-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matt Brown wrote: In the UK (EU?), it would be required upon us (the Foundation) to require users (even anons) to explicitly accept the privacy implications of their actions, and this is almost (?) always carried out with a non-automatically set selection box on registration. Not sure if there's any case law either way, but if there is and it is the only possible way, then running a MediaWiki installation with anon editing, or user editing without such a selection box or "I agree" button may well fall foul of Data Protection legislation. As to whether we need such a thing... eh. I wouldn't be a terrible idea, but certainly it's not necessary (we have no need of such enforceable contracts with users; asking them to agree to our "AUPs" would create a tool with which we could sue so as to transfer liability, but I fail to see a possible benefit for such a thing, much less a likely situation in which we would pursue it). Yours sincerely, - -- James D. Forrester Wikimedia : [[W:en:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] E-Mail : james(a)jdforrester.org IM (MSN) : jamesdforrester(a)hotmail.com

Matt Brown wrote: Why I was asking this was because a user insisted that I deleted his account, which is technically impossible. He could only have known that if he had read the privacy policy, which is only linked, in a really tiny font, all the way at the bottom. Ruud

Matt Brown wrote: Perhaps a Wikimedians' Bill of Rights would be a good idea. The fundamental rights in a multinational community should not be merely a function of the rights provided by the law of any single country. Obviously, as laws currently stand, we ignore them at our peril. But a proactive approach transcends any too specific legal framework. Ec