COMERead Privacy Scope When a COME Guide Links Elsewhere
Use the receiving service’s own privacy information for data entered there; the guide cannot define that external operation.
An explanatory page and its linked account page have different addresses.
A click can change the receiving service
An information page can load images from one host and send an app-button visit to another. Read the destination before moving to an account or transaction task. The starting website, image host and product service do not automatically share one operator or one privacy notice.
Opening a page sends a request to the server delivering it, including network information needed for the response. Loading an externally hosted image also requests that image from its host. These routine requests differ from deliberately entering a phone number, password or other account data into a form. Keep the types of information and recipients separate when reading a notice.
Read a public parameter for its actual role
A link can contain a source or channel label. Such a label describes context attached to the link; it is not itself a password, a user account or evidence of who owns the destination. The service receiving the parameter decides how it uses it. Do not turn the parameter's name into an unsupported explanation of all tracking behaviour.
Other links, especially those copied from private sessions, can contain personal or temporary values. Do not assume that all query parameters are public simply because one promotional source label is public. Before sharing a private-session URL, use a safe public entry or the service's supported sharing mechanism.
Check notices where the next action occurs
The information page's privacy notice describes its own scope. After navigation, read the receiving service's applicable notices before providing account information or authorising a device feature. Browser site permissions, Android application permissions and an external account's preferences are separate controls.
Changing one control does not automatically change the others. Clearing browser site data does not delete an external account, and removing an app icon is not a request to erase server-held records. Use the actual service's relevant privacy and account controls for that purpose, without assuming a content guide can act on its behalf.
Keep the next step explicit
A button labelled as an app page should be understood as navigation to that page. File transfer, installation, sign-in and any subsequent account action are later decisions. Observe the result at each stage. This avoids describing a page-opening click as consent to every feature or as proof that a package was downloaded.
You have finished this task when you know which destination receives the next request and which notice or control applies to the action you intend. If the operator or purpose remains unclear, resolve that question before giving the destination private information. A familiar brand name is useful context but cannot supply the missing relationship.
A practical completion check
Questions about this task
Does a channel parameter identify my account?
A public source label is different from an account identifier. Assess the actual parameter and avoid generalising to all session URLs.
Does leaving the page mean I installed an app?
No. Navigation, transfer and installation are separate events.
A related next step
Look for what the page says it does and who claims responsibility. Do not fill in an absent operator from the domain spelling.