[Foundation-l] Privacy etc - merging data

[Excirial]

*So the logic seems to be thus - if I tell employee X something about my
life, interests, experience, C.V. that could possibly be of use or interest
to the Foundation, it's fine to store it on a central database where all and
sundry within the Foundation can get at it, despite the fact that this was
never my intent.*

I don't think the system is intended to work this way. The system seems to
be akin to a CRM system, and i presume only relevant information will be
tracked. For example, you might contact the foundation wishing to set up
another local chapter, asking for an internship or merely to request
information on policies, this previous request is logged. If you call again
it is likely you will get someone else on the phone, which means you would
have to explain the whole situation again. In the current situation the
"buddy system" seems to take care of this, as people are likely to share
such information over coffee so everyone knows what person XyZ called for.
Due to the predicted explosive growth such a buddy system would overextend
itself, thus necessitating some form of central storage.

Keep in mind that "Stakeholders" is a very wide term. Wikipedians are but
one group - The foundation will also receive calls from companies asking why
their page was removed, From universities to ask if they can integrate
Wikipedia editing in their curriculum, from other institutions that give
Wikipedia grants for development, from journalists, politicians... The
possibilities are endless, as a stakeholder is merely someone interested in
the foundation.

~Excirial

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Oliver Keyes <scire.facias at gmail.com>wrote:

> So the logic seems to be thus - if I tell employee X something about my
> life, interests, experience, C.V. that could possibly be of use or interest
> to the Foundation, it's fine to store it on a central database where all
> and
> sundry within the Foundation can get at it, despite the fact that this was
> never my intent.
>
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:01 AM, K. Peachey <p858snake at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I am assuming that people will be warned and asked for permission in
> > advance
> > > to combine these databases? I for one would definitely have strong
> > > objections against merging donation and edit data. Donations are real
> > life,
> > > edits are wikipedia-universe. Although I do realize that it is much
> more
> > > convenient for staff to have this data combined, I find this
> > objectionable
> > > from the privacy point of view. (putting this in a new thread to
> seperate
> > > discussions a bit) I am not sure of legal requirements in this field in
> > the
> > > US - but I hope Wikipedia will always adhere to also for example
> European
> > > principles in this regard whether it is maybe or maybe not legally
> > obliged
> > > to.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Lodewijk
> > What I believe this is referring to, is that the Customer Relation
> > Manager (CRM) [CiviCRM iirc] to be setup to allow for some details
> > about the people to be stored such as their usernames/interests/etc
> > compared to it just being a word of mouth system where staff members
> > need to track down which staff know who.
> >
> > So for example a staff member can look up a person and go "oh Jimmy
> > Bloggs is interested in political photograph, X might interest him"
> > compared to say "Jimmy Bloggs was entered by Sally Doors, I need to go
> > talk to her," who redirects to someone else that knows more about the
> > subject.
> >
> > -Peachey
> >
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