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Upcoming changes in registration process

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Last edit: 20:40, 23 December 2013

I see email addresses in Special:ManageTranslatorSandbox. Is the user who registers warned of such exposure?

Project:Privacy policy only mentions email addresses to say that they're not normally shown and says «the access [...] should be minimal and should be used only internally to serve the well-being of the project [...] Registered users are not required to provide an email address». Systematically looking at the email address of registered users is not "minimal" access, so unless/until there is a warning in the registration phase or in the privacy policy the current interface is illegal in EU where this website is hosted and operated. All this IANAL of course; please check.

P.s.: I've added to my special:mypage/common.css:

.email {
        display: none;
}

.reminder-email {
        display: none;
}

to avoid seeing information I may not be legally authorised to see.

Nemo (talk)15:16, 19 December 2013

I'll add the hiding to mediawiki:common.css as stopgap solution until the problem is addressed, if there are no objections.

Nemo (talk)20:41, 23 December 2013