After some internal discussion on whether opting out of the Phorm
user-profiling system in the UK would legitimize it, we're going ahead
and requesting an opt-out for all the domains under the Wikimedia
Foundation's control.
For background see eg:
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2009/03/22/open-letter-call-for-major-websit…
-- brion vibber (brion @
wikimedia.org)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Phorm opt-out for
Wikipedia.org and related domains
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:28:11 -0700
From: Brion Vibber <brion(a)wikimedia.org>
To: website-exclusion(a)webwise.com
CC: private-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
To whom it may concern --
The Wikimedia Foundation requests that our web sites including
Wikipedia.org and all related domains be excluded from scanning by the
Phorm / BT Webwise system, as we consider the scanning and profiling of
our visitors' behavior by a third party to be an infringement on their
privacy.
Here is a list of our domains which should be excluded (please exclude
any and all subdomains as well):
wikipedia.org
wikipedia.com
wikipedia.co.uk
wikipedia.cz
wikipedia.fr
wikipedia.info
wikipedia.lt
wikipedia.net
wikipedia.nl
wikipedia.org.br
mediawiki.com
mediawiki.org
quickipedia.net
quickipedia.org
toolserver.org
vikipedio.com
vikipedio.org
wikibook.com
wikibooks.com
wikibooks.cz
wikibooks.org
wikicitaty.cz
wikidata.org
wikidisclosure.com
wikidisclosure.org
wikidruhy.cz
wikifamily.com
wikifamily.org
wikigis.com
wikigis.org
wikijunior.com
wikijunior.net
wikijunior.org
wikiknihy.cz
wikimania2006.org
wikimania2007.org
wikimaps.com
wikimaps.net
wikimediacommons.co.uk
wikimediacommons.de
wikimediacommons.eu
wikimediacommons.info
wikimediacommons.mobl
wikimediacommons.net
wikimediacommons.org
wikimedia.cz
wikimediafoundation.com
wikimediafoundation.net
wikimediafoundation.org
wikimedia.hu
wikimedia.li
wikimedia.lt
wikimedia.org
wikimedia.pl
wikimedia.se
wikimedia.us
wikimemory.org
wikimorial.com
wikimorial.org
wikinews.org
wikipaedia.net
wikipedie.cz
wikiquote.com
wikiquote.cz
wikiquote.net
wikiquote.org
wikislovnik.cz
wikisource.com
wikisource.cz
wikisource.org
wikispecies.com
wikispecies.cz
wikispecies.net
wikispecies.org
wikiversity.com
wikiversity.cz
wikiversity.org
wikiverzita.cz
wikizdroje.cz
wikizpravy.cz
wiktionary.com
wiktionary.cz
wiktionary.org
Thank you for your time.
-- brion vibber (brion @
wikimedia.org)
CTO, Wikimedia Foundation
San Francisco
+1 (415) 839-6885