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German localisation of policies.stackoverflow.co/data-request contains 2 paragraphs in Dutch and 1 heading in English
The German localisation of https://policies.stackoverflow.co/data-request contains 2 paragraphs in Dutch and 1 heading in English:
First reported by @Bergi in this comment: Upcoming privacy updates: ...
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Can you make bookmarks private OR make it abundantly clear that they're not? [duplicate]
This is not a duplicate of Can there be an option to keep your list of bookmarks private? for the reasons mentioned below.*
When I started using the favorites (now, bookmarks) feature years ago, I had ...
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Stop tracking users without their consent
Right now, if you visit an SE site the following things happen:
two cookies _ga and _gid are saved, those contain unique IDs used for Google Analytics
a request is made to www.google-analytics.com ...
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Why is the Google Analytics cookie defined as "strictly necessary" and saved without consent?
When you open a Stack Exchange site the first time you are asked about your consent for storing cookies. You can disallow all cookies except those that are defined as "strictly necessary". ...
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Add the [featured] tag to the "Updates to Privacy Policy (September 2021)" post
Update:
On 22/10/2021 at 16:53:37Z, the featured tag was removed from the post. So, the post had the tag for 23 days 20 hours 42 minutes 15 seconds totally (12 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 27 ...
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User data in light of Stack Overflow's / Stack Exchange, Inc.'s acquisition
I would like to know how the acquisition impacts our user data, and specifically private user data.
I am aware that a large part of our contributions could be scraped from the outside (or even, ...
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The cookie consent dialog (coming from cookielaw.org) keeps popping up
Recently, every time I hit a new page in Stack Exchange, whether it be the list of questions in a given forum, or a specific question, I get a pop-up like this:
Your privacy
By clicking “Accept all ...
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Possible to see any user's site preferences (privacy breach)
Most current user profile-related pages contain user-id in the URL section, e.g. my edit profile page:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/edit/339911
If you try to open it you will see a 404 stub:
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Anonymized chat messages are now searchable by user
Something appears to have changed recently whereby anonymised messages have become searchable under the user.
For example;
https://chat.stackoverflow.com/search?user=1640606&q=stackoverflow
This ...
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Can't disable usage of my on-site activity
https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/preferences/current
After clicking the page just refreshes, and I can't change this option.
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Misleading header "Information from Third Parties" in privacy policy
The following section is in the SE privacy policy:
Information from Third Parties
We may share personal information with third parties who provide
services to Stack Overflow, such as payment ...
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Punctuation issues in the privacy policy page
In the Stack Exchange, Inc. Privacy Policy page, there are two punctuation issues. In front of the "This privacy policy" the space is missing.
In the first paragraph:
... and as such are committed ...
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Anonymous questions and Avatars
Some Stack Exchange sites allow to ask an anonymous question by specifying a one-time user name and an email which is "required, but never shown". However the Gravatar attached to the email is shown ...
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Privacy policy is partially translated in French and German StackOverflow careers
Go to Stack Overflow Careers privacy policy, scroll down and select French or German at the bottom of the screen.
The page becomes a mismash of the selected language and English.
Here's an example ...
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My real name was used in a beta invite email
I've been participating in the engineering private beta this week and filled in the form in the sidebar to invite a friend.
I was very surprised to find out that my real name was sent to that person ...
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