[Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

Sun Jul 10 10:46:20 UTC 2011

This a serious and urgent problem; and the foundation need to look into it
quickly.

In no circumstances should Wikipedia users be receiving copies of other
people's identity documents - it is a privacy nightmare!

Tom

On 10 July 2011 11:03, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10 July 2011 10:55, Huib Laurens <sterkebak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is mentioned in a offiical policy on the Dutch Wikipedia here:
> > http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpopmisbruik
>
>
> The relevant paragraph appears to be
> http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpop#Ontsnappingsclausule
>
> The Google translation is "In order to be unblocked, the person behind
> the corresponding IP address is a letter (paper) to a community trust
> staff."
>
> Does it actually mean "staff" in Dutch? Does it imply *in any way*
> that the person to contact is officially sanctioned to deal with
> private information?
>
>
> http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blokkeringsmeldingen#Ontsnappingsclausule
>
> The Google translation for this one appears to quite definitely be
> trying to imply official status. Does it carry such implications in
> the original Dutch?
>
>
> It doesn't matter if Huib was blocked for good reason. This still
> looks very like a privacy disaster in the making, and the Foundation,
> and particularly the staff relating to privacy concerns, need to look
> into it very closely.
>
>
> - d.
>
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