On 4/30/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023(a)comcast.net> wrote:
I don't think so. We do not have access to
non-public data. There are
messages posted everywhere that this is just a mailing list and that they
should not share any private information.
Casey Brown
Cbrown1023
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From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of George
Herbert
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:21 PM
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List; Requests from blocked users
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] WMF resolution on access to non-public
datapassed
On 4/30/07, Kat Walsh <kat(a)mindspillage.org> wrote:
The Wikimedia Foundation has passed a resolution
requiring all users
with access to non-public data covered by the site's Privacy Policy to
provide identification to the Foundation. This includes checkusers,
oversights, stewards, and volunteers on OTRS. In addition, all users
holding these positions must be 18 or older, and also of the age of
majority in whichever jurisdiction they live in.
To read the details of the resolution, please see:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Access_to_nonpublic_data
A number of parties have trusted us with private, sensitive, or
confidential information. Some of the handling of this information is
delegated, by necessity, to certain trusted volunteers. In
consideration of those who depend on us to behave responsibly, and the
reasonable and commonly-accepted practices for handling private
information, we wish to be able to say who is responsible for handling
this information to ensure that volunteers can be held accountable for
their own actions.
Those affected by this resolution should contact Cary Bass, WMF
volunteer coordinator, at cbass(a)wikimedia.org. We will also attempt to
contact everyone individually who will need to do this; however,
please spread this message to those in your communities.
For the Wikimedia Foundation,
Kat Walsh
Clarification query: Does this apply to the unblock-en-l volunteer
staff as well?
Thank you.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com
The concern I have, and the reason that I want the foundation to
clarify, is that we do get people's real identity info in many cases,
some of them send us real name, "real" email addresses, in some cases
even home addresses, phone numbers, etc. in the process of identifying
to work on an unblock.
The Checkuser info in comparison only amounts to IP address backtracking.
We don't require real ID for most cases, but it has come by in many
many incidents. In some cases it's sent without us even asking for
it, and in other cases (of alledged sockpuppetry) it's been negotiated
as a way to prove that you're someone else.
Our concern over this info was why we shut the unblock-en-l list down
from open to closed a month or two ago, after all.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com