Feminist SF Wiki:Privacy policy

Note -- these are drafts until by consensus or end of controversy they seem final-ish.

I. General principles

Nobody is selling information gained off this page, but there's no security on this site, either. (As of March 2009.) So don't post information you wouldn't want to be publicly known ...

If someone has posted information that you feel violates your privacy, you can edit it yourself. If this is not adequate for some reason, feel free to contact the site administrators.

II. Elaborations

If someone wishes to maintain a pseudonymous identity that is their prerogative.

If it's not clear whether a pseudonymous identity is public or private, then asking the person is recommended. In the absence of information, a reasonable guess is appropriate. Reasonable guesses should balance in favor of privacy -- if there is a reasonable belief that the person intends their pseudonymity to be private, then that should be respected.

Any law enforcement subpoenas, warrants, etc., should be resisted until the FSFwiki editors are convinced that (a) the requests are lawful; (b) the information requested is reasonable; (c) the requests are Not Evil.

In short:

• No outing of living people's private pseudonyms or other private identity information.
• Public pseudonyms may be treated like nicknames.
• People's choice of identity -- names, pseudonyms, various social class identities -- should be respected as best as possible.
• Law enforcement & litigation-related requests should have judicial oversight and not be evil.

Comments

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