P3P Privacy Report

[Chipmonk]

I've created a Privacy Policy in accordance with the guidelines at
http://www.w3.org/P3P/ but I can never get the browser to take any notice.

My development site is http://members.aol.com/cororguk/

My policy files are in the default location
http://members.aol.com/cororguk/w3c/

I have also tried explictly declaring the location in the header of all my
Web pages with <link rel="P3Pv1"
href="http://members.aol.com/cororguk/w3c/p3p.xml">

But whatever I try, I have never been able to get the IE6 to take notice of
the policy. For instance, when you click View -> Privacy Policy, IE reports
that it could not find a privacy policy.

Any suggestions?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

when you click View -> Privacy Policy, IE reports

that it could not find a privacy policy.

It's not quite that direct but I found it this way:
1. Alt-V,v (Privacy Report)
2. Select your page
3. Click on Summary
4. Click on <here> in To read this web site's complete privacy policy...

Did you just fix a problem after you posted?

 

[Chipmonk]

Hi Robert,

Sorry, I forgot to put this thread on watch and assumed it got overlooked,
then later made a new thread with extra details.

I fixed that specific problem. However, because IE only accepts Compact
Privacy Policies if they have been added by the webserver (which is very
unfair), my cookies will always be blocked. So the whole policy thing was a
waste of a lot of time and effort.

The only way I could get round this was to change my 'domain name
forwarding' settings so that it shows the actual long URL of my free web
host in the visitor's browser address bar, instead of the short domain name
I purchased.

Not sure if the sacrifice was worth it though; it doesn't look good and
visitors will probably bookmark the long URL which will change if I have to
switch host.

As far as I can see, I have 2 permanent solutions: re-write the site without
cookies, or pay for hosting.

FWIW, here's the other thread:


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chipmonk" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.webdesign.html,microsoft.public.webadmintool,microsoft.publ
ic.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Cookies blocked, IE won't detect the P3P privacy policy, why?

I fixed the policy file, the policy reference file, and the html version.

Unfortunately, it now seems that IE will always block all cookies for anyone
that uses the cheaper domain name option. Even if a visitor's IE cookie
setting is at its lowest level.

The only way to make my site work would be to pay to host the site somewhere
so I don't have to use the URL masking (frames) method, or host it myself on
my own server so I can include the *compact* Privacy Policy in the server
headers. Unfair really. Very infair.

A complete dead end and waste of several weeks work.

Regards,
Devastated and totally disillusioned.


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