[WikiEN-l] SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks

[Ken Arromdee]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Nathan wrote:
> * The only disclosure of information was to the checkusers wife (hard to
> criticise, I think)

I'd criticize it.

If we say it's okay to give privileged information to your wife, we're
essentially saying that making any married person a privileged user is a
two-for-one.  If so, whenever a married person applies to become an admin, his
wife should be checked out and questioned in as much detail as he is,
and go through the same gauntlet of criticism as the applicant himself.
We don't do this.

If you think about it a bit, we generally don't do this in the real world.
For instance, HIPAA in the US governs what doctors are allowed to disclose
your private health information to.  Disclosure to the doctor's spouse is
certainly not in there.