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Wow, the personal hit seriously wasn't called for or needed.
I totally admit there are things about Feedback I don't understand or know.
It may be that when accessing local stuff, something appears. I was product
manager for other products and so am not as advanced in Feedback as I wanted
to be.
But I'm not a MadCap employee, just a consultant, so I'm not "promoting"
anything.
Mike Hamilton is traveling so I can't call and ask him but he's the one who
would know. Or you can call sales and ask them for specifics. I may not
understand or may not be explaining things clearly. Always possible.
sharon
Sharon Burton
MadCap Software Product Consultant
Managing your content, one topic at a time
www.anthrobytes.com
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Behalf Of Combs, Richard
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:57 PM
To: Robert Lauriston; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Follow-up to question about getting feedback from users
Robert Lauriston wrote:
> This isn't about you as the docs manager. It's a privacy issue for the
> customer.
>
> When your customer is browsing your Web site, they're accessing your
> computer, and you're monitoring that use, which (absent local laws and
> any privacy policies to the contrary) is your right.
>
> When your customer is using a local help file, collecting feedback
> without permission is an invasion of their privacy.
>
> Any promise that the data will be used only in aggregate must be
> backed up by a written privacy policy that the user has a chance to
> read before agreeing to have the data collected.
Not only does it collect data without permission, and with no privacy
policy or other protections for the user -- it apparently does this
_surreptitiously_, without the user's _knowledge_.
I'm just gobsmacked that a seemingly reputable company would promote
such a "feature" and that a seemingly intelligent person can't see the
ethical and legal problems with it.
Richard
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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