Hello,
just a few remarks from the OC about this case.
2014-08-01 22:19 GMT+02:00 Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com:
Hi all,
On 27 May 2014 I received an email back from the OC which basically said that because no personal information was divulged, there was no breach of the WMF Privacy Policy. It also said that they would inform the WMF about the case, and if I had any further information on who "released such information" then I should contact them.
Confirmed.
On 6 June 2014 I heard back from the OC and they stated that my complaint was being forwarded to the Wikimedia Foundation and that they had been informed about the possible running of an unnecessary CU, in addition to the possible release of CU logs. Additionally, I was told that the OC would relay to me once they had it from the Board.
Also confirmed.
- There was indeed a leak of my CU data. An unknown Commons CU had
indeed leaked my CU data to another person who was NOT a CU on Commons. The information given to this non-CU person included the very name of the person who ran the CU on me; information which was so sensitive to keep from me, but not sensitive enough that it was able to be shared with every Tom, Dick and Harry that wasn't me.
I wonder why the OC never got any information about this from you. So would you please write us where that information comes from and what exactly happened? Thanks.
On 2 July 2014 I was contacted by someone within Legal informing me that it was their understanding that "the Ombudsman Commission has finished its investigation into this matter and has already communicated its decision to you."
It had, on the basis of the information we got from you. We can obviously not base our decision on information that is not relayed to us, like that mentioned one section above.
Given this, I am asking very publicly the following questions:
- (1) on what grounds a CheckUser action was performed on my account
on Wikimedia Commons?
- (2) who requested that it be performed on Commons?
- (3) who fulfilled the request?
- (4) why is it acceptable for CUs to share actions related to my
account with non-CUs whilst at the same time actively keeping this information from me?
- (5) why are complaints such as this actively ignored by the WMF Board?
(1) through (3) can only be answered by the Commons community. It is completely outside the OC's remit to answer this. @ (4): You might want to discuss this with the OC non-publicly. We are very interested in getting any available information about this. In general, you are right that it is not acceptable to share non-public information with non-CUs. However, it is acceptable to give CU information to stewards (who might not be CU on Commons), for example, under certain circumstances.
Best regards, Thogo. (current member of the OC)