Questions tagged [privacy]
For questions related to user privacy.
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Privacy leak in permalink?
Update (Jan 8, 2019)
This is now 8 years old, but still getting occasional upvotes/attention, so I thought it's worth giving a summary of the current state. Despite originally being status-declined, ...
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Under what circumstances will Stack Exchange, Inc. share private/sensitive information with the press?
What are Stack Exchange, Inc.'s policies regarding whether and when private or sensitive information will be shared by the company with the public, and particularly with the press?
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Can we use non-gravatar avatars?
Alternative to Gravatar has been rolled out.
It would be nice to have the option to just upload an avatar rather than have to use some external service like gravatar.
While gravatar may be ...
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Is Gravatar a privacy risk?
I ran across the comment below at http://onemansblog.com/2007/02/02/protect-your-privacy-delete-internet-usage-tracks/#comment-58200 about Gravatar. I'm particularly curious of Meta Stack Overflow's ...
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Why we don't keep public records of suspensions
Whenever the topic of a suspended user crops up, there's often confusion about what information moderators ought to share and what they should keep private. Sometimes moderators are just as unsure as ...
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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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A user's original email address is retained in the system even after they've changed it on all sites (privacy risk, potential Area 51 sync issues)
To understand this report, first, let's have a look at the profile fields for setting one's primary email address in the system.
On most sites in the network, you'll find that option in Edit profile ...
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Make clear which profile data is visible to whom
Looking at my own profile and the edit profile form, it isn't really clear to me which data will be publicly displayed/visible to registered users/visible to mods and which won't.
When I look at ...
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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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Allowing images from external sources opens doors to serious security exploits and privacy risks
Note: Please see this answer for more info on how this poses a security risk.
I'm sure you guys already know this, but allowing users to put images from any source in questions means that askers can ...
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Which information on my profile is visible to others?
When editing my user profile (name, date of birth, etc.), how can I tell which information can be seen by other users (publicly visible) and what is only used by the system (and how it's used)?
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Do not load Facebook-based avatars directly from the Facebook CDN [duplicate]
Users who register for their account via Facebook get their Facebook profile photo as their default avatar. However, the avatar is not copied to SE servers or Imgur, and thus the original URL is kept. ...
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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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"Last seen" time appears on Google and SE profile pages and should be removed
I've just noticed that someone can Google my name and instantly know If I'm on Stack Overflow, because it shows the "seen 6 minutes ago." It's shown on the results screen, the searcher doesn't even ...
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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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