Hi,
taking this as a follow up on the irc meeting today, one of the questions that came up was "what is the reason that WMF is collecting/storing this data". To be clear, with that we did not mean "because the board told us to" but rather what the purpose is: is it because you are legally required to store it for the US Govt, do you want to be able to sue the volunteers if they misbehave, do you want to confirm they are real people etc. Based on that, people can probably increase their understanding of the recent changes.
The Foundation people on IRC were unfortunately unable to answer. Christine promised to find it out and report back here soon, so this is just a reminder - no need to have big discussions until then.
Thanks,
Lodewijk
Hello Lodewijk,
just from my understanding: If people take certain responsibilities in behalf of the Foundation, especially if these responsibilities could be related to private sphere, the Foundation takes certain legal responsibilities for these persons too. And thus we need to know who they are. This is a measurement of trust building.
We have no relation to US government. We would prefer to trust our voluntiers, and not to sue them. But as everyone know, bad things happen, unfortunately.
That's all, no more, and no less.
So far, my understanding.
Greetings Ting
On 05.02.2011 19:53, Lodewijk wrote:
Hi,
taking this as a follow up on the irc meeting today, one of the questions that came up was "what is the reason that WMF is collecting/storing this data". To be clear, with that we did not mean "because the board told us to" but rather what the purpose is: is it because you are legally required to store it for the US Govt, do you want to be able to sue the volunteers if they misbehave, do you want to confirm they are real people etc. Based on that, people can probably increase their understanding of the recent changes.
The Foundation people on IRC were unfortunately unable to answer. Christine promised to find it out and report back here soon, so this is just a reminder - no need to have big discussions until then.
Thanks,
Lodewijk
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