1854428 - [Firefox 120] Global Privacy Control SUMO KB page

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Content, task)

Description

[Benjamin VanderSloot [:bvandersloot]]

Is the content embargoed (yes or no)? [REQUIRED]

no

Product

Firefox

Select the type of request.

Choose one or more below and delete others. [REQUIRED]
New article

Please provide a summary of the request. [REQUIRED]

Can you please add a new page summarizing some of the context on Global Privacy Control, what it offers, and how it works? I submitted a draft already.

Is this an on- or off-train release? Please indicate the product version number, if applicable and add to the Summary field using the format of [Product V123]. [REQUIRED]

On train, Firefox 120

What is the anticipated release date? [REQUIRED]

November 21, 2023 for full release.

Does the content need to be published prior to the release date? If so, when? [REQUIRED]

It's referenced by a Learn more link, so yes.

Does the content need to be localized in any languages outside of EN-US? If yes, please indicate which languages. [REQUIRED]

Note: Minimum of 10 days required for translation requests.

Not needed, as it is only actively enforced in California. But it may be nice.

Please include any related JIRA/Github/Bugzilla tickets, documentation, demos or practical use cases. [REQUIRED]

Please include links to any design assets, visuals, figma files, etc. [REQUIRED]

Note: Please include final visual assets only.

Please add instructions for testing that will enable us to replicate the expected product behavior. [REQUIRED]

You can view the checkbox in Nightly in about:preferences#privacy

Does the content need approval prior to publishing? If so, by who? [REQUIRED]

Yes, engineering, possibly policy, possibly legal.

Comment 1

[Alice Wyman]

A proposed SUMO KB article was recently submitted and deferred: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control
(Since the article has no approved content, the link will be a Page Not Found unless you are signed in to SUMO with a reviewer account.)

Comment 2

[Paul]

Further to approval by Legal, the updated KB article is ready for review - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control/history

Comment 3

[Alice Wyman]

(In reply to Seburo from comment #2)

Further to approval by Legal, the updated KB article is ready for review - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control/history

I made a few minor edits. The proposed new article is pending review and approval. I cc'ed Lucas since staff approval is required.

Comment 4

[Andrew Aitchison]

This relates to GDPR as well as Caliornia Law, so EU language translations would be useful, once EU legal are happy.

Comment 5

[Lucas Siebert]

Updated content published (thanks Paul!): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control
In-product link: https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/%VERSION%/%OS%/%LOCALE%/global-privacy-control