None of this really applies. No data derived from checkuser was released (at least, from what's being said here); rather, the fact that a checkuser was run was released. That's not in any way confidential information, nor is it a release of privileged data. The _results_ of such a request are privileged, though if someone asks me for the results of a checkuser run on their own account, I'll tell them, assuming it does not release any otherwise confidential information (for example, other unrelated users that show up on the same dynamic IP.)
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Jon scream@datascreamer.com wrote:
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Thomas Dalton wrote:
2008/7/19 David Katz dkatz2001@gmail.com:
The thread at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Inciden...
very disturbing. SlimVirgin seems to have inside knowledge from the Checkuser Logs of which users Lar has been running checks on. The only
way
she could have obtained this knowledge is if there is either a leak on
the
Checkuser-L list or if someone with access to the Checkuser logs told
her.
I don't think who's been running checks on who is considered private information - it's the results of those checks that are covered by the privacy policy. If someone with access to the logs thought there was good reason to share part of them with SlimVirgin, then I think they would be allowed to do so.
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Sections 5 and 6 of the privacy policy permit the release of CU information to /admins/ for example for blocking and reporting.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#Policy_on_release_of_data...
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