Incorrect Privacy Report Displayed for Redirected URI When Using METHOD Element (306061)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows XP
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
This article was previously published under Q306061

SYMPTOMS

An incorrect privacy summary may be displayed for a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) when you click the Summary button for that URI in the Privacy Report dialog box. The Privacy Report dialog box is displayed when you click Privacy Report on the View menu in Internet Explorer.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if a redirected URI that performs one method uses a different compact privacy policy than other methods. For example, if a Web site defines different P3P policies for POST methods than it does for GET requests and then does a redirect after a POST, the policy for the GET request is incorrectly displayed for the POST URI.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The METHOD element allows a Web site to define different P3P policies depending on the method to be applied to a resource. For example, a site may want to collect more data from users when they are using a POST method than when using GET methods. For additional information about the P3P METHOD element, see the following W3.org Web site:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-P3P-20001215/#ref_file_method

For additional information on Hypertext Transfer Protocol methods, see the Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 RFC:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/14/2006
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