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Re: Does 1.3.5 apply if the form you're filling out is not about *you*?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 12, 2019 1:40AM


On 12/07/2019 08:39, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 12/07/2019 01:53, glen walker wrote:
>> The SC says, "The purpose of each input field collecting information
>> *about
>> the user *can be programmatically determined when..."
>>
>> Does "about the user" literally mean it must be information about the
>> person that is filling out the form?
>
> Yes

And to clarify: this "yes" assumes that the person filling out the form
is the regular user of the UA/browser (as I then went on about later in
my reply).

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