OMwiki:Privacy
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[edit] What information we collect
- Any information voluntarily supplied by you (e.g., email addresses, page edits)
- Any information voluntarily supplied by your browser (e.g., the user agent string, page referrer)
- 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
- Site bandwidth usage, sorted by time-of-day and protocol type, which is retained for an extended period of time
[edit] What we can do with this data
- View fancy graphs generated via cPanel modules (Webalizer, Awstats, Error logs, Bandwidth, Latest Visitors, etc.)
- Periodically (but not obsessively) view this data to check that the site is operating properly
- Reprocess this data as needed
[edit] Things we do not do
- Advanced tracking on viewer–page interaction (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Provide non-conglomerate data to third–parties without prior consent
- Acceptable: providing total bandwidth usage to third parties, public listings of page view counts
- Not acceptable: selling email addresses or other personal information
- Advanced tracking on viewer–video interaction
- Acceptable: Counting the number of times an individual video has been loaded into a page
- Not acceptable: Counting the number of time you hit 'rewind' on a video segment
- Loading of any content that does not originate from OpenMeetings.org (e.g., foreign JavaScript)
[edit] Things that we would like to change
- Better comparison of this privacy policy with ALA Guidelines for Developing a Library Privacy Policy.
- Add Drumbeat Privacy Icons as soon as the Drumbeat project matures
- Have a community-based decision on ethical advertisements (e.g., Ad Bard Network)
- Shred data access older than 48 hrs. This is possible with dedicated hosting -- donate!
[edit] Other notes
- Tor viewing/editing access is permitted as of 21-March-2010
- Embedded of videos on remote sites triggers collection of the above data.
- No guarantees of privacy should be implied.
- Also see the general disclaimer.