[ckan-discuss] [ckan-dev] Remove public display of e-mail addresses

[Mark Wainwright]

Glad we're hiding it. It is completely unlike github, in fact. Github
does not display ANY personal info, name or e-mail, that was supplied
to sign up. Eg here is my github page: https://github.com/mwainwright.
I signed up with a name and e-mail - neither are shown. You must
EXPLICITLY put your personal info on your 'Public profile' for it to
show up there.

I believe what we have been doing is straightforwardly illegal - it's
a bit of a concern that as an organisation concerned with data we seem
so clueless about our responsibility under data laws. Do we have a
named Data Protection Officer?

Mark

On 22 February 2012 12:06, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> OK. Sounds like we have consensus for hiding. I will fix now.
>
> Rufus
>
> On 22 February 2012 11:49, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Given that there is no privacy policy on the register page showing the email
>> is underhand.
>>
>> I'm generally opposed to providing any information but that may just be me
>> :)
>>
>> Also I don't trust obfuscation
>>
>> Toby
>>
>>
>> On 22 February 2012 11:24, Ian Murray <ian.murray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 February 2012 11:08, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (Moving to ckan-discuss)
>>>> How do people generally feel about their email address being public on
>>>> thedatahub.org? See below.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd really rather not have my email address displayed on my public profile
>>> page.
>>>
>>> For me, the key difference between githib and thedatahub is that on github
>>> you can register multiple email addresses, which are then linked with
>>> account maintenance (for example, forgotten passwords).  Whereas the email
>>> address on a github public profile is just that: it's a label.  Correct me
>>> if I'm wrong, but I don't think we have that distinction on thedatahub:  if
>>> I want to have access to an account maintenance feature (such as password
>>> reset), then I need to register my email address; which then in-turn becomes
>>> part of my public profile.
>>>
>>> Ian.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On 22 February 2012 10:38, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>> > On 22 February 2012 06:12, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> Aargh! I started to write a post about the Datahub's beautiful new
>>>> >> User pages, such as Rufus's here:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://thedatahub.org/user/rufuspollock
>>>> >>
>>>> >> when I noticed that it displays the user's e-mail address! Every
>>>> >> user's e-mail address is currently exposed to the world, without even
>>>> >> logging in (not that that would make it better). Could someone fix
>>>> >> this breach of privacy before I take a screenshot for posterity?
>>>> >
>>>> > This is intentional and just like github. The email is obfuscated but
>>>> > yes it is intentionally public there.
>>>> >
>>>> >> While I guess showing the full name is ok, I think this should be
>>>> >> explicit at signup here:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://thedatahub.org/user/register
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I.e. under the box for 'Full name (optional)' should appear something
>>>> >> like 'Visible on your public profile page.'
>>>> >
>>>> > Sure, though I note this is obfuscated.
>>>> >
>>>> > rufus
>>>> >
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