Privacy/Reviews/Telemetry/Default Browser Status

This page documents one type of data collected by telemetry: what is collected, the problem we seek to solve by collecting the data, and how we minimize any risks to users' privacy in deploying the measurement.

Status:

Engineering Contact:	Taras Glek
Product Contact:	Chris Blizzard
Privacy Contact:	Sid Stamm
Document State:	[NEW] documenting

Problem Statement

Briefly state the problem to be solved by collecting this type of data: a question we have and how the answer can make our users' web experience better. The product or engineering contact should fill this out.

What differentiates new users who quit using Firefox because they didn't like it as opposed to those who user it regularly.

On what measurements are successful features different from features that dont get traction?

And what metrics differentiates users who adopt quickly vs those who dont?

Knowing where Firefox is the default browser or not (e.g. if not, possibly the user doesn't use it Firefox much) would help provide answers to these questions. This measurement in itself is not enough, but provides context.

Measurement to Collect

Describe what type of measurement will be recorded and transmitted to our servers, and how it will be kept (as unique measurement or in aggregate) on our servers.

This measurement is a boolean (yes or no) describing whether or not the running instance of Firefox is the default browser on its host.

See bug 679938

Privacy Considerations

This section will contain potential privacy risks and measures taken to minimize them.

Consent and Privacy Policy Considerations

This section contains notation of any changes to privacy policies or user opt-in/opt-out consent UX that is updated to include this measurement.

Alignment with Operating Principles

This section briefly describes how the measurement and technique lines up with our operating principles'

Transparency / No Surprises

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Real Choice

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Sensible Defaults

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Limited Data

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