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correct people's possessive (#134)
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Quoting from a comment by Chris Needham:
>  In this context, "people's" is correct, as in, belonging to multiple individuals, whereas peoples' is the possessive of peoples (a grouping, culturally or nationally, etc). See https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/What-is-the-difference-between-people-and-peoples-
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tantek committed Sep 11, 2024
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<section>
<h3 id="privacy" data-export="" data-dfn-type="dfn">
The web is secure, and respects peoples' privacy
The web is secure, and respects people's privacy
</h3>
<p>
When we add features to the web platform,
we are making decisions that impact peoples'
we are making decisions that impact people's
ability to control their personal data.
This data includes their conversations,
their financial transactions
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assistive browser extensions,
and blockers of unwanted content or scripts.
We will build features and write specifications
that respect peoples' agency,
that respect people's agency,
and will create user agents to represent those preferences on the web user's behalf.
</p>
</section>
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