>
> It is the policy of Wikimedia that personally identifiable data collected
> in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser
> feature, or through other non-publicly-available methods, may be released by
> Wikimedia volunteers or staff, in any of the following situations:
>
>    1. In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law
>    enforcement,
>    2. With permission of the affected user,
>    3. When necessary for investigation of abuse complaints,
>    4. Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider
>    or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve 
> technical
>    issues,
>    5. *Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently
>    behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to a service provider,
>    carrier, or other third-party entity to assist in the targeting of IP
>    blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet
>    Service Providers,*
>    6. Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or
>    safety of the Wikimedia Foundation, its users or the public.
>
> Am I missing something?

- Chris

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Sam Korn <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Chris Down
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Divulging his IP to his provider seems standard, advisable, and perfectly
> > ethical. We aren't just talking about minor vandalism, he has inspired
> > numerous copycats and has harassed (or his copycats have) many editors.
> >
> > I've not looked, but if our privacy policy disallows this even in such
> > circumstances as this, we need to look at revising it.
>
> It does, very explicitly.  Discussing it on an open, publicly archived
> mailing list is a different matter and really seems quite unnecessary.
>
> --
> Sam
> PGP public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key
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