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	<section id="metadata">
		<info>
			<link type="guide" xref="index#general"/>
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		<title>Metadata and privacy</title>
		<p>Metadata consists of information that characterizes data. Metadata is used to provide documentation for data products. In essence, metadata answers who, what, when, where, why, and how about every facet of the data that is being documented.</p>
		<p>Metadatumo povas malfermi multe datumon pri via. Via kamero skribas datumo pri tio kiam, kie kaj kiu kamera uzis. Oficeja pakajo aŭtomate aldonas aŭtoran kaj kompanian informadon en dokumentoj, tabelkalkuloj kaj prizentadoj. Tio estas sentema informado kaj vi povas ne komuniki ties.</p>
		<figure>
			<title>Example of metadata in a picture file</title>
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			<desc>The file discloses information about the hardware, settings, date, location of the shoot. It contains a total of 79 metadata.</desc>
		</figure>
	</section>
	<section id="cleaning-process">
		<info>
			<link type="guide" xref="index#general"/>
		</info>
		<title>Cleaning process</title>
		<p>While <app>Metadata Cleaner</app> is doing its very best to display metadata, it doesn't mean that a file is clean from metadata if it doesn't show any. There is no reliable way to detect every single possible metadata for complex file formats. This is why you shouldn't rely on metadata's presence to decide if your file must be cleaned or not.</p>
		<p><app>Metadata Cleaner</app> takes the content of the file and puts it into a new one without metadata, ensuring that any undetected metadata is stripped.</p>
	</section>
	<section id="limitations">
		<info>
			<link type="guide" xref="index#general"/>
		</info>
		<title>Limitations</title>
		<p>Be aware that metadata is not the only way of marking a file. If the content itself discloses personal information or has been watermarked, traditionally or via steganography, <app>Metadata Cleaner</app> will not protect you.</p>
	</section>
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