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Is the company selling our Personal Information or not?
While once again reviewing the Data Request page looking for an answer to my ignored concerns, I stumbled on the current revision of the Privacy Policy page.
In its first paragraph the policy reads:
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I log in and I find out I am another user. What are the privacy implications?
I just logged in after being off for a week and I found out I was in the profile of another user. I understood what happened because some notifications pointed me to this and this question.
I ...
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In the data request page, what does the "Object to Processing" request type do?
Following my earlier, still unanswered question "In the data request page, what does the "Do not sell my information" request type do?" I noticed that the aforementioned page ...
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Does the new image uploader keep track of the uploader identity (i.e., who uploaded what)?
I wonder the following: Does the new image uploader keep track of the uploader identity (i.e., who uploaded what)?
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GDPR deletion form is unintuitive
One would assume that a user who's going to be deleting their account completely and irrevocably network-wide would be unimpressed with dark patterns.
I was looking up the GDPR deletion page to point ...
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How does Stack Exchange verify an advertiser is adhering to its advertising policies?
How does Stack Exchange ensure that ads don't deliver a tracking pixel if I have opted out of cookies? Is it impossible for an ad to track me if I have opted out of targeting pixels or could an ad ...
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In the data request page, what does the "Do not sell my information" request type do?
The recent "Upcoming privacy updates: removal of the Activity data section and Google conversion pixel deprecation" communication made me realize that the Data Request submit page includes &...
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Can a user request to know if/when a moderator accessed their PII?
Moderator have access to user's PII, for the sake of moderation activities.
Can a regular user request at any moment to know when and if moderators of a given community have accessed their PII?
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Does SE track previous website access?
I am wondering if math.stackexchange.com tracks or otherwise has a record of specific user-initiated access to the site, from a certain device at a specific time and date.
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Do Stack Exchange websites know my location? [duplicate]
Do Stack Exchange websites know my location?
Stack Exchange uses cookies, right?
Do my coordinates go to some database?
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Will the tracking pixels replace the existing advertiser tracking?
The company has recently announced a change to its advertising practices: they plan to allow the use of tracking pixels by select advertisers. I am under the impression that this is merely formalising ...
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Can one view who visited a chatroom, and if so, how?
One view the list of users who are currently in a chatroom. Can one view who visited a chatroom in the past (past = before they left the chatroom), and if so, how?
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Which user IP addresses can moderators view?
Moderators may view user IP addresses. E.g., moderators can view the user's last known IP address, when viewing a deleted user.
Which other user IP addresses can moderators view? E.g., can they view ...
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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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Given an imgur image URL, can one see which user uploaded it, and if so, how?
Given an imgur image URL (e.g., https://i.sstatic.net/ZZRVq.png, I uploaded it just for the example), can one see which user uploaded it, and if so, how?
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