On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Trillium Corsage trillium2014@yandex.com wrote:
I noticed Michelle Paulson editing the "Cookie Statement" page, and it seemed kind of strange to me because I thought it more a technical and IT thing to edit. But Michelle is WMF Legal, right
I won't/can't comment on the rest of your questions but I'm confused about why you would be surprised here... the cookie statement is, essentially, a legal statement/privacy policy "type" document (obviously different but similar) and just like the privacy policy (or access to non public information or document retention policy or terms of use or other policy docs along those lines) the cookie statement has been owned by Legal for as long as it's existed (I can attest to that fact since the CA team was asked to help put it up for them).
It's certainly possible that this is only 'obvious' to me because of my knowledge of outside organizations or law but it doesn't surprise me. Cookie statements are part of the law in some countries (not necessarily ones we have to follow given our position in the US but Europe has laws about it for example) and so would usually be within the legal department for many organizations. Cookies are also closely tied with privacy and the privacy policy and so compliance and ensuring that the org stays within their promises would, also, often fall within the legal department (though everyone should/does have a hand in ensuring they follow the promises the org as a whole made).
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation