__NOTOC__ <small-title />The content of this page is proposed to become official policy approved by the [[Akvo Foundation ]] Board of Trustees]]. This policy may not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored on local Akvopedia projects.
== Summary ==You can learn more about the [[Akvo Foundation]] and [[About Akvopedia | Akvopedia]].
=== Summary ===If you only read the Akvopedia project websites, no more information is collected than is typically collected in server logs by web sites in general.
If you contribute to the Akvopedia projects, you are '''publishing''' every word you post publicly. If you write something, assume that it will be retained forever. This includes articles, user pages and talk pages. Some limited exceptions are described below. ==Publishing on the wiki and public data ==
=== Publishing on the wiki and public data ===
Simply visiting the web site does not expose your identity publicly (but see [[#Private logging|private logging]] below).
When you edit any page in the wiki, '''you are publishing a document'''. This is a public act, and you are identified publicly with that edit as its author.
==== Identification of an author ====
When you publish a page in the wiki, you have to be logged in.
Your IP address is a series of four numbers which identifies the Internet address from which you are contacting the wiki. Depending on your connection, this number may be traceable only to a large Internet service provider, or specifically to your school, place of business, or home. It may be possible that the origin of this IP address could be used in conjunction with any interests you express implicitly or explicitly by editing articles to identify you even by private individuals.
==== Cookies ====[http://akvo.org/help/akvo-policies-and-terms-2/akvo-terms-of-use/cookie-policy/ Akvo's cookie policy] Disclaimer: Opting out of the cookie policy on Akvo.org does not opt you out of the cookies on Akvopedia.org, they should be done separately.
The wiki will set a temporary session cookie (PHPSESSID) whenever you visit the site. If you do not intend to ever log in, you may deny this cookie, but you cannot log in without it. It will be deleted when you close your browser session.
More cookies may be set when you log in, to avoid typing in your user name (or optionally password) on your next visit. These last up to 30 days. You may clear these cookies after use if you are using a public machine and don't wish to expose your username to future users of the machine. (If so, clear the browser cache as well.)
==== Passwords ====Many aspects of the Akvopedia projects' community interactions depend on the reputation and respect that is built up through a history of valued contributions. User passwords are the only guarantee of the integrity of a user's edit history. All users are encouraged to select strong passwords and to never share them. No one shall knowingly expose the password of another user to public release either directly or indirectly. === Private logging ===Every time you visit a web page, you send a lot of information to the web server. Most web servers routinely maintain access logs with a portion of this information, which can be used to get an overall picture of what pages are popular, what other sites link to this one, and what web browsers people are using. It is not the intention of the Akvopedia projects to use this information to keep track of legitimate users. These logs are used to produce the [http://akvopedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics site statistics pages]; the raw log data is not made public, and is normally discarded after about three months. Here's a sample of what's logged for one page view:
Many aspects of the Akvopedia projects' community interactions depend on the reputation and respect that is built up through a history of valued contributions 64. User passwords are the only guarantee of the integrity of a user's edit history164. All users are encouraged to select strong passwords and to never share them82. No one shall knowingly expose the password of another user to public release either directly or indirectly142 - - [21/Oct/2003:02:03:19 +0000] "GET /wiki/draft_privacy_policy HTTP/1.1" 200 18084 "http://akvopedia.org/wiki/index.php/Rope_pump" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/85.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/85.5"
=== Policy on release Log data may be examined by developers in the course of data solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site. IP addresses of users, derived either from page those logs ===or from records in the database are frequently used to correlate usernames and network addresses of edits in investigating abuse of the wiki, including the suspected use of malicious "sockpuppets" (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruption of the wiki.
==== Policy on release of data derived from page logs ====
It is the policy of Akvopedia that personally identifiable data collected in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser feature, may be released by the system administrators or users with CheckUser access, in the following situations:
# In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law enforcement
# With permission of the affected user
Akvopedia policy does not permit public distribution of such information under any circumstances, except as described above.
=== Sharing information with third parties ===Except where otherwise specified, all text added to Akvopedia projects is available for reuse under the terms of the GFDL.
Except where otherwise specifiedAkvopedia will not sell or share private information, all text added such as email addresses, with third parties, unless you agree to Wikimedia projects release this information, or it is available for reuse under required by law to release the terms of the GFDL, except for Wikinews, where the text is available under a Creative Commons Licenseinformation.
