Article ID: 318810 - Last Review: February 1, 2007 - Revision: 4.6

You Cannot Click "Here" in the Privacy Policy Dialog Box to View a Web Site's Privacy Policy

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SYMPTOMS

When you click Summary in the Privacy Report dialog box to view a Web site's privacy policy in Internet Explorer, the word "here" in the following message that is displayed in the Privacy Policy dialog box is not a hyperlink:
To read this Web site's complete privacy policy, click here.
Because of this, you cannot click the word here to view the Web site's complete privacy policy.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Web site's Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) privacy policy is not correctly deployed or contains errors.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, use the appropriate method:
  • If you are a visitor to the Web site, contact the administrator of the Web site to obtain the correct Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for that Web site's privacy policy.
  • If you are administrator of the Web site, verify that the privacy policy is created and implemented correctly. You can validate the Web site's P3P policy by using the P3P Validator that is available at the following World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web site:
    http://www.w3.org/P3P/validator/ (http://www.w3.org/P3P/validator/)
    If necessary, contact the vendor of your P3P policy generator for more information about how to resolve the behavior that is described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.
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MORE INFORMATION

A Privacy Report icon is displayed in the Internet Explorer status bar when you visit a Web site that does not meet your privacy preferences. Double-click the icon to open the Privacy Report dialog box and view the site's privacy report. The privacy report provides information about a site's privacy policy and can describe how its privacy practices conflict with the preferences that you set.

You can also view a privacy report for any Web site when you click Privacy Report on the View menu. For additional information about how to manage cookies Internet Explorer 6, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
283185  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283185/EN-US/ ) How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6
For additional information about default privacy settings in Internet Explorer 6, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
293222  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293222/EN-US/ ) Default Privacy Settings for Internet Explorer 6
290333  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290333/EN-US/ ) Description of the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project
To view the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) specification and associated documents, visit the following W3C Web site:
http://www.w3.org (http://www.w3.org)
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
    • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 IA64
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