• Completing the user's current activity
• User targeting
• Research and development

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