Wikimedia === Security of information ===The Akvo Foundation makes no guarantee against unauthorized access to any information you provide. This information may be available to anyone with access to the servers. === E-mail, mailing lists and IRC ======= E-mail ====You must provide your e-mail address to be able to create an account. Other logged-in users may send email to you through the wiki. Your address will not sell be revealed to them unless you respond, or share private information, such as possibly if the email bounces. The email addresses, address may be used by the Akvopedia Foundation to communicate with third partiesusers on a wider scale. If you do not provide an email address, unless you agree will not be able to release this informationedit or create pages, or nor reset your password if you forget it is required by law . However, you may contact one of the Akvopedia server administrators to enter a new mail address in your preferences. ==== Mailing lists ====If you subscribe to release one of the informationproject [http://www.akvo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41 mailing lists], your address will be exposed to any other subscriber. The list archives of most of Akvopedia's [http://mailgate.greenocean.org:8100/Lists/?Language= mailing lists are public], and your address may find itself quoted in messages. Mails are usually not deleted or modified, but it may be done in extreme cases.
==Security of information==Information email addresses ====Some email addresses may forward mail to a team of volunteers trusted by the Foundation to use a ticket system such as to view them and answer them. Mail sent to the system is not publicly visible, but is visible to this group of Akvopedia volunteers. By sending a mail to one of these addresses, your address may become public within this group. The ticket system team may discuss the contents of your mail with other contributors in order to best answer your query.
The Akvo Foundation makes no guarantee against unauthorized access to any information you provideAddresses that this may affect are:* akvo AT akvo. This information may be available to anyone with access to the serversorg* support AT akvo.org
=== E-mail ===Replace the AT with the @ sign to get a valid email address.
You must provide ==== IRC ====IRC channels or chat channels (Skype, AIM, iChat) are not officially part of Akvopedia proper. By participating in an IRC channel, your e-mail IP address to be able to create an account. Other logged-in users may send email to you through the wiki. Your address will not be revealed exposed to them unless you respond, or possibly if the email bouncesother participants. The email address Different channels have different policies on whether logs may be used by the Akvopedia Foundation to communicate with users on a wider scalepublished.
If you do not provide an email address=== User data ===Data on users, you will not be able to edit or create pages, nor reset your password if you forget it. Howeversuch as the times at which they edited and the number of edits they have made are publicly available via "user contributions" lists, you may contact one of the Akvopedia server administrators to enter a new mail address and in your preferencesaggregated forms published by other users.
== Private logging ==Removal of user accounts ====Once created, user accounts will not be removed. It may be possible for a username to be changed (depending on the policies of your local wiki). The Akvo Foundation does not guarantee that a name will be changed on request.
Every time you visit a web page, you send a lot of Whether specific user information to is deleted is dependant on the web server. Most web servers routinely maintain access logs with a portion of this information, which can be used to get an overall picture deletion policies of what pages are popular, what other sites link to this one, and what web browsers people are using. It is not the intention of project that contains the Akvopedia projects to use this information to keep track of legitimate users.
These logs are used === Deletion of content ===Removing text from Akvopedia projects does not permanently delete it. In normal articles, anyone can look at a previous version and see what was there. If an article is "deleted", any user with "administrator" access on the wiki, meaning almost anyone trusted not to produce abuse the [http://wwwdeletion capability, can see what was deleted.akvo.org/statistics site statistics pages]; Information can be permanently deleted by those people with access to the raw log data is not made publicservers, and but there is normally discarded after about three monthsno guarantee this will happen except in response to legal action.
Here's a sample of what's logged for one page view=== Acknowledgements ===This material is derived from the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy Wikipedia Privacy Policy] article in [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia].
64.164.82.142 - - [21/Oct/2003:02:03:19 +0000]
"GET /wiki/draft_privacy_policy HTTP/1.1" 200 18084
"http://www.akvo.org/wiki/Rope_pump"
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/85.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/85.5"
Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site. IP addresses of users, derived either from those logs or from records in the database are frequently used to correlate usernames and network addresses of edits in investigating abuse of the wiki, including the suspected use of malicious "sockpuppets" (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruption of the wiki.[[Category:Akvopedia]]