[Foundation-l] Wikipedia tracks user behaviour via third party companies #2

[Domas Mituzas]

Hi!

> I believe there was no such claim, if anything, it was pointed out  
> that
> setting up the stats engine didn't give access to information that  
> was not
> accessible before by the Checkusers (even if logged), and that most  
> fears of
> data being handled by the wrong hands are mitigated by the facts  
> that the
> data was handled by a CheckUser (and thus a) a person already with  
> access to
> said data and b) a person identified to the WMF and trusted by the
> community*).

checkusers don't have readership data.

Domas