Adam Baso wrote:
In summary, to show Wikipedia Zero banners for the
correct mobile
networks, we are planning once for each cellular-based app session to log
two pieces of data in a specialized logfile, deleting log entries older
than 90 days.
1. MCC-MNC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_country_code> code (format
is ###-##), which denotes the mobile operator
2. Exit (gateway/proxy) IP address
* These data points would not be logged alongside the normal web access
logs.
This information could be used to estimate rough demand for Wikipedia in
potential Wikipedia Zero geos, although remediating the out-of-sync IP
addresses on file for existing partners is primary.
Internal review suggests this is in alignment with privacy policy, and we
wanted to see if there were other thoughts on this approach here on
wikimedia-l.
Thanks for starting this thread.
Sorry if I've overlooked this, but who/what will have access to this data?
Only members of the mobile team? Local project CheckUsers? Wikimedia
Foundation-approved researchers? Wikimedia shell users? AbuseFilter
filters?
And this may be a silly question, but is there a reasonable means of
approximating how identifying these two data points alone are? That is,
Using a mobile country code and exit IP address, is it possible to
identify a particular editor or reader? Or perhaps rephrased, is this data
considered anonymized?
MZMcBride