[Foundation-l] Sexual harassment in Wikipedia

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

roc wrote:
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> Regarding policies and procedures, I think that WMF should either
> dictate privacy policies of all its projects or give authorizations to
> the community/people it trusts, as long as it conforms with the best
> interests of WMF, the project, and the public. I believe that the
> privacy policy of Chinese Wikipedia is governed by the WMF. In this
> privacy policy, it is stated that "personally identifiable data...may
> be released by...users with CheckUser access", does it mean that
> checkusers/stewards are authorized to release IP information of a
> registered user without seeking approval for each case from the Board
> or Executive?
> 

From http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy

> When using a pseudonym, your IP address will not be available to the
> public except in cases of abuse, including vandalism of a wiki page
> by you or by another user with the same IP address. In all cases,
> your IP address will be stored on the wiki servers and can be seen by
> Wikimedia's server administrators and by users who have been granted
> "CheckUser" access. Your IP address, and its connection to any
> usernames that share it may be released under certain circumstances
> (see below).
<snip>

> It is the policy of Wikimedia that personally identifiable data
> collected in the server logs, or through records in the database via the
> CheckUser feature, may be released by the system administrators or users
> with CheckUser access, in the following situations:
> 
> 1. In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from
>    law enforcement
> 2. With permission of the affected user
> 3. To the chair of Wikimedia Foundation, his legal counsel, or his
>    designee, when necessary for investigation of abuse complaints.
> 4. Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider or
>    bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve
>    technical issues.
> 5. Where the user has been vandalising articles or persistently behaving
>    in a disruptive way, data may be released to assist in the targeting
>    of IP blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to
>    relevant Internet Service Providers
> 6. Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or
>    safety of the Wikimedia Foundation, its users or the public.
> 
> Wikimedia policy does not permit public distribution of such
> information under any circumstances, except as described above.

Regards,
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