Philippe Beaudette wrote:
On Jun 25, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Mike Godwin wrote:
I don't know what Kelly is referring to here. Cary doesn't make exceptions, routinely or otherwise, to the identification policy. Greg's experience is the norm, and it has been since I came on at the Foundation a year ago (one-year anniversary coming up in July!).
--Mike
In my situation, a good chunk of the WMF staff knows me pretty well, I'm spent a (not insignificant) amount of time in their offices, and been through some fairly thorough questioning on various topics. And yet, when I needed access to private information for the board elections, Cary - who can pick me out of a lineup and knows me reasonably well, I think - asked to see my driver's license.
My gut feel and personal experience says that the policy is being enforced fairly stringently.
Philippe
To me it seems no more than exercising due diligence; I for one would prefer personal data to be overprotected than underprotected, and it seems indicative of the amount of care taken. That could be critical in litigation.