P3P Privacy Policy and Third Party Cookies in IE6

Third Party Cookies in IE6 | P3P Privacy Policy

In Internet Explorer 6.0 Microsoft made some significant changes to cookies by implementing the W3C's Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P). By default IE6.0 now blocks all third-party cookies that do not comply with this new standard. If your store's confirmation page on which you have placed the ROI Wiz tracking code is located at a different URL then your cookies are treated as third-party cookies. If this is the case, you must take special steps to ensure that the cookies will work properly in IE6 browsers. If your store is located within the same website where ROI Wiz is installed, cookies will work properly in IE6 however it is highly recommended that you employ a P3P policy.

To make your web site compliant you must create and publish your own Privacy Policy in XML format. There are several files required for a complete implementation. These files include:

A Policy Reference File called P3P.XML This file simply informs browsers of the location of your full P3P Privacy Policy. This file should be placed at http://www.yourdomain.com/w3c/ A sample p3p.xml file is shown below.

<?xml version="1.0" ?> <META xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/12/P3Pv1"> <POLICY-REFERENCES> <POLICY-REF about="http://www.yourdomain.com/w3c/p3policy.xml"> <INCLUDE>/*</INCLUDE> </POLICY-REF> </POLICY-REFERENCES> </META>

Note: You must replace www.yourdomain.com with your domain name before saving p3p.xml. Once created, place this file in a folder called "w3c".

A full P3P Privacy Policy in XML format with a file name of P3Policy.xml This file should be placed at http://www.yourdomain.com/w3c/ The following example was obtained from the Center For Democracy and Technology. This basic policy covers the general information that is collected by Ban Man Pro.
1. The URL of your human readable privacy policy (line 1)
2. Contact information (lines 6-10) (5 fields)
3. The URL of your human readable customer service information (line 19)
<POLICY xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/P3Pv1" discuri="XXXYOUR HUMAN READABLE WRITTEN WEB SITE'S PRIVACY POLICY URLXXX">  <ENTITY> <DATA-GROUP> <DATA ref="#business.name">XXXBUSINESS_NAMEXXX</DATA> <DATA ref="#business.contact-info.online.email">XXXEMAIL ADDRESS WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD WRITEXXX</DATA> <DATA ref="#business.contact-info.online.uri">XXXCOMPANY URLXXX</DATA> <DATA ref="#business.contact-info.telecom.telephone">XXXPHONE NUMBERXXX</DATA> <DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.formatted">XXXMAILING ADDRESSXXX</DATA> </DATA-GROUP> </ENTITY>  <ACCESS><nonident/></ACCESS>  <DISPUTES-GROUP> <DISPUTES resolution-type="service" service="XXXURL FOR CUSTOMER SERVICEXXX" short-description="Service"> <REMEDIES><correct/></REMEDIES> </DISPUTES> </DISPUTES-GROUP>  <STATEMENT> <EXTENSION optional="true"> <GROUP-INFO xmlns="http://www.software.ibm.com/P3P/editor/extension-1.0.html" name="Everyone"/> </EXTENSION>  <PURPOSE><admin/><current/><develop/></PURPOSE>  <RECIPIENT><ours/></RECIPIENT>  <RETENTION><indefinitely/></RETENTION>  <DATA-GROUP> <DATA ref="#dynamic.clickstream.client"/> <DATA ref="#dynamic.clickstream.server"/> <DATA ref="#dynamic.http.useragent"/> <DATA ref="#dynamic.http.referrer"/> </DATA-GROUP> </STATEMENT>  </POLICY>
A standard HTML privacy policy with any name. This file is references in P3Policy.xml and can be located anywhere on your web site. To view AdComplete.com's privacy policy, please click here.

Note: For the complete P3P specifications, please visit the W3C web site.
http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P/

For a P3P policy creation tool, please visit:
http://www.w3.org/P3P/implementations

For a P3P web tool, visit http://www.p3pdeveloper.com

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