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==What information we collect==
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This privacy policy will be guided by [http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/iftoolkits/toolkitsprivacy/guidelinesfordevelopingalibraryprivacypolicy/guidelinesprivacypolicy.cfm ALA Guidelines for Developing a Library Privacy Policy.]
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*Any information voluntarily supplied by you (''e.g.'', email addresses, page edits)
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*Any information voluntarily supplied by your browser (''e.g.'', the [[:wikipedia:User agent|user agent string]], page referrer)
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*The origin IP address and full URL pathname of every page request for the past three weeks, kept to track CPU usage on shared hosting
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*Site bandwidth usage, sorted by time-of-day and protocol type, which is retained for an extended period of time
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Advertisements will not be displayed nor will content-based analytic tracking be employed.  Personal information will not be disclosed to third-parties without prior consent.  However, no guarantees of privacy should be implied.
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==What we can do with this data==
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Also see the [[OMwiki:General_disclaimer|general disclaimer.]]
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*View fancy graphs generated ''via'' [http://www.cpanel.net/ cPanel] modules ([http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/ Webalizer], [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ Awstats], Error logs, Bandwidth, Latest Visitors, ''etc.'')
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*Periodically (but not obsessively) view this data to check that the site is operating properly
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*Reprocess this data as needed
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==Things we do not do==
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*Advanced tracking on viewer–page interaction (''e.g.'', [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics])
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*Provide non-conglomerate data to third–parties without prior consent
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:'''Acceptable:''' providing total bandwidth usage to third parties, public listings of page view counts
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:'''Not acceptable:''' selling email addresses or other personal information
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*Advanced tracking on viewer–video interaction
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:'''Acceptable:''' Counting the number of times an individual video has been loaded into a page
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:'''Not acceptable:''' Counting the number of time you hit 'rewind' on a video segment
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*Loading of any content that does not originate from OpenMeetings.org (''e.g.'', foreign JavaScript)
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==Things that we would like to change==
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*Better comparison of this privacy policy with [http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/iftoolkits/toolkitsprivacy/guidelinesfordevelopingalibraryprivacypolicy/guidelinesprivacypolicy.cfm ALA Guidelines for Developing a Library Privacy Policy].
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*Add [http://www.drumbeat.org/project/privacy-icons Drumbeat Privacy Icons] as soon as the [http://www.drumbeat.org/ Drumbeat] project matures
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*Have a community-based decision on ethical advertisements (''e.g.'', [http://adbard.net/ Ad Bard Network])
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*Shred data access older than 48 hrs.  This is possible with dedicated hosting -- [[OMwiki:Donate|donate]]!
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==Other notes==
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*[http://www.torproject.org/ Tor] viewing/editing access is permitted as of 21-March-2010
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*Embedded of videos on remote sites triggers collection of the above data.
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*No guarantees of privacy should be implied.
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*Also see the [[OMwiki:General_disclaimer|general disclaimer.]]
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