[ckan-dev] Privacy policy and registration

Wed Feb 15 10:39:15 UTC 2012

On 15 February 2012 10:37, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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

Agreed. We should have a proper set up of sign up terms. As this is
something relevant (possibly) to the Foundation as a while I think
this should get raised on okfn-help and then, possibly, with the
Board.

Rufus

> 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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>
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> Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/
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