MSEdgeExplainers

Early Self-Review Questionnaire: Security and Privacy

Security and Privacy questionnaire for explainer

  1. What information might this feature expose to Web sites or other parties, and for what purposes is that exposure necessary?

    This feature exposes information to the origins allowed.

  2. Do features in your specification expose the minimum amount of information necessary to enable their intended uses?

    Yes.

  3. How do the features in your specification deal with personal information, personally-identifiable information (PII), or information derived from them?

    There is no information of this type being handled by the feature.

  4. How do the features in your specification deal with sensitive information?

    There is no sensitive information handled by the feature.

  5. Do the features in your specification introduce new state for an origin that persists across browsing sessions?

    No, this feature does not introduce new states tied to an origin.

  6. Do the features in your specification expose information about the underlying platform to origins?

    This feature exposes information to the origins allowed.

  7. Does this specification allow an origin to send data to the underlying platform?

    No.

  8. Do features in this specification enable access to device sensors?

    No.

  9. Do features in this specification enable new script execution/loading mechanisms?

    No.

  10. Do features in this specification allow an origin to access other devices?

    No.

  11. Do features in this specification allow an origin some measure of control over a user agent’s native UI?

    No.

  12. What temporary identifiers do the features in this specification create or expose to the web?

    None.

  13. How does this specification distinguish between behavior in first-party and third-party contexts?

    It does not make such distinction.

  14. How do the features in this specification work in the context of a browser’s Private Browsing or Incognito mode?

    No difference.

  15. Does this specification have both "Security Considerations" and "Privacy Considerations" sections?

    The API does not introduce any new security or privacy considerations.

  16. Do features in your specification enable origins to downgrade default security protections?

    No.

  17. How does your feature handle non-"fully active" documents?

    No difference.

  18. What should this questionnaire have asked?

    N/A.