[ckan-dev] Privacy policy and registration

Wed Feb 15 10:37:44 UTC 2012

thedatahub.org links on every page to a Privacy Policy, which is the
standard okfn one:

http://okfn.org/privacy-policy/

This is not fit for purpose as it stands. The Datahub collects an
e-mail address when you register, and we are therefore required to say
what we will do with this information. In practice we have recently
started sending out an occasional DataHub newsletter. (As you can see
below not everyone is happy about this.) We need to do two things:

(i) change the privacy policy to mention this and specify
unsubscription information,

(ii) change the sign-up procedure so that, when giving an e-mail
address, the user can opt in or out of receiving newsletters (eg with
a check-box).

I believe both of these are legal requirements under data protection laws.

Mark

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org>
Date: 15 February 2012 10:25
Subject: Re: [datadub] Fwd: The Datahub newsletter
To: mitch fields <fields.mitch at gmail.com>

Hi Mitch,

Yes, it's a fair point and apologies - we should be clearer about this
on our privacy policy too :-/ Anyway, can you send me a copy of the
e-mail you received, including all the headers? From that I should be
able to work out which address it was sent to and delete you from the
list.

Best wishes,

Mark

> I have a number of email addresses that forward to this one so I have no
> idea which email you are sending to so you have made it impossible for me to
> unsubscribe to this list which I have never subscribed to.
>
> If you can't find a solution to this I will report you as a spammer, which
> in essence you are.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> *** Welcome to new DataHub newsletter ***
>>
>> This is a new, very low-traffic mailing list for occasional (monthly
>> or bi-monthly) updates of new developements on The Data Hub
>> (thedatahub.org). You are being subscribed because you're registered
>> as a user of the site. If you'd prefer to unsubscribe, please visit
>> <http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/datahub-news>.
>>
>> *** Recent news ***
>>
>> The DataHub has continued to incorporate developments from CKAN, the
>> software that runs it. There's been quite a lot of progress recently;
>> if you haven't used The DataHub lately, head on over and take a look.
>> Recent developments include:
>>
>> * The Datahub was upgraded to CKAN 1.5 in November and CKAN 1.5.1 last
>> month.
>>
>> * CKAN's QA extension has gone live on The DataHub. (It takes
>> advantage of background tasks which were new in CKAN 1.5.) This
>> displays a score for each dataset according to Tim Berners' Lee's
>> "Five Stars of Open Data", as well as keeping track of broken links.
>>
>> * There have been big improvements to User pages. These now show a
>> count and list of your datasets and edits, and even a user picture if
>> you are using Gravatar.
>>
>> In addition, of course, there have been many new and interesting
>> datasets; there are currently over 3100 datasets on The Datahub. If
>> you add or maintain a particularly interesting dataset there, perhaps
>> you'd like to write us a blog post about it?
>>
>> To keep up with developments to CKAN as they happen, join the
>> ckan-discuss mailing list or follow ckan.org/blog.
>>
>> Happy data publishing!
>>
>> Mark Wainwright
>>
>> --
>> Mark Wainwright, Community Co-ordinator, CKAN and The Datahub
>> Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/
>> Twitter: @CKANproject
>>
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>
>

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Mark Wainwright, CKAN Community Co-ordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/
Skype: m.wainwright

-- 
Mark Wainwright, CKAN Community Co-ordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/
Skype: m.wainwright