It is the policy of Wikimedia that personally identifiable data collected in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser feature, or through other non-publicly-available methods, may be released by Wikimedia volunteers or staff, in any of the following situations:
- In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law
enforcement, 2. With permission of the affected user, 3. When necessary for investigation of abuse complaints, 4. Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve technical issues, 5. *Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to a service provider, carrier, or other third-party entity to assist in the targeting of IP blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet Service Providers,* 6. Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Wikimedia Foundation, its users or the public.
Am I missing something?
- Chris
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Sam Korn smoddy@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Chris Down neuro.wikipedia@googlemail.com wrote:
Divulging his IP to his provider seems standard, advisable, and perfectly ethical. We aren't just talking about minor vandalism, he has inspired numerous copycats and has harassed (or his copycats have) many editors.
I've not looked, but if our privacy policy disallows this even in such circumstances as this, we need to look at revising it.
It does, very explicitly. Discussing it on an open, publicly archived mailing list is a different matter and really seems quite unnecessary.
-- Sam PGP public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key
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