Forum:Privacy policy change
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Alright, so I need to bring up the topic about our Privacy Policy. I have looked at other wikis' Privacy Policies and it seems that our wiki's is... stricter. That is, it is disallowing certain personal information. Also, I would like to note that these websites are considerably larger than our miniscule site, and are consequently more vulnerable. In other words, what I am saying is since our website is so tiny, not many people know about it, and an extremely tiny fraction of those people may be cyber-stalkers or something. So, we are pretty much safe.
While I do realize that a Privacy Policy like that may be more suitable for a larger website, I do not think it is so suitable for Pikmin Fanon, due to its minute size (see my reasoning above). Therefore, I talked with Wraith about it, we had some disagreements, but we came to the conclusion, yes, I can change it. I was lacking one crucial component: the community's opinion. In my view, everything (well... mostly everything) should have an opinion and/or comments from the community, because I think that if the entire community is involved, it will make Pikmin Fanon a better place.
So now, our Privacy Policy is very strict — it disallows, according to the Privacy Policy itself, a user's middle and last name, a user's city, zip Code, address or general location, a picture of the user, a user's age; a user's grade in school, and a user's phone number. The biggest concern I have with is age. Why is age disallowed? All it is doing is confirming how many years a user has been alive. The others I can understand, but other websites allow those too, so I have mild concerns about those as well. I just want to adjust it to a more community-friendly approach.
So, please voice in your comments and opinions. I want to hear what the community thinks. User:PikminFanatic23/sig2
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If a user gives out age, then it makes that much more information out cyberspace. We do not need to be endangering schoolkids, as so much information exists out on the web today. I just punched in an obscure name that is not widely used, and one of the results said (name replaced with blank): __________'s photos, phone, email, address, and public records for free! Find more about _________'s biography, profile, email, cv, curriculum. I don't know about you, but finding something like this that is advertised as free is very disconcerting. I do not believe users should put out any more information than they have too. 
I'm Peach Bulborb, and I approve all grub-dogs. (Sysop)
- What kind of website/advertisement was it? That sounds extremely fake to me; it's probably just a scam that gives out lies. Aside from that, your concerns are understandable, but I just want to give users the opportunity to give out age. Note that this is if they want to. I personally don't see how age harms anyone — it's just a number. That's all it really is. But your argument is backed up, I'll give you credit for that. ~PikFan23 (Admin)