[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Census

Robert Rohde rarohde at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 09:18:47 UTC 2008


The COPPA standard prohibits collecting personal information from
individuals under age 13.

I would suggest, as a matter of prudence, that people under age 13 be
excluded from the survey, even though the Foundation is probably a COPPA
exempt entity.

-Robert Rohde

On Feb 11, 2008 12:24 AM, Deni Symonds <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I disagree with <21 - I believe there will be a lot of wikimedians under
> 21 - it would be like having a 20-35 range - far too wide. Since this is an
> optional census and nothing will be identifiable and, there will be no
> further contact with the users.
>
>
> -deni
>
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:25:19 +0000
> > From: geniice at gmail.com
> > To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Census
> >
>  > On 10/02/2008, Deni Symonds <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have set up a mock survey at >
> http://loopaustralia.com/survey/index.php?sid=54369&lang=en . One of the
> biggest >problem is how we could send the census out - by its definition,
> everyone would answer it >but, that clearly wouldn't happen. If there is a
> list of email addresses, we can send out >unique url's or, we could allow
> users to sign up or, fill it out anonymously. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > -Deni
> >
> > I assume that those will not be the questions actually asked but
> >
> > The age question is problematical. The lowest age selection should be
> > <21. Not exactly sure how COPPA applies to the foundation. Non profit
> > but no need to take any risks.
> >
> >
> > --
> > geni
> >
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