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minor cleanups, updates to the release status. added 'moving' to the list of events where information is sent
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
In | In a future Firefox release and current pre-release builds, the following information is sent to Mozilla about [[Tiles|tiles]]: | ||
On viewing the new-tab page, blocking a tile, moving, clicking a tile or an associated sponsored link, pinning or unpinning a tile, the following information is sent: | |||
=== History tiles === | === History tiles === | ||
* | * Position of the tile (ex: 0-8 for a user with 8 visible tiles ) | ||
* | * Pin status of the tile (ex: pinned = true ) | ||
* | * Tile frecency factor (ex: int(Frecency/1000)) | ||
* No tile ID or URL information is sent for history tiles | * '''No''' tile ID or URL information is sent for history tiles | ||
=== Directory and Enhanced tiles === | === Directory and Enhanced tiles === | ||
The information for History tiles, plus: | |||
* The tile ID (which encodes the tile destination) | * The tile ID (which encodes the tile destination) | ||
* A signal (empty string; no URL) if the tile is enhanced | * A signal (empty string; no URL) if the tile is enhanced | ||
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A previous version of these patches would send the full URL for enhanced tiles. This URL submission has been removed. | A previous version of these patches would send the full URL for enhanced tiles. This URL submission has been removed. | ||
The data is sent via a SSL connection | The data is sent via a SSL connection with Key-pinning (as of {{bug|1030135}}) to mozilla cloud services. No extra tracking cookies are set by the server for this ping. | ||
When the data is received, the IP address is geo-encoded: the IP address is not stored on Mozilla’s servers. | When the data is received, the IP address is geo-encoded: the IP address is not stored on Mozilla’s servers. | ||