Templates Help

The editor supplies P3P templates to assist in creating policies for specific types of Web site services. Templates already contain policy elements with definitions of the data being collected, but still need the global policy properties defined. They can be used as a starting point for a P3P policy, especially if the organization's data collection practices closely resembles the data declared in the template.

Template descriptions

Empty policy
This is the same policy that is opened in the editor when you select File --> New from the menu bar. This policy has no global properties set and an empty group with the name "New Group".
Safe-zone policy
This is a minimal data collection template intended to comply with the P3P safe zone practices. The policy includes one data group called Safe-zone data that contains click-stream and user agent data from the P3P base data schema.
Access logging only
This template is intended for sites that run only standard access logs. This template includes a data group called Access log information that contains navigational and click-stream data .
Access logging and user tracking
intended for sites that use cookies to track users without identifying them. This template includes two data groups:
Online purchasing
intended for sites that provide shopping services. This template includes the Access log information and Cookies data groups, and two more data groups for Transaction info, one that is required and one that is optional. Both of these data groups contain the following data categories:
Request for information
intended for sites that collect information for users that are requesting additional information from the Web site. This template includes the Basic information and Cookies data groups, as well as Mailing registration, which contains the following data categories:

For more information about the data declared by in these templates, open a template and examine the Policy Elements tab.

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