[Foundation-l] Note regarding status of privacy policy

Sun Aug 10 04:24:32 UTC 2008

2008/8/10 SlimVirgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In the UK, for
>>> example, the Data Protection Act may require that the information be
>>> handed over on request, and that the UK chapter (insofar as it's a
>>> separate organization) take steps to ensure that it's not used in a
>>> way that causes damage or distress.
>>
>> What does the UK chapter have to do with it? It *is* a separate
>> organisation and is in no way involved with checkuser results...
>
> I don't know how or whether the Data Protection Act would apply, but I
> think if members of the UK group were involved in retaining checkuser
> information (and I have no idea whether they are), it would kick in if
> a request were made under the Act. I mentioned it only as an example.

Just because they happen to be members of a given UK company doesn't
make that company involved in their actions. They might be members of
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as well, does that make the
RSPB liable for their actions as checkusers on the English Wikipedia?