Re: git: ac4fd34edf - main - Doc: Move search functionality from DDG to our custom search engine

From: Ceri Davies <ceri_at_submonkey.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:50:54 UTC
On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 at 00:34, Danilo G. Baio <dbaio@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023, at 14:38, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >> On 19 Aug 2023, at 09:21, Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <
> carlavilla@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> >>    Move search functionality from DDG to our custom search engine.
> >>    In this way we will improve the privacy since nobody outside the
> >>    FreeBSD Project will have the data.
> >>
> >>    Thanks to bapt@ to install and configure the search engine
> >>
> >>    Approved by:    doceng(implicit)
> >
> > Do we have a published privacy notice in relation to this?
>
> Using the managed search engine on the FreeBSD cluster really helps us
> keep our data under control.
>
> I looked through the FreeBSD Privacy Policy [1] again, and for me, there
> is no issue; we are compliant.
>
> What would be the concern here?
>

The concern was a blanket statement that user privacy would be improved by
moving this to the FreeBSD.org infrastructure; it is not a given that our
privacy policy is any better than that of any other party.

Since you've answered the question regarding the privacy that concern can
be allayed.

Thanks,

Ceri