Privacy/Features/DNT signal/TestPlan
DNT Signal
| Feature | Status | Dev Lead | QA Lead | Status |
| Make DNT signal accessible from the navigator global object | Landed in Firefox 9 | Justin Lebar | Ioana Budnar | Signed Off |
Summary
- A site that embeds third-party content could force it to honor DNT by suppressing that content when DNT is enabled.
- Web sites should be able to check if "do-not-track" (DNT) is turned on without needing access to the HTTP stream.
- A navigator.doNotTrack object in the JS global namespace could signal that DNT is enabled, and its value would match what is sent in the HTTP header.
- This feature is targeted for Firefox 9.0.
Reference
Use Cases
- Verify navigator.doNotTrack and the privacy.donottrackheader.enabled pref after checking the "Tell websites I do not want to be tracked" Privacy option in Tools->Options (Edit->Preferences).
- Verify navigator.doNotTrack and the privacy.donottrackheader.enabled pref after unchecking the "Tell websites I do not want to be tracked" Privacy option in Tools->Options (Edit->Preferences).
- Verify navigator.doNotTrack and the privacy.donottrackheader.enabled pref before the user checks the "Tell websites I do not want to be tracked" Privacy option in Tools->Options (Edit->Preferences) for the first time.
- Verify navigator.doNotTrack after resetting the privacy.donottrackheader.enabled Privacy option.
- navigator.doNotTrack reflects the changes of privacy.donottrackheader.enabled.
Test Cases
- Test cases for this feature can be viewed here.
- Automated tests: dom/tests/mochitest/general/test_bug629535.html.
Important Bugs
- 629535 - add do-not-track signal to navigator global object
Not Tested
- Other preferences.
- Other options of the navigator global object.
- Websites actions after checking the navigator.doNotTrack value.
Sign off Criteria
- All the test cases were run on the Firefox version the feature is targeted for (Firefox 9.0).
- All the major bugs have been fixed.