YOUpowered has also developed a tool for authoring P3P policies. This user agent is implemented as a browser helper object for Internet Explorer. When users install this software, it adds a privacy button to the top of their browser window. Clicking on this button brings up a window where users can set their privacy preferences, check how well a site's P3P policy matches their preferences, or view a site's privacy policy in P3P or human-readable format. The PrivacyBot system is accessed via a web browser and does not require users to download any additional software.
Users fill out a series of online questionnaires in order to create their privacy policies.
The software is already available to customers. Martin Presler-Marshall from IBM demoed a P3P Policy Editor . This is a visual tool for creating P3P policies. Users can use a mouse to drag various policy elements into place and view the results in both XML and English. The tool includes extensive documentation.