On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Yvan Boily <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> No, the scope is clearly stated with "Mozilla’s Data Privacy Principles
>> continue to inform how we build our products and services, manage user
>> data, and select and interact with partners – while shaping our public
>> policy and advocacy work.", from the blog post.
>>
>> IRC logs *are* user data.  irc.mozilla.org *is* a Mozilla service.  Both
>> are subject to Mozilla policies.
>>
>
> Either way I do not think logging irc conflicts with any of those
> principles especially if a policy is in place and documented.
>

*NO SURPRISES*
Changing to opt-out logging on a per-channel basis is a shift away from the
advertised state of logging in relation it irc.mozilla.org as published here
<https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC>.  That would be a surprise for most people.

*USER CONTROL*

Providing opt-in logging at a channel owner level would be better, as long
as the channel makes it clear by sending a notice to the user when they
join that it is publicly logged.

*LIMITED DATA*
Hard to comply with this one; when we have numerous other sources of truth
for technical work (repos, wiki, mdn, mailing lists), I would argue that we
don't need to retain this data, but in the case that we do, I would think
that at the least, anonymizing it is a requirement to uphold this part.  It
is notoriously hard to properly anonymize communications, especially chat
based communications where usernames could be common subjects of
discussion.

*SENSIBLE SETTINGS*
I think that defaulting to not logging is a more sensible setting
considering the legacy of "We don't log" on the service.

*DEFENSE IN DEPTH*

I don't think this necessarily applies to the case at hand.



> Also FWIW I can think of entire sites we have for contributors that do not
> meet those data privacy principles so I really doubt they had contributors
> in mind writing that.
>
> In the context of this discussion, other sites failing to adhere to policy
is not terribly relevant, but please send me a list of the sites you think
don't meet those requirements off list and I will follow up.
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