On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Should WMF Legal say they are happy for me to do so, I
will be happy
to publish their reply in full.
Our reply, as I sent it at 7:58 pm Pacific time, Sep. 9:
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Hi, Ashley-
As you know, the Wikimedia Foundation keeps very little data about users.
Most information that we have is public and accessible on-wiki, like user
pages and contribution pages. For the small amount of personally
identifiable data that we do collect, we also seek to comply with our data
retention guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_retention_guidelines>, deleting
information after prescribed periods.
Given our small administrative staff, the lack of any mandate under the
relevant applicable law, and the need to focus our limited resources on our
mission, we do not think it is an appropriate use of staff time or donor
money to do significant research in locating and preparing information, if
any, that falls under your broadly scoped request. We appreciate your
understanding.
Sincerely-
Luis
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