On the basis of EFF recommandations, here the what's need to be done to
solve this bug, considering  the stagnation/progress/regession observed
since Ubuntu 12.10:

- Disable "Include online search results" by default -----> Nothing has
been done.  To do.

- Explain in detail what Canonical does with search queries and IP
addresses, how long it stores them, and in what circumstances it gives
them to third parties -----> Regression since 13.10, as the untranslated
legal notice is more difficut to find.  It has been relegated to an
obscure "Diagnostics" tab, in the "Security and Privacy" panel, in the
System settings, instead of being available at the bottof right corner
of the Dash.  So, at leat, it needs to be translated.  Also, if it has
to remain in the"Security and Privacy" panel, it should be in a more
properly designated tab.  Also, if the online search remains activated
by default, there should be some sort of proheminent popup that would
ask for user attention, upon first login or first access to the Dash,
refering him/her to the legal notice and asking him what he/she wants to
do with online search (and related scopes).

- Make the Search Results tab of the Privacy settings let users toggle
on and off specific online search results, as some users might want
Amazon products in their search results, but never anything from
Facebook.  -----> Some progress has been made with 13.10, as now, in
adition to be able to disable onlne search, within the "Security and
Privacy" panel, users can also deactiate some particular scopes (or
sources?), by right cliking on them, in the Dash, and then clicking for
deactivation.  Now the process is tedious if, as an example, a user only
wants 1 or 2 scopes to be activated.  One solution could be to include
these options in the "Security and Privacy" panel (which would be more
coherent, if done in a proper way) with a complete list of the sources,
and with some easy and quick way to turn some of them on or off.

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