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Meta: Conspicuous Privacy Policy

posted by on Sunday February 23 2020, @03:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the anything-not-illegal-is-compulsory dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Bleh. Apparently not caring what you do on other sites or even requiring any personal information isn't good enough for the state of Confusion^WCalifornia, so we have a shiny, new, temporary Privacy Policy posted on every page and linked at the top of the nav bar.

If you feel like prettying the language, layout, or whatever up before I get around to it, feel free to do so and submit a pull request.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday February 23 2020, @05:50PM (8 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday February 23 2020, @05:50PM (#961467) Homepage Journal

    Oh all right. 80% work for you?

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  • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Sunday February 23 2020, @06:17PM

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 23 2020, @06:17PM (#961480) Journal

    Thank you very much! It's a small change, but appreciated. The size differencce is enough to break the flow so that it stays separate visually.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2020, @03:13PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2020, @03:13PM (#961844)

    One more small request -- could the paragraph at the bottom of the page be below the link line:

                  Home About FAQ Journals Topics Authors ...

    Privacy Policy: We don't track anyone ...

    I use the bottom "Home" link fairly often and it seems like it takes one more scroll wheel move to get past the new text.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 24 2020, @10:49PM (5 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday February 24 2020, @10:49PM (#962053) Homepage Journal

      Don't have time to this evening. You're welcome to talk Bytram or chromas into it on IRC though. It's just a template change and a bounce to implement.

      Bytram/chromas: the default, misc, footer template from the web interface. Test any changes on dev first. Use the /home/bob/bin/bounce script on the appropriate server (dev(lithium) or prod(hydrogen AND fluorine)) after saving any changes if you want to see them.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @12:39AM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @12:39AM (#962108)

        Thanks for the reply. It sounds like you agree with putting the notice at the very bottom of the page--but I have no idea if this makes sense for a majority of users.

        Any further comments?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @09:13AM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @09:13AM (#962294)

          It makes sufficient sense to me such that I could probably do this if I had access. I just don't know why he posted it here.

          • (Score: 2) by martyb on Wednesday February 26 2020, @05:23PM (2 children)

            by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 26 2020, @05:23PM (#962970) Journal
            I can't speak for TMB, but I suspect that in only one reply, he can answer both you and chromas and me. Am not at my PC atm, but will get to it as soon as I can, unless one of them can do it before I do.
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            • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 26 2020, @09:38PM (1 child)

              by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday February 26 2020, @09:38PM (#963120) Homepage Journal

              Yup, efficiency. I don't really care where it goes as long as it doesn't make the site look like the north end of a southbound water buffalo.

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              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2020, @04:34PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2020, @04:34PM (#963577)

                > One more small request -- could the paragraph at the bottom of the page be below the link line:

                Hey, I just got to the bottom of a page and the privacy policy is now at the very bottom.

                Thank you to whoever made the change. At least to me, this is going to be easier to use. Hope that others agree.