Comment 2 for bug 1054782

_NOT WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OR PERMISSION_

The above statement should be considered by all developers when using the consumer (me) as a source of income, directly or indirectly. That is the reason why nearly every website has a [link to a] privacy disclaimer on every page.

Disclosure provides me with the onus and opportunity to make a choice, to search or not to search. By searching _after_ disclosure I am providing you with my concent to send my data elsewhere.

Without such disclosure (let alone some way of opting out) this to me would make Ubuntu equivalent to the malware infested versions of Windows being sold in China. The fact that this was deliberatly done in the place designed for the user to search most often just makes it worse.

Minimum solution, a permanent disclosure on the Homes Lens that "Your search data will be sent to online to interested third-parties".

Preferred solution, a separate Shopping Lens that has implicit and explicit user concent per search. Additionally there may be a "Shop for Results Online" or "See Shopping results" link in the Home and other lenses that will open up the Shopping Lens with the same search. Then, and only then, would the search data be sent online.