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Tagged with privacy discussion
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Are the logs that record moderators' access to users' personally identifiable information (PII) monitored and/or independently reviewed?
This 11+ year old answer states that per-site moderator access to the following information about individual users is logged:
real name
email
IP address
Notwithstanding the need to keep certain ...
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Upcoming privacy updates: removal of the Activity data section and Google conversion pixel deprecation
Activity Data section within the Users Preference page
Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange sites currently have an “Activity data” section within the Users Preference page. It looks like this:
What’s ...
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Update to cookie consent modal for EEA/UK users
Our sites feature a cookie consent banner to ask users for permission to store cookies on their devices. It currently looks like this:
In order for us to continue to serve personalized ads in the EEA ...
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Are there some ways to prevent abuse from moderators? [duplicate]
I don't know why, but I got my account suspended for 1 month for allegedly voting myself, but I don't remember doing that in the last 1.5 years roughly speaking. The only reason I voted for myself ...
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We've added a "Necessary cookies only" option to the cookie consent popup
We’ve added a “Necessary cookies only” option to our cookie consent banner across stackoverflow.com, all Stack Exchange sites, stackoverflow.co, stackoverflow.blog, and all other Stack Overflow sites. ...
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Does Stack Exchange collect immutable data?
I want to use Stack Exchange but I am unsure what data is collected. The data I am most worried about is data that cannot change, like my race, device id's, or legal identity.
Does SE collect data ...
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Can Google and Cloudflare find my SE password?
We are using Firefox with the NoScript extension on GNU/Linux, mainly for security reasons.
When we go to the login page of a Stack Exchange site, say https://mathoverflow.net, the NoScript extension ...
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John Oliver calling out Stack Exchange cookie dialog
In the recent Data Brokers episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver showed this picture: (jump to relevant part around 18:57)
which is of the Stack Exchange cookie screen. He said this:
Privacy ...
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What's with the SE pulse survey and is the community OK with SE gathering personal data?
So first of all a "pulse survey" is basically a survey to factor user sentiment about something. This is usually a product or something that a company sells. How did we do then? How ...
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We’ve made changes to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy - January 2022
We’ve just made two adjustments to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. They were made to return a section that was accidentally removed about the DMCA Designated Agent - there’s little to no ...
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Updates to Privacy Policy (September 2021)
As you know, periodically we update our privacy policy. Today is one of those days: we've made a few changes to the privacy policy. The policy covers how we collect and use data on the entire network, ...
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Why I go by Rosie (discussion about people using pseudonyms for privacy reasons)
It’s been almost seven months since I joined the Community Team at Stack Overflow. I’ve been having a wonderful time learning the ropes, working with incredible colleagues across the company, and ...
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SE is a dating site (revisit the last seen field)
We have amongst others:
Please make the "last seen" entry optional (which is not a duplicate of)
"Last seen" time appears on Google and SE profile pages and should be removed
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Do I have to use a browser plugin to stop being accosted on SE sites with the “Accept all cookies” pop-ups over and over and over? Bug? Options? [duplicate]
I keep seeing these on SE sites:
Your privacy By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack
Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in
accordance with our Cookie Policy....
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Is it safe to keep the reasons for user suspensions confidential?
I've become concerned for one particular user who's extensive content I really value on SE.
Some time ago this user began to complain of "arbitrary" and "unfair" moderator ...
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