> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
