Explanations in privacy settings are rather vague

Bug #977106 reported by SteVe Cook
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activity-log-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The explanations in privacy settings are rather vague and don't explain what is being done to what. The implication is that the settings are to prevent/allow Canonical/Ubuntu from seeing the data where as most of the settings appear to be for Zeitgeist. A more comprehensive explanation is required. I would write one but I'm not sure what the settings are for.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 9 10:56:05 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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SteVe Cook (yorvyk) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The dialog is provided by activity-log-manager, what do you mean "The implication is that the settings are to prevent/allow Canonical/Ubuntu from seeing the data"? Why would user assume that privacy settings concern Canonical rather than their privacy?

affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) → activity-log-manager (Ubuntu)
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