Add privacy policy

EDMarketConnector.py

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ class AppWindow:
             self.menubar.add_cascade(menu=window_menu)
             self.help_menu = tk.Menu(self.menubar, name='help')
             self.w.createcommand("::tk::mac::ShowHelp", self.help_general)
+            self.help_menu.add_command(command=self.help_privacy)
             self.help_menu.add_command(command=self.help_releases)
             self.menubar.add_cascade(menu=self.help_menu)
             self.w['menu'] = self.menubar
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ class AppWindow:
             self.menubar.add_cascade(menu=self.edit_menu)
             self.help_menu = tk.Menu(self.menubar, tearoff=tk.FALSE)
             self.help_menu.add_command(command=self.help_general)
+            self.help_menu.add_command(command=self.help_privacy)
             self.help_menu.add_command(command=self.help_releases)
             self.help_menu.add_command(command=lambda:self.updater.checkForUpdates())
             self.menubar.add_cascade(menu=self.help_menu)
@@ -343,7 +345,8 @@ class AppWindow:
             self.system_menu.entryconfigure(1, label=_("Check for Updates..."))	# Menu item
             self.file_menu.entryconfigure(0, label=_('Save Raw Data...'))	# Menu item
             self.view_menu.entryconfigure(0, label=_('Status'))	# Menu item
-            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(1, label=_('Release Notes'))	# Help menu item
+            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(1, label=_('Privacy Policy'))	# Help menu item
+            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(2, label=_('Release Notes'))	# Help menu item
         else:
             self.menubar.entryconfigure(1, label=_('File'))	# Menu title
             self.menubar.entryconfigure(2, label=_('Edit'))	# Menu title
@@ -356,8 +359,9 @@ class AppWindow:
             self.file_menu.entryconfigure(2, label=_('Settings'))	# Item in the File menu on Windows
             self.file_menu.entryconfigure(4, label=_('Exit'))	# Item in the File menu on Windows
             self.help_menu.entryconfigure(0, label=_('Documentation'))	# Help menu item
-            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(1, label=_('Release Notes'))	# Help menu item
-            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(2, label=_("Check for Updates..."))	# Menu item
+            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(1, label=_('Privacy Policy'))	# Help menu item
+            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(2, label=_('Release Notes'))	# Help menu item
+            self.help_menu.entryconfigure(3, label=_('Check for Updates...'))	# Menu item
         self.edit_menu.entryconfigure(0, label=_('Copy'))	# As in Copy and Paste
 
     def login(self):
@@ -638,6 +642,9 @@ class AppWindow:
     def help_general(self, event=None):
         webbrowser.open('https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/wiki')
 
+    def help_privacy(self, event=None):
+        webbrowser.open('https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Privacy-Policy')
+
     def help_releases(self, event=None):
         webbrowser.open('https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/releases')
 

L10n/en.template

@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@
 /* Empire rank. [stats.py] */
 "Prince" = "Prince";
 
+/* Help menu item. [EDMarketConnector.py] */
+"Privacy Policy" = "Privacy Policy";
+
 /* CQC rank. [stats.py] */
 "Professional" = "Professional";
 

PRIVACY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Privacy Policy
+
+## What information do we collect about you?
+
+### Game State
+
+While this app is running it collects the following information about you:
+
+- Your username - i.e. your in-game “Cmdr” name.
+- Your in-game location.
+- Your in-game ship(s), ship loadout, inventory, and various actions that you perform in the game - collectively your “game state”.
+
+### Operating System & IP Address
+
+Separately, in the course of the app automatically checking for updates we collect the following information about you:
+
+- Your Operating System.
+- Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) Address.
+
+## What do we do with this information?
+
+We temporarily record your Operating System and IP Address in our website logs for the purpose of detecting malicious usage. The information is discarded within one month.
+
+At your choice this app transmits some of your game state to third-party services as follows:
+
+### EDDN
+
+By default this app transmits your Cmdr name and your in-game location to the [Elite Dangerous Data Network](https://github.com/EDSM-NET/EDDN/wiki) (“EDDN”). Your Cmdr name is not visible to other users of the EDDN service.
+
+### EDSM
+
+If you have registered with the [Elite Dangerous Star Map](https://www.edsm.net/) (“EDSM”) website this app transmits your Cmdr name, in-game-location and game state to EDSM. You can control how much of this information is visible to other people [here](https://www.edsm.net/settings/public-profile).
+
+### Inara
+
+If you have registered with the [Inara](https://inara.cz/) website this app transmits your Cmdr name, in-game-location and game state to Inara. You can control how much of this information is visible to other people [here](https://inara.cz/settings/).
+
+### Plugins
+
+If you have installed any [plugins](https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Plugins) this app makes your Cmdr name, in-game-location and game state available to those plugins.