[Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

[David Gerard]

On 10 July 2011 10:55, Huib Laurens <sterkebak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is mentioned in a offiical policy on the Dutch Wikipedia here:
> http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpopmisbruik


The relevant paragraph appears to be
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpop#Ontsnappingsclausule

The Google translation is "In order to be unblocked, the person behind
the corresponding IP address is a letter (paper) to a community trust
staff."

Does it actually mean "staff" in Dutch? Does it imply *in any way*
that the person to contact is officially sanctioned to deal with
private information?

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blokkeringsmeldingen#Ontsnappingsclausule

The Google translation for this one appears to quite definitely be
trying to imply official status. Does it carry such implications in
the original Dutch?


It doesn't matter if Huib was blocked for good reason. This still
looks very like a privacy disaster in the making, and the Foundation,
and particularly the staff relating to privacy concerns, need to look
into it very closely.


- d.