On 9 Feb 2013, at 18:52, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris
<tom(a)tommorris.org> wrote:
Now this has been transferred to Wikimedia UK,
would it be possible to
remove the access logging on QRpedia to ensure it complies with both the
letter and spirit of the WMF privacy policy.
I am happy to provide a simple patch to this end as well as a code
checkover.
It may be sensible to run QRpedia code through WMF formal code review for
security checking.
+1 - the WMF privacy rules are harsh compared to many, but readers
love them so much they're actually a pretty good model, and I'd like
to talk e.g. the RationalWiki Foundation into formally adopting them
(we use them informally for a lot of stuff though not all). So this
should be considered a useful thing to do that users will love :-)
WMUK doesn't yet have an established privacy policy for its projects (aside from its
donor privacy policy) - which is something that should be corrected. However, it's not
trivial to turn the WMF's privacy policy into one that WMUK can adopt, due to the
differences between the projects that WMF operate vs. those that WMUK operate. Based on
the WMF privacy policy, I've set out a draft WMUK privacy policy at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
This needs further revision, and I'd encourage everyone receiving this email to
directly make, or use the talk page to suggest, changes to this draft policy.
Thanks,
Mike