FeministWiki:Privacy policy: Difference between revisions

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=== Visiting pages ===
=== Visiting pages ===


Absolutely '''every''' web page of the FeministWiki that you visit (including forum, blogs, the on-site chat or email clients, etc.) generate an "access log" entry on the web server which contains your IP address, time of access, and optional information sent by your web browser. (Heads up: this is a standard feature of web servers and is done by '''every''' website you visit, unless they've specifically turned this function off, which is unlikely.) This helps with alleviating abuse of the website and searching for technical problems when for instance someone is getting error messages when trying to open pages.
Every new page of the FeministWiki that you open or navigate to (including forum pages, blog posts, the on-site chat or email clients, etc.) generates an "access log" entry on the web server.  These entries contain your IP address, the time of access, and optional information sent by your web browser.  This helps with alleviating abuse of the website, and searching for technical problems.


Usually, your IP address cannot be traced back to your real identity, although it reveals the location of your internet service provider and therefore possibly an approximate geographic location. If this is an issue for you, please look into software such as the Tor Project or other ways to hide your IP address from websites you visit.
Note: This is a standard feature of web servers and is done by most websites you visit on the Internet.


The FeministWiki will absolutely never reveal the contents of the access logs to anyone.
Usually, your IP address cannot easily be traced back to your real identity.  However, it reveals information about your Internet Service Provider and an approximate geographic location (such as the nearest large city).  If this is an issue for you, please look into software such as the [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project], a VPN Provider, or other ways to hide your IP address from websites you visit.
 
The FeministWiki will never reveal the contents of the access logs to anyone, unless mandated by law enforcement.


=== Editing the wiki ===
=== Editing the wiki ===
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The e-mails you send and receive with your ''(username)@feministwiki.org'' account are stored on the server.  Ideally, don't send any e-mail that provides personal information which you want to keep absolutely secret.
The e-mails you send and receive with your ''(username)@feministwiki.org'' account are stored on the server.  Ideally, don't send any e-mail that provides personal information which you want to keep absolutely secret.


Furthermore, any e-mail client software you've configered to automatically fetch your received FeministWiki e-mail leads to access log entries to be stored by the e-mail server whenever the software in question opens a connection to look for any incoming mail.  This helps with identifying technical problems like when someone is having difficulty receiving their FeministWiki e-mail, and is a standard feature of all e-mail servers, meaning your regular e-mail provider is doing it as well.
Furthermore, any e-mail client software you've configured to automatically fetch your received FeministWiki e-mail leads to access log entries to be stored by the e-mail server whenever the software in question opens a connection to look for any incoming mail.  This helps with identifying technical problems like when someone is having difficulty receiving their FeministWiki e-mail, and is a standard feature of all e-mail servers, meaning your regular e-mail provider is doing it as well.


== Contact for further questions ==
== Contact for further questions ==


Please contact technician@feministwiki.org if you have any privacy related concerns or questions that aren't answered above.
Please contact technician@feministwiki.org if you have any privacy related concerns or questions that aren't answered above.