Questions tagged [privacy]
For questions related to user privacy.
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Option to remove the @username references in the replies from your history, when you change your name [duplicate]
Regarding Change all @username references in comments when a user changes their name? and taking into account the issues raised.
Rather than suggest a change, I suggest a reference removal from every ...
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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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Privacy updates?
I can see that Stack Overflow does not participate in the Privacy Shield program since 2020/04/17. This was two months after the last update on privacy policies and three months before the EU–US ...
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Opt-out cookies in cookie consent
Sometime over the last month, the cookie consent on the SE network now defaults to having all cookies enabled when you press the "Customize settings" cookie popup, forcing users to opt-out ...
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Area 51 uses insecure avatar generation
Area 51 uses a different system for avatars than the rest of the network. While on every other site Gravatar URIs are salted, on Area 51 they aren't because it hasn't been updated (Area 51 uses a 2011 ...
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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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"This post is hidden" but it's not
Why does Stack Exchange leave posts around claiming they are "hidden", when in reality they are totally visible, but just have a pink background?
Example:
Obviously the author of this post ...
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Link to cookie policy doesn't work in "Accept all cookies" popup
See also, a more narrow bug here (tagged "status-completed", incorrectly(?)).
Upon visiting some SE sites (e.g. superuser.com), logged in or not, I receive this popup:
The "Customize ...
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Is it unusual for a moderator to ask for credentials or other user specifics related to the topic of an SE site?
Related to the A.I. SE meta question What is the policy on one-boxing AI-related links in this site's general chatroom? and a now apparently accidentally deleted comment (immediately below this ...
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Review audit of deleted answer shows personal information
I just received a review audit. It used a deleted answer, but the answer contains personal information about that user including their phone number and email address. Here's the text with the personal ...
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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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What are our policies regarding underage users?
What are the age requirements for using the Stack Exchange network and what should moderators do if they encounter an underage user?
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"Hidden Profiles" still shown in Network Profile Top Posts list [duplicate]
I just noticed that although the hidden profiles are hidden in the "Accounts" tab on the Network profile, top questions from hidden profiles are still shown under the "Top" tab (...
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How long should SE store IP addresses of users?
Right now as far as I know, SE stores the IP addresses used to access any SE site forever. Every moderator or employee with moderator powers can see a list of every IP address a user ever accessed the ...
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Why do Stack Exchange sites occasionally request my device location?
I received the following prompt when visiting Math Stack Exchange following a link from Google:
The exact URL in my address bar was:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/606375/prove-that-every-...
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