[WikiEN-l] SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks

[Josh Gordon]

None of this really applies. No data derived from checkuser was released (at
least, from what's being said here); rather, the fact that a checkuser was
run was released. That's not in any way confidential information, nor is it
a release of privileged data. The _results_ of such a request are
privileged, though if someone asks me for the results of a checkuser run on
their own account, I'll tell them, assuming it does not release any
otherwise confidential information (for example, other unrelated users that
show up on the same dynamic IP.)

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Jon <scream at datascreamer.com> wrote:

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> Thomas Dalton wrote:
> > 2008/7/19 David Katz <dkatz2001 at gmail.com>:
> >> The thread at
> >>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents/Tony_Sidaway#Break:_checkuseris
> >> very disturbing. SlimVirgin seems to have inside knowledge from the
> >> Checkuser Logs of which users Lar has been running checks on. The only
> way
> >> she could have obtained this knowledge is if there is either a leak on
> the
> >> Checkuser-L list or if someone with access to the Checkuser logs told
> her.
> >
> > I don't think who's been running checks on who is considered private
> > information - it's the results of those checks that are covered by the
> > privacy policy. If someone with access to the logs thought there was
> > good reason to share part of them with SlimVirgin, then I think they
> > would be allowed to do so.
> >
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> Sections 5 and 6 of the privacy policy permit the release of CU
> information to /admins/ for example for blocking and reporting.
>
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#Policy_on_release_of_data_derived_from_page_logs
>
> Best,
> Jon
